My Secret Hotel Episode 9

So this episode didn't feel as draggy as the…

So this episode didn't feel as draggy as the previous one, and I appreciate some of the themes touched upon. One quote that I found really memorable was said by none other than Soo Ah after facing what may be the first difficulty in her life

"There are manners even when breaking up"

From the little we got this episode, I found Sang Hyo and Hae Yound were both immature seven years ago and didn't give the relationship from themselves as much as they should've. Both were starting up their careers and were too selfish to look at the other's hard work. I'm sure they could've worked around it if they had the maturity to try harder. Then why does Hae Young take all the blame? Obviously because he's the one that left. Leaving like that shows lack of respect to the other person, no matter what the reason is.

Another theme touched upon is that love alone is not the ingredient that makes a relationship work. We see how it went with Sang Hyo and Hae Yound and we're seeing how it's going with Soo Ah and Ki Ho. You don't necessarily need to give up yourself but you have to be considerate of the other, and be willing to change at least a part of their life style to be able to live together.

I think Sang Hyo's main issue is that she needs to talk it out with Hae Young and her running away like that will not solve all her unresolved feelings and help her move on.

I still find manager Jo boring and is what dragging this drama down for me.

On the mystery side, we get an interesting revelation, also 1 other person has been crossed out as a suspect but nothing big.

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