OK, officially this is my favorite episode so far!
If I wasn't married, I would totally go for captain magic blood sado-maso in a heartbeat! He is so awesomely unhinged that it warms my psycho top loving heart! He's got the visuals, the body, the warped brain sans logic and a dirty mind that is just so my type! In a way, by sheer accident our genius writing staff wrote their utter gibberish as always and it's the perfect script for the character! As the saying goes, "Even a blind bird can find a worm once in a while"!
But, I'm getting ahead of myself! So, let me wipe off the drool and tell my ovaries to take a hike, because there was so much happening in 20 minutes that we need to talk about!
Episode 6 left us with an image of my new boyfriend...er I mean captain magic blood sado-maso dragging Se Hyeon on the floor and out the door! I guess I was right about needing a different scenery for some good old fashioned torture, because that spooky basement definitely got the perfect vibe for the task at hand! I have a few questions though! How did they get there, in the first place and why was Se Hyeon drugged had a tape over his mouth? It's not like he was screaming his head off for help while his ass was skating on the floor on the way out to be tortured! Oh, and why is my boyfriend covering his scrumptious body with a bullet proof vest? Did he stop for a quick mission on the way? Is it his new fashion statement? Maybe, he thinks that the vest makes him look more manly? BTW, I was totally digging the swinging camera angles, because I wasn't nauseous before so this helped me get some bile moving, like I was tripping on something as well!
Our captain sado-maso starts to interrogate the damsel in distress....er, I mean our poor cowardly club owner/cop who's momentarily defiance can be summed up by his statement "Seong Ho will come to save me!" Aww, that's so adorable! Especially coming from someone who was ready to blow his brains out a few hours ago! If only he could make up his mind!
Suddenly, the special effects guy had a brilliant idea to randomly turn on a smoke machine near by the victim's chair, making it look like that captain sado-maso was just about to barbeque Se Hyeon! Maybe that was the smoke signal for Seong Ho to enter the scene!
So, our hero arrives weapon's drawn to save the day, only to surrender it 28 seconds later! I timed it, it lasted from 3:36 to 4:04! That must have been the fastest capitulation in history!
From that point on complete lunacy reigned on the scene, so devoid of any trace of logic and common sense that my brain cells went into witness protection just to keep my sanity intact!
Showing up without a plan and backup as one does while pursuing a psychopath is a brilliant idea if you are hoping for a one way ticket to the afterlife! Not to mention that you're not much help for your lover either, but I guess he failed to contemplate on that before he dropped his gun! My boyfriend...er, our nutjob captain actually points it out that what Seong Ho did was a suicide and he starts to handle the situation accordingly!
First he orders Seung Ho to kneel, which he does only after his lover gets punched on the face and a gun to the head on a count of one...two... The absurdity of the scene totally amuses both me and my boyfriend... I mean our captain sado-maso who's laughing and enjoying himself, mocking the wannabe hero for being an ace cop with no pride! Then orders him to take off his clothes....just to see if he is wearing a wire you pervs...at least that was the reason at first.... I think....probably...until he got other ideas...
I think our captain BDSM daddy has a belt fetish! Even a corrupt cop would carry handcuffs, but captain sado-maso orders Seong Ho to take off his belt and tie his hands with it! Mind you, he didn't specify how to do it, but our specially trained returnee promptly tied his hands BEHIND his back, completely giving up any chance of self defense or to grab the gun that my boyfriend....I mean captain BDSM daddy is so loosely and carelessly waving around in his hand! He even gets praised for a job well done!
I think that was the moment when I thought that the script reached the point of absolute lunacy, but I was sorely mistaken! I shouldn't have underestimated the writer(s) capability of creating an even more brain numbing plot twist!
