Itβs different in the novel. Novel spoilers ahead. In the novel, Sim Gyu Jin is the mastermind. The real BSE…
Nah made sense to me with that little since he wasn't this uber smart master, was a kid under her guardianship and sponsored by her and then just shadowed Sa-eon over a decade as an inside man. While she was nuts and her masterplan from the start was the funeral of "Baek Sa-eon, my son" the concept(unbeknownst to the real Sa-eon that it was to be a double funeral) and it was implied she had lot more resources. Dude was more manipulated by all sides and punished far worse. Drama has plenty left to explain which it might spell out detail by detail unlike the novel or may also leave to imagination.
Did I miss it or is there one more villain? Like none of he current ones knew who the wife of PSE was, right?…
The butler did it! Kidding..maybe. Theres too much gap of logic between Park and the kidnapper being the only ones. But yeah did seem like that was the first mom saw of her bio son.
Wait- what happened to Chairman Hong in that fire scare? We still haven't heard the full details of some things. Is the final battle between Chairman Hong and mom Kyu-jin over her Frankenstein's monster/King Kong? Was she the one who dredged them out of the water and took them captive?
Itβs different in the novel. Novel spoilers ahead. In the novel, Sim Gyu Jin is the mastermind. The real BSE…
I think it was explained in a way when Hee-joo goes to confront him in prison and threatend him or when BSE tells him he always knew and was using him. BSE's mom was a psychiatrist who ran a outreach program for family of victims of crime and thats where she found Park Do-jae. He wasn't an orphan but someone whose sister went missing after which his parents ruined their lives/died looking for her and the mom looked out for him and at some point told him his sister was killed by Baek Sa-eon and used him for the plan(its his plan here). It's not clear how long that was tho but considering Do-jae went to the same university and joined the same departments behind the novel Sa-eon...
How on earth does PDJ know Real Sa-eon to work with him together to get revenge and only be fooled by him at the…
This- where and how'd he end up allying with exactly who turned out was the real Baek(a psycho fisherman from the middle of nowhere)? Plus the real Baek didn't kow who this master was till now but Park knew all about him to put trackers and all on him. If Park Do-jae worked his way to be Sa-eon's lackey he did it over years for his masterplan...while the real one only remembered who he was last year when the grandfather died and swore revenge then... And on top of it all how'd either of them know who and where Hee-joo was?
Oh fam come on, I haven't even watched the episode yet but we know Do Jae is on a redemption arc. First he's pretty.…
Nah in my experience its always 'born psychopath' minute they utter that word the person was doomed no matter how pretty π(unni is pretty tooπ€) or how aligned with the mains
Question: who is the older twin brother? And what happened to him?
The older twin is most likely dead and buried in one of the mound graves the fisherman made for the kids who were killed by the Baek that was covered up years ago. The surviving twin is the only living family of any of the orphans who can give added context is why finding him was crucial. They dragged the suspense of the twins long to make suspense and theories about everyone. Sang-woo seemed sus or the other twin because he was so cagey about the twins it was odd and then at the correct time the reporter easily accessed the details for the twin on enquiry. Theres still a chance someone alive is the other twin but there are 4 graves which would mean the twin is also dead like the other 3 missing children.
My understanding was that when Mr. Min told HHJ that βMr. Baekβ had eye surgery to correct heterochromia when…
Yeah it is. The korean subtitles make a clear distinction between the two words that sound the same(as do some non english ones). Mr. Baek is daepyo-nim λνλ- representative and he had the eye surgery when young. While Sa-eon is λλ³μΈ-daebyeon-in or spokesperson.
I was also thinking like you, but one thing makes me pause is the fact that fake SE is not related to the fisherman…
I got the feeling from both that paternity test results(only part being red) and what the grandpa says about not naming him that he is some type of illegitimate Baek that needed hiding. (the twins needn't have been twins but two kids the same age who came in together assumed as twins fraternal?)
