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Episode 9 Pre-release "The Peaceful Fandom Daily Life of the Rainbow Membership Family" (no subs)

https://x.com/SBSNOW/status/2001102545792462971

They delayed the drama one week to work on story continuity - the entire scene with the second leads seemed completely out of left field - I wonder if it was originally planned for later episodes because now the daytime hospital scene will be out of sequence to later evening scenes. Perhaps we will find out in a "flashback".

It's the SBS award - Grand Prize/Daesang.

Taxi Driver 3 released its latest villain (in this case, villainess) poster featuring Jang Nara.

"In what marks her first-ever villain role, Jang Nara will play Kang Ju Ri, a former girl group member who is now the CEO of her own entertainment agency. Behind the facade of a successful businesswoman, Kang Ju Ri is secretly hiding a twisted and greedy inner self."

Article from Soompi: https://www.soompi.com/article/1805391wpp/jang-nara-to-transform-into-evil-k-pop-agency-ceo-for-her-1st-ever-villain-role-in-taxi-driver-3

Ratings for Episodes 7/8 - highest for Season 3 thus far. 😊

Ep. 7 (12/12/25) Nat'l: 10.3% Seoul: 10.3%
Ep. 8 (12/13/24) 12.3% 12.9%

In a recent joint interview, when asked what his most memorable moment was in Season 3, Lee Je-hoon said that "someone" was ?drowning? and he had to jump in the water and do a deep dive/underwater scene. And Pyo Ye-jin said something like: "yes, underwater scene filming is scary." Might mean something?

OTOH, he already knows that she is the most important person in his life - the one he confides in, protects fiercely and trusts (this is from interviews).

They are co-workers. Romance is simply not gonna happen as long as there is a series - but this is likely the last season so. . . . . . .?

I'm glad they did episodes showing the genesis of Jang Seong Cheol's plan for "revenge" but 4 hours was too long for this particular story arc. Eum Moon Suk is a great actor, but very, very busy - perhaps they could only grab him for a limited time.

Pyo Ye-jin, Choi Gyeong Gu and Park Jin Eon were mere side-kicks with little screen time compared to the villains (and victims). Perhaps the writer felt that one of their "family" meals or other light-hearted scenes amongst the team would have detracted from the overall somber/heartbreaking story.

I'm looking forward to Episodes 9/10 with Jang Nara as the villain. Maybe Pyo Ye-jin will have a bigger role since the episodes deal with a girl's idol agency.

Episodes 9-10: Villain is played by Jang Nara.

Episodes 11-14: As Cider Melon said, the Ep. 11-14 story is "Samheunddopa. Main villain is played by Kim Sung-kyu (SBS poster says he appears in Ep. 13-14)

Episodes 15-16: (Haegak) Main villain is played by Kim Jung-so.

The Park min-ho story will end in Ep. 8. However, it's not clear that there is a "main villain" in Season 3.

It's not a brief cameo - Lee Kyung Young plays one of the villains in Episodes 11-14 as part of the "Samheung Dopa" organization.

Episode 7 pre-release

"We're going to be rich guys!"

https://x.com/simpforjehoon/status/1998568502077305163

Do-gi and Lim Dong-hyun (gambling addicted gym owner). No subs but still looks funny and based on past episodes, will probably be one of the 1st scenes in Ep. 7.

It looks like it was Cho Seong-wook (the current volleyball coach), but the driver's hands were shaking and someone else appeared to be controlling the steering wheel. So, contra to what I previously thought, I don't think it was Min-ho that was controlling the car.

It WAS Min-ho's phone that called his father and told him to "come".

They didn't complete filming until Nov. 19th, A lot of loose ends still to resolve in the final episodes - hopefully they are taking a break in order to do the final editing so that it isn't completely rushed and sloppy.

According to Namu Wiki, the man at the end was speaking Tagalong (official language of the Philippines). The next villain's name is "Chen Guangjin" and is played by Eum Moon Suk and based on what a crazy actor he can be, I think that's him at the end.

Wasn't that his son at the end - when they showed the truck crashing into his father and he got out with the bad guy?

I think you are correct - Min Ho might be alive. Father "had a dream" where Min Ho told Dad he was "leaving - don't look for him" and he was bloody/beat up? Yeah, I believe son visited dad while he was sleeping, dad thinks it was a dream (and script says he decided his son was dead), but. . .Taxi Driver is all about happy endings/reconciliation. OTOH, Episodes 5/6 are really about how Rainbow Taxi began, so perhaps the end will be bittersweet. For the next 12 hours, I will holdout hope that both father and son are alive.

Article w/still cuts. Seems to confirm that Episode 5 will focus on why CEO Jang created the Rainbow Taxi service

"In this scene, Dogi and the members approached the suspect to find out the whole story of the 'disappearance and murder case of Park Min-ho (played by Lee Do-han) of the Jinkwang University volleyball team', which was commissioned by CEO Jang as the first case of a model taxi 15 years ago but could not be solved."

https://www.edaily.co.kr/News/Read?newsId=02496086642395568&mediaCodeNo=257&OutLnkChk=Y

It appears to be an episode that finally shows the viewer how the Rainbow Taxi service was created. And yes, it's a filler as you said.

If you watch on YouTube, go to "settings" and hopefully it will provide option of Korean>English.

Here's the link w (hopefully) english subs but you might have to do it again:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHHGBA74Bzg

He did some very nice things for her - giving her a ride when it began to rain, walking over broken glass when she collapsed in the hospital, etc. As a result, she began to see him as an individual (not the actor or the character). But when her boss (2FL) demanded that she continue to write articles about him, she pushed back a bit and the boss asked if she was attracted to him - and brought her back to earth with the admonition that "romance with celebrities" never works out (or words to that effect). So, she decided to take a leap and arrange a meet-up with the Onion character.

Thus, the way I look at it is: the undercurrent of attraction is there, but she has decided to turn her back on it. As @Aramintai says, it's complicated.