Apparently, there's some family secret lurking around that captain BDSM daddy wants to know, but gets no answers, so out comes his trusty switchblade and he proceeds to make a single small SHALLOW cut, more like a scratch on Se Hyeon's chest that earns him a loud scream from our cowardly cop, like he was stabbed or something! For some reason, captain BDSM daddy found that exciting and kissed his victim,,,, which is fine, because he is a psycho, but Se Hyeon kissed him back! We are talking about proper tonsil hockey here people! EXCUSE ME??!! I mean I know all about Stockholm Syndrome, but didn't know it develops this fast! Maybe the last five years were more complicated between those two than we've been let on!
After seeing that, Seong Ho is ready to sing, but here comes the aforementioned plot twist to lower a person's IQ to the level of a flea!
Another wannabe hero enters the scene with the same careful non-planning as the first one, and that idiot is none other than our favorite psycho slave.... er, I mean the very courageous officer Min Ho! Well, shag me sideways, I didn't see that one coming! That little weasel is popping up everywhere just at the right time, and I have a suspicion that he might be an undercover cop too, because he lacks every skill, willpower and logic just like Se Hyeon!
So, he swoops in his signature, spotless, white as snow sneakers that I'm positive is not a part of the dress code and starts blabbering about how it is improper and not a way to go about solving a problem! Are you kidding, right? Wasn't he Hell bent to screw them over just a few days ago? Are both the writer(s) and the director suffering from short term memory loss? For the love of everything that's unholy, who came up with this mental excrement?
I know logic and skills of any kind are not a requirement for this project, but keeping a little consistency shouldn't be this hard, because the "plot" is not that complicated to follow... wait, maybe it's too simple and that's why they don't bother to keep track of it, right?!
Even my boyfriend... er, I mean captain BDSM daddy looks perplexed and starts to slap around his obedient slave to knock some sense into him! Then comes the next plot twist that made me drop my jaw onto the keyboard! Captain BDSM daddy orders Seong Ho to kiss Min Ho, otherwise he will kill Se Hyeon! EXCUSE ME, WHAT NOW??!! Are we getting ready for some kinky foursome that nobody told me about!!?? Of course that's the cliffhanger that the episode ends with and I'm staring at the screen, speechless and bewildered just like Seong Ho and Min Ho in the last shot!
I think I might have permanently lost some of my marbles! This episode was so utterly unhinged, that it stands on its own planet of lunacy, unreachable for mere mortals like me! I can hardly wait to see what will happen in episode 8! We are witnessing unparalleled cinematic greatness!
Of course this is only IMHO as always and I'll see you tomorrow my fellow deranged members!
Usually, with a very few exceptions, I'm OK with a sad ending, but this time I'm praying to the BL gods to spare me from another heart ache! With this storyline and these characters, I need a happy ending like I need water in the desert!
Both couples, Zhen Xin / Zhang Zhun and Fang Chi/Gao Zhun are equally important to me, but I'm pretty sure that I don't have to worry about the latter pair in the final episode! On the other hand, I don't know if Zhang Zhun could ever forgive him for that night! In 'ABO Desire' and 'To My Shore' horrible, unforgivable things were forgiven, but the wronged parties were though, powerful characters who could dish out some damage to assert their dominance over their top in the relationship by the end! Zhang Zhun is already emotionally compromised, insecure and vulnerable in so many levels, that this discovery might shatter him beyond repair! 😵💫
Hence, here I am, praying to the BL gods to have mercy on me! 🙏
Also, why both "Deep In' and 'Payback' has to end on the same weekend??!! .😭💔 It's just so cruel! 😭💔 How in the universe of everything unholy am I going to endure my impending purgatory of withdrawal ??!!😱😱😱
I offer you some more of my random thoughts while watching this week’s episodes of “Sin to Love.” No, that’s…
DA DA DA plot is still MIA and the script gets stupider by the minute, in another word it's pure gold for an epically bad BL fan! Milk and full Moon fetish - check! Idiotic plot - check! Patch work to develop or worsen OCD - check! I'm having a blast! Thanks for your very enjoyable observations!
Ep 6 DADADADA~- First I thought this is some kind of shrine as memorial for his grandpa who might have died by…
The writer(s)' milk fetish is something to behold! Same thing with the full Moon! Maybe he/she/they brought up by werewolves or can be Moon worshippers! Great summery as always!