I don't think Sa Eon had surgery, I think it's a miss translation and they actually mean the Chairman
Yeah this part is confusing enough for that since the two words sound the same- λνλ vs λλ³μΈ but is clear in korean sub. Mr Min says Baek daepyo-nim (representative) had surgery which is Ui-young. The rest of the times he talks about daebyeon-in (spokesperson) which is Sa-eon.
Just a question to ppl who have read the novel the whole comedy angle with the staff of BSE and jealosy between…
I haven't read the full novel yet... Its a bit- like, in episode 1 Mr Kang is the one who gives the gushing exposition about Baek Sa-eon's negotiation skills, fumbles with the number Sa-eon tells him to track and then picks up the last call by accident. But PDJ did that in the novel. And novel PDJ is kindof animated and perplexed when compared to the perfect Jeeves of the drama. Thereafter PDJ's appearance is mostly the same PDJ as the drama doing all the tracking work excruciatingly slow and surviving sus bombs except his emotions are described(including one about how when the back is turned his look changes to a sly one). Basically the same gets split in two foil characters as the perfect and the bumbling(usually the police station in most kdramas have these two...).
In fact the presidential spokespersons office don't feature much at all nor is relevant- only his secret personal intelligence agent type staff working together with PDJ who are kinda shady because the novel BSE himself is kindof sus. Drama Baek Sa-eon is far more straight-laced and upright. His circle is slowly aiding him but other drama Sa-eon has less resources than the novel one. Like majority of dramas the office staff should have remained background silent support like Hee-joo's center is but their presence increases with the retreat- I'm guessing they're supposed to have added to suspense with the guessing game about who all could be the twin/master. Otherwise they're among the usual kdrama ally group for the main leads. Also, mainly, (type)casting of Agent Ahn as Kang and keeping his character almost as agent Ahn but married.... he's the issue
The novel is mainly a R-rated erotica and the jokes are risque and somethings such that it turns the ML a not-so-nice type. The changes the script has made to the same lines has rendered things in a different light. Like from erotica to a tender romance. The interaction with the office makes PDJ a bit more adorable than the doomed scenario of just a trusted ally who turns out was misguided. Also changed- the SML is basically the female senior Hee-joo had at her center but who is a psychiatrist uncle who treated her as a child(hes the comic relief and jealousy inducer with his inappropriate texts) and SFL is Ina who is a reporter. Neither from the drama exist in the novel neither does the orphanage plot.
https://m.tv.nate.com/clip/5183134
Probably netflix hasn't released it yet
Or its a flashback...
(πΜ·πΜ·πΜ·πΎΜ·)
Plus as the only living family of a victim he needs to have it seen to the end...
I don't know what the source of this (https://x.com/shengjianbaozis/status/1864826830231830634) is but if its valid that makes his age 35(born 1990) which is the same as in the source (their ages being given as 29 and 35).
In fact the presidential spokespersons office don't feature much at all nor is relevant- only his secret personal intelligence agent type staff working together with PDJ who are kinda shady because the novel BSE himself is kindof sus. Drama Baek Sa-eon is far more straight-laced and upright. His circle is slowly aiding him but other drama Sa-eon has less resources than the novel one. Like majority of dramas the office staff should have remained background silent support like Hee-joo's center is but their presence increases with the retreat- I'm guessing they're supposed to have added to suspense with the guessing game about who all could be the twin/master. Otherwise they're among the usual kdrama ally group for the main leads. Also, mainly, (type)casting of Agent Ahn as Kang and keeping his character almost as agent Ahn but married.... he's the issue
The novel is mainly a R-rated erotica and the jokes are risque and somethings such that it turns the ML a not-so-nice type. The changes the script has made to the same lines has rendered things in a different light. Like from erotica to a tender romance. The interaction with the office makes PDJ a bit more adorable than the doomed scenario of just a trusted ally who turns out was misguided. Also changed- the SML is basically the female senior Hee-joo had at her center but who is a psychiatrist uncle who treated her as a child(hes the comic relief and jealousy inducer with his inappropriate texts) and SFL is Ina who is a reporter. Neither from the drama exist in the novel neither does the orphanage plot.