Business as Usual Episode 3

Misunderstanding

VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION!

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This is what I have been waiting for! Justice for Jin Hwan!

Lets talk about the plot. I heard from some fans that this episode will clear up a lot of misunderstanding for Jin Hwan, but I didn't know how, so I was curious on what his side of the story was. I am so glad I didn't jump the gun and didn't immediately hated him. I tend to not hate a character if I don't fully understand their reason on why they are doing the bad thing until the end of the season. I am so happy that Jin Hwan never cheated and was just whipped for Min Jun, but it was easily viewed in a wrong way. I can't blame Min Jun for looking it at a wrong way because it is hard to see it as anything else from his POV and Jin Hwan does come off as cocky & egotistical from his tone & wording, especially when he kept saying "you changed" (I forgot the rest of what he said, but I didn't like how that came off since it made him seem like a bad guy (didn't took any points off of that since that was the point)). However, I did blame him for not talking to Jin Hwan right after their first kiss about what his relationship with Wu Hyeok is, but I guess he thought Jin Hwan would lie to him. I am glad that Min Jun changed and he no longer let himself be stepped on. I also love that this episode answered some of my questions such as how long did they date which is surprisingly not that long, only for like a week.

As for the acting, I felt the delivery in some scenes were awkward like the bench scene and some of the first date scene along with other moments. In addition to that, there were few scenes where I didn't felt much emotion from Min Jun's actor (Jong Hyeok), but that has been an occurring problem (I know his character is reserved, but I can't spot any detail in the face that gives emotion, so it looks like he doesn't have emotion rather than holding it back). However, majority of the episode with the plot and the other actors made up for it. Thankfully, few scenes were great like the kiss scene (so sweet) and all the scenes with Wu Hyeok (the actor (Do Myung) was very natural).

The directing was good. I love how they easily connected the scenes from Min Jun's POV to Jin Hwan's POV. It really carried the quality of the episode, especially the flashback of Jin Hwan finding out that Min Jun left. However, I didn't like the "action" scene of the two guys trying to flirt with Jin Hwan, which led him to not talk to Min Jun. It didn't look natural as it looked too sudden.

Thinking of the next episode, I wonder what they will do now as they realize that their entire breakup is a huge misunderstanding. Well, not all of it since we still need an explanation of that phone call. I am pretty sure they both still have feelings for each other, but I wonder will Min Jun act upon it and trust Jin Hwan again, even though Jin Hwan never betrayed him (still, he did got used to the POV of seeing him cheat for years, so it is hard to fix those memories fast).

I gave this episode an 8.25 (estimated to an 8.5) out of 10. The loss of points were due to awkward dialogue delivery, awkward action scene, and lack of emotions here and there. The gain of points were due to the importance of the episode, the directing of the scene to make it clear that there were misunderstanding, the connection from the past scenes, and how whipped Jin Hwan is.

I am excited to watch the next episode as it looks like they will clear up the misunderstanding from the phone call that Min Jun eavesdropped in the first episode.

P.S. By the pace that I am going, I might watch the next episode in two weeks or three lol

P.S.S. I wonder how Min Jun remained no contact with Jin Hwan as they still went to the same college unless he immediately transferred out.

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