The fact I wasn't the only one who rewound the kiss in shock for the tiniest reciprocation hahaha. Your reviews…
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So, I was so prepared to catch that miracle ending of episode 5, alas this time there's no replay of the last moments because our diabolical editor is a big tease!
Instead of that, we are back in captain sado-maso's BDSM joint...er I mean his lovely office and he is acting more weird than usual! Starting with his zombie-walk to his bookshelf with a strange expression on his face he uncovers a barely hidden mini shrine of an elderly man. First I thought it was his father/grandfather/uncle on the picture until he stripped naked from the waist up and two things happened simultaneously: First, catching a glimpse of his well toned body promptly short circuited my brain and I had to pause the video to shamelessly ogle his sculpted torso, temporarily forgetting that I'm happily married! Second, when I stopped drooling, I clicked play again until I've got the full view of the tattoo on his back then paused the video once again to take a closer look!
It seemed to me that it was a Yakuza-style ink job, but I wasn't sure until I let it play again and suddenly captain sado-maso pulled out a switch blade and sliced his palm open, then trickled some blood onto the candles! Mind you, he was standing there in broad daylight with the blinds open like one does when paying homage to a mafia boss in a police station!
If that doesn't stop you in your tracks, the next move will knock your socks off! Nope, not the pledge that he recites where he declares that his body still belongs to the boss and that his loyalty is eternal! It's the magic trick before that, where he grabs A SINGLE TISSUE and wipes off the blood squeaky clean from AN OPEN WOUND that was leaking blood just a moment ago like a damaged roof leaks water after an ice storm!
The best part? The tissue didn't have a single drop of blood on it as he was wiping his palm! Trust me, I checked it a few times by zooming on it! Honestly, I don't know why he's doing crime, because he would be filthy rich just by selling his blood to pharmaceutical companies and hospitals, because nobody would ever bleed out if they can get the magical captain Kwon blood ointment or powder! The ultimate dream for surgeons and hemophiliacs!
Of course busy bee, officer Min Ho casually walks by the office and freaks out, which is cute, because his owner...er I mean dear captain is otherwise always such a regular nice guy with a heart of gold! Maybe that's why he left the blinds open to scare the bejesus out of anyone who walks by!
What happened next truly warped my brain cells into a pretzel! Night has fallen, but apparently the Moon no longer orbit around the Earth, hence every night there's a full Moon! Werewolves and lunatics most be thrilled! That's not even the craziest part of the scene! Se Hyeon a.k.a. Smiling Tiger is sitting alone in his club and having an inner monolog of some philosophical mambo-jumbo when Min Ho arrives and sits down, his back turned against the windows where SUNLIGHT filtering through the curtains....AT NIGHT!
At that point I was no longer amazed by how brilliant the script was, I fully expected to be floored by every single plot line that our genius writer(s) can throw at me! They didn't disappoint! Out of nowhere, Smiling Tiger completely lost his marbles and became suicidal, pulling out a revolver to play Russian Roulette in front of a bewildered Min Ho! In the morning he had plans and just got his boyfriend back and took care of those urges, but a few hours later he was ready to check out permanently! Maybe it's the full Moon that turns him into a looney bin! I knew there was a reason for such a clever idea! Lunacy on steroids! Absolutely brilliant!
After taking a quick look at the evening rush in the city, we are back at the BDSM joint...er police station....where again we have SUNLIGHT brightens the office! Maybe the BDSM joint and the club are in a parallel world and we are jumping back and forth? That would explain the Windows7 and, the telepathy with the Mother Ship and the odd behavior of every cop in that place! Min Ho has returned and after briefly harassing Seong Ho, he exits into the empty hallway that sounds like a busy restaurant even though during his phone call only a few people are passing by!
Our esteemed editor cuts back to the office and low and behold, Seong Ho got a laptop and he is actually have a browser open, but when he starts typing nothing happens on the monitor! Even the cameraman got frustrated and showed the camera right in front of the actors' face to capture the baffled look on his face!
Meanwhile, we've got another look at the full Moon and we're back in the club to see what is Smiling Tiger up to after his mental break down! He is still alone and smoking when captain magic blood sado-maso shows up with a little bundle in his hand and we've entered the last 5 minutes of the episode!
I must say, that as soon as captain magic blood sado-maso opened his little bundle of toys I knew that we'll be treated with a very special scene! I don't know about you, but sharp pointy objects are not something that one casually carries around! It's always exciting to see what happens when two nutjobs having a disagreement, especially when one is suicidal and the other is homicidal!
Naturally, Se Hyeon is doing the same thing that he always does, being brave for about 15 seconds before completely folding! Pulling a gun on a psycho is never a smart idea, especially when you can't/won't pull the trigger and have zero fighting skills, but somehow he missed that memo! He gets a second chance to end it, but here comes the plot twist, the gun has no bullets! In retrospect, he should've thought about to check the cylinder even before he played Russian Roulette! No wonder he was so lucky ...until captain sado-maso set the record straight!
Can I ask a question? I assume, that both the writer(s) and the director agreed on the final version before shooting the episode, so how come that none of them thought that making a cop look like a pathetic, helpless coward who's begging for his life was a good idea? I know, I'm not as sophisticated or visionary as the director, so I might be too ignorant of his artistic greatness, so I'm just wondering what am I missing here? If anyone can enlighten me, please do so, because my brain leakage prevents me from comprehending the intricacies of such excellent writing!
So, Smiling Tiger sits by those deadly, sharp objects, but he meekly lets captain sado-maso redecorate his face, because grabbing one of those to defend himself is not something that would be logical, right? Also, if he was a cop, did he skipped every self defense and hand to hand combat classes at the academy and they let him graduate anyway? Not to mention that stabbing/cutting someone doesn't require any skills just a firm grip and a working arm!
Darn, I forgot that logic and common sense wasn't a requirement for making this series! My bad! So, with just one hand he's being dragged on the floor by his vest like a ragdoll out of the room! I think captain sado-maso forgot about his toys as well! BTW, why did he drag Se Hyeon away? Maybe he needed a different environment for torturing his victim? I mean a change of scenery could enhance the joy of one's work I suppose! Another mystery that I have to ponder about until episode 7!
Of course this is only IMHO as always and I'll see you my fellow deranged members next week!
PART I - EP 5 SUMMARY Well, we are officially lost in the mystical, nightmarish world where common sense, logic, knowledge of any kind and film making goes to die! Just the kind of vacation spot that I always love to revisit so I can lose enough brain cells that I'll be matching the IQ score of an amoeba!
Silly me, I clicked play without considering the possibility that the next episodes could start with the ending of the previous one! Big mistake! Once again I was mercilessly brought face to face with that very peculiar "kissing" scene from last week and some of my brain cells instantly capitulated right there and then! That taught me a lesson to never be this careless when I start watching an EBS (epically bad scale) BL! After the shock of such visual assault...er I mean such romantic moments, the editor drops us into a room where our psycho Min Ho is convalescing on a couch and thanks to our favorite hearing impaired sound engineer we can hear clearly when he swallows a mouthful of saliva!Then captain sado-maso comes in to play nurse, but his methods aren't in the textbook of any nursing school as far as I know! That poor big plant in the corner definitely got traumatized!
Meanwhile, the lovebirds hobbled to the car and after some injury assessment they were at it again! Fortunately, our favorite jittery cameraman managed to find the best angle that mostly blocked the view of the action, so for his visionary take he should be awarded and get some bonus!
Back at (I assume) Se Hyeon's place another type of nursing is taking place that made me think, that there are some new techniques must have been developed that I'm just learning about, where first you unbutton the patient's shirt, shove the bottom edge of it into his mouth while he is balancing himself on the edge of the sofa! I have so many questions! I don't know who's the medical adviser on staff, but is he/she has ever worked in a medical field? Did he/she ever treat an injury by him/herself? I mean why put on a shirt in the first place, just so it can get in the way and of course, why would the patient lay down on that sofa or on the bed where it's comfortable? It totally makes sense I'm sure! Oh, and their riveting, idiotic dialog and the "I've got a boo-boo can you kiss it?" play wasn't cringy at all!
In the next scene, it's the next morning and Min Ho is sitting on the sofa in the BDSM joint, also known as captain sado-maso's office, trying to tidy himself, but gives up halfway and he is in pain. Then the aforementioned captain makes a casual statement that sends my brain cells frantically scrambling, trying to process the input! "So it's your first time." EXCUSE ME??!! Can we just hold on for a minute or two....I might need more than that, because just WOW! Are you telling me that Min Ho just got deflowered in his office, on that sofa while he is painfully injured to begin with? In the police station/BDSM joint, where people come and go 24/7 ?Well tickle me senseless, that's some highly unusual plot twist! I'm in complete awe of the writer(s) ingenious move! It's definitely not on many people's wish list to get their cherry popped under these circumstances! The captain's next line just about finished me off! "Drink the milk first." MILK? WHAT? WHY? AND WHERE ARE THE COOKIES? At that point my brain leakage hit critical status and when some milk ran down on Min Ho's chin, I lost it! The whole scene was so absurd that my brain cells had to check out, otherwise my IQ would've dropped down to single digits!
Unfortunately, I've had no recovery time, because we were yanked into Se Hyeon's bedroom, where he was soundly asleep ON HIS BADLY INJURED right side with Seong Ho spooned against his back! The conversation that followed their waking moment was beyond nonsensical, including the "let's be brave" line after receiving captain sado-maso's dire warning, but we finally had confirmation that Seong Ho was a cop and for the right price can be one again!
We are also treated with some flashbacks that made me laugh so hard that I could barely breathe! That police station really knows how to keep their files organized and safe! Who needs a filing cabinet, labels, any kind of catalogue system, when one could just throw highly sensitive and confidential documents onto a randomly stacked open shelf! Or ever heard of a digital file? I wonder how anyone could find any documents there? Maybe all those officers are psychics! I mean it took Seong Ho only a few minutes to find what he was looking for! Maybe that's the same reason that they don't need any Windows upgrade either, because they don't need to open a browser, just type things down for the Mother Ship and you'll receive whatever you need!
On the other hand Se Hyeon has some difficulties because he is sneaking around in HIS OWN club looking for a ledger under every counter, then voila, there is a nice book laying around that reveals every dirty deed that all those corrupt VIPs have ever done! Who needs a safe or Heaven forbid make a copy of it on a memory card that can be hidden anywhere? I think I must be missing something, that is why I'm so baffled about this!
Our crafty editor takes us back into Se Hyeong's bedroom and I guess whatever magic ointment was applied onto his skin last night worked like a charm, because he was pain free and ready for some horizontal lambada! He also asked Seong Ho a weird question: "Why did you run away?" Um, I was under the impression that he ghosted his lover and didn't even show up at the airport to say goodbye, moreover didn't Seong Ho was sent to the US for work and training? Also, when Seong Ho returned, he asked Se Hyeong why he abandoned him! At that point I think our esteemed writer(s) could no longer remember which version of the story made it to production!
In the final moments of episode 5 we had a small miracle as well! Kim Hyeon Seo moved his lips a little bit! I was ready to brace myself to watch another train wreck of a "kissing" scene then suddenly he moved his lips and I almost fell out of my chair! I had to rewind it a few times just to make sure that I wasn't seeing things! It was very subtle, just little movements, but he actually kissed back his acting partner! On top of that for a few brief moments they even managed to spark a little chemistry! I don't know what brought on this miracle, but I will take it!
Of course this is only IMHO as always and I'll be back tomorrow with PART II -EP 6 SUMMARY!
If I wasn't married, I would totally go for captain magic blood sado-maso in a heartbeat!
He is so awesomely unhinged that it warms my psycho top loving heart!
He's got the visuals, the body, the warped brain sans logic and a dirty mind that is just so my type!
In a way, by sheer accident our genius writing staff wrote their utter gibberish as always and it's the perfect script for the character!
As the saying goes, "Even a blind bird can find a worm once in a while"!
But, I'm getting ahead of myself!
So, let me wipe off the drool and tell my ovaries to take a hike, because there was so much happening in 20 minutes that we need to talk about!
Episode 6 left us with an image of my new boyfriend...er I mean captain magic blood sado-maso dragging Se Hyeon on the floor and out the door!
I guess I was right about needing a different scenery for some good old fashioned torture, because that spooky basement definitely got the perfect vibe for the task at hand!
I have a few questions though!
How did they get there, in the first place and why was Se Hyeon drugged had a tape over his mouth?
It's not like he was screaming his head off for help while his ass was skating on the floor on the way out to be tortured!
Oh, and why is my boyfriend covering his scrumptious body with a bullet proof vest?
Did he stop for a quick mission on the way?
Is it his new fashion statement?
Maybe, he thinks that the vest makes him look more manly?
BTW, I was totally digging the swinging camera angles, because I wasn't nauseous before so this helped me get some bile moving, like I was tripping on something as well!
Our captain sado-maso starts to interrogate the damsel in distress....er, I mean our poor cowardly club owner/cop who's momentarily defiance can be summed up by his statement "Seong Ho will come to save me!"
Aww, that's so adorable!
Especially coming from someone who was ready to blow his brains out a few hours ago!
If only he could make up his mind!
Suddenly, the special effects guy had a brilliant idea to randomly turn on a smoke machine near by the victim's chair, making it look like that captain sado-maso was just about to barbeque Se Hyeon!
Maybe that was the smoke signal for Seong Ho to enter the scene!
So, our hero arrives weapon's drawn to save the day, only to surrender it 28 seconds later!
I timed it, it lasted from 3:36 to 4:04!
That must have been the fastest capitulation in history!
From that point on complete lunacy reigned on the scene, so devoid of any trace of logic and
common sense that my brain cells went into witness protection just to keep my sanity intact!
Showing up without a plan and backup as one does while pursuing a psychopath is a brilliant idea if you are hoping for a one way ticket to the afterlife!
Not to mention that you're not much help for your lover either, but I guess he failed to contemplate on that before he dropped his gun!
My boyfriend...er, our nutjob captain actually points it out that what Seong Ho did was a suicide and he starts to handle the situation accordingly!
First he orders Seung Ho to kneel, which he does only after his lover gets punched on the face and a gun to the head on a count of one...two...
The absurdity of the scene totally amuses both me and my boyfriend... I mean our captain sado-maso who's laughing and enjoying himself, mocking the wannabe hero for being an ace cop with no pride!
Then orders him to take off his clothes....just to see if he is wearing a wire you pervs...at least that was the reason at first.... I think....probably...until he got other ideas...
I think our captain BDSM daddy has a belt fetish!
Even a corrupt cop would carry handcuffs, but captain sado-maso orders Seong Ho to take off his belt and tie his hands with it!
Mind you, he didn't specify how to do it, but our specially trained returnee promptly tied his hands BEHIND his back, completely giving up any chance of self defense or to grab the gun that my boyfriend....I mean captain BDSM daddy is so loosely and carelessly waving around in his hand!
He even gets praised for a job well done!
I think that was the moment when I thought that the script reached the point of absolute lunacy, but I was sorely mistaken!
I shouldn't have underestimated the writer(s) capability of creating an even more brain numbing plot twist!
Apparently, there's some family secret lurking around that captain BDSM daddy wants to know, but gets no answers, so out comes his trusty switchblade and he proceeds to make a single small SHALLOW cut, more like a scratch on Se Hyeon's chest that earns him a loud scream from our cowardly cop, like he was stabbed or something!
For some reason, captain BDSM daddy found that exciting and kissed his victim,,,, which is fine, because he is a psycho, but Se Hyeon kissed him back!
We are talking about proper tonsil hockey here people!
EXCUSE ME??!!
I mean I know all about Stockholm Syndrome, but didn't know it develops this fast!
Maybe the last five years were more complicated between those two than we've been let on!
After seeing that, Seong Ho is ready to sing, but here comes the aforementioned plot twist to lower a person's IQ to the level of a flea!
Another wannabe hero enters the scene with the same careful non-planning as the first one, and that idiot is none other than our favorite psycho slave.... er, I mean the very courageous officer Min Ho!
Well, shag me sideways, I didn't see that one coming!
That little weasel is popping up everywhere just at the right time, and I have a suspicion that he might be an undercover cop too, because he lacks every skill, willpower and logic just like Se Hyeon!
So, he swoops in his signature, spotless, white as snow sneakers that I'm positive is not a part of the dress code and starts blabbering about how it is improper and not a way to go about solving a problem!
Are you kidding, right?
Wasn't he Hell bent to screw them over just a few days ago?
Are both the writer(s) and the director suffering from short term memory loss?
For the love of everything that's unholy, who came up with this mental excrement?
I know logic and skills of any kind are not a requirement for this project, but keeping a little consistency shouldn't be this hard, because the "plot" is not that complicated to follow... wait, maybe it's too simple and that's why they don't bother to keep track of it, right?!
Even my boyfriend... er, I mean captain BDSM daddy looks perplexed and starts to slap around his obedient slave to knock some sense into him!
Then comes the next plot twist that made me drop my jaw onto the keyboard!
Captain BDSM daddy orders Seong Ho to kiss Min Ho, otherwise he will kill Se Hyeon!
EXCUSE ME, WHAT NOW??!!
Are we getting ready for some kinky foursome that nobody told me about!!??
Of course that's the cliffhanger that the episode ends with and I'm staring at the screen, speechless and bewildered just like Seong Ho and Min Ho in the last shot!
I think I might have permanently lost some of my marbles!
This episode was so utterly unhinged, that it stands on its own planet of lunacy, unreachable for mere mortals like me!
I can hardly wait to see what will happen in episode 8!
We are witnessing unparalleled cinematic greatness!
Of course this is only IMHO as always and I'll see you tomorrow my fellow deranged members!
That might be the medicine that I'll need still, I will miss both series and all the characters and actors dearly!
With this storyline and these characters, I need a happy ending like I need water in the desert!
Both couples, Zhen Xin / Zhang Zhun and Fang Chi/Gao Zhun are equally important to me, but I'm pretty sure that I don't have to worry about the latter pair in the final episode!
On the other hand, I don't know if Zhang Zhun could ever forgive him for that night!
In 'ABO Desire' and 'To My Shore' horrible, unforgivable things were forgiven, but the wronged parties were though, powerful characters who could dish out some damage to assert their dominance over their top in the relationship by the end!
Zhang Zhun is already emotionally compromised, insecure and vulnerable in so many levels, that this discovery might shatter him beyond repair! 😵💫
Hence, here I am, praying to the BL gods to have mercy on me! 🙏
Also, why both "Deep In' and 'Payback' has to end on the same weekend??!! .😭💔
It's just so cruel! 😭💔
How in the universe of everything unholy am I going to endure my impending purgatory of withdrawal ??!!😱😱😱
It's Junho, so I'm automatically seated!
It's Junho, so I'm automatically seated!
Milk and full Moon fetish - check!
Idiotic plot - check!
Patch work to develop or worsen OCD - check!
I'm having a blast!
Thanks for your very enjoyable observations!
Same thing with the full Moon!
Maybe he/she/they brought up by werewolves or can be Moon worshippers!
Great summery as always!
So, I was so prepared to catch that miracle ending of episode 5, alas this time there's no replay of the last moments because our diabolical editor is a big tease!
Instead of that, we are back in captain sado-maso's BDSM joint...er I mean his lovely office and he is acting more weird than usual!
Starting with his zombie-walk to his bookshelf with a strange expression on his face he uncovers a barely hidden mini shrine of an elderly man.
First I thought it was his father/grandfather/uncle on the picture until he stripped naked from the waist up and two things happened simultaneously:
First, catching a glimpse of his well toned body promptly short circuited my brain and I had to pause the video to shamelessly ogle his sculpted torso, temporarily forgetting that I'm happily married!
Second, when I stopped drooling, I clicked play again until I've got the full view of the tattoo on his back then paused the video once again to take a closer look!
It seemed to me that it was a Yakuza-style ink job, but I wasn't sure until I let it play again and suddenly captain sado-maso pulled out a switch blade and sliced his palm open, then trickled some blood onto the candles!
Mind you, he was standing there in broad daylight with the blinds open like one does when paying homage to a mafia boss in a police station!
If that doesn't stop you in your tracks, the next move will knock your socks off!
Nope, not the pledge that he recites where he declares that his body still belongs to the boss and that his loyalty is eternal!
It's the magic trick before that, where he grabs A SINGLE TISSUE and wipes off the blood squeaky clean from AN OPEN WOUND that was leaking blood just a moment ago like a damaged roof leaks water after an ice storm!
The best part? The tissue didn't have a single drop of blood on it as he was wiping his palm!
Trust me, I checked it a few times by zooming on it!
Honestly, I don't know why he's doing crime, because he would be filthy rich just by selling his blood to pharmaceutical companies and hospitals, because nobody would ever bleed out if they can get the magical captain Kwon blood ointment or powder!
The ultimate dream for surgeons and hemophiliacs!
Of course busy bee, officer Min Ho casually walks by the office and freaks out, which is cute, because his owner...er I mean dear captain is otherwise always such a regular nice guy with a
heart of gold!
Maybe that's why he left the blinds open to scare the bejesus out of anyone who walks by!
What happened next truly warped my brain cells into a pretzel!
Night has fallen, but apparently the Moon no longer orbit around the Earth, hence every night there's a full Moon!
Werewolves and lunatics most be thrilled!
That's not even the craziest part of the scene!
Se Hyeon a.k.a. Smiling Tiger is sitting alone in his club and having an inner monolog of some philosophical mambo-jumbo when Min Ho arrives and sits down, his back turned against the windows where SUNLIGHT filtering through the curtains....AT NIGHT!
At that point I was no longer amazed by how brilliant the script was, I fully expected to be
floored by every single plot line that our genius writer(s) can throw at me!
They didn't disappoint!
Out of nowhere, Smiling Tiger completely lost his marbles and became suicidal, pulling out a revolver to play Russian Roulette in front of a bewildered Min Ho!
In the morning he had plans and just got his boyfriend back and took care of those urges, but a few hours later he was ready to check out permanently!
Maybe it's the full Moon that turns him into a looney bin!
I knew there was a reason for such a clever idea!
Lunacy on steroids!
Absolutely brilliant!
After taking a quick look at the evening rush in the city, we are back at the BDSM joint...er police station....where again we have SUNLIGHT brightens the office!
Maybe the BDSM joint and the club are in a parallel world and we are jumping back and forth?
That would explain the Windows7 and, the telepathy with the Mother Ship and the odd behavior of every cop in that place!
Min Ho has returned and after briefly harassing Seong Ho, he exits into the empty hallway that sounds like a busy restaurant even though during his phone call only a few people are passing by!
Our esteemed editor cuts back to the office and low and behold, Seong Ho got a laptop and he is actually have a browser open, but when he starts typing nothing happens on the monitor!
Even the cameraman got frustrated and showed the camera right in front of the actors' face to capture the baffled look on his face!
Meanwhile, we've got another look at the full Moon and we're back in the club to see what is Smiling Tiger up to after his mental break down!
He is still alone and smoking when captain magic blood sado-maso shows up with a little bundle in his hand and we've entered the last 5 minutes of the episode!
I must say, that as soon as captain magic blood sado-maso opened his little bundle of toys I knew that we'll be treated with a very special scene!
I don't know about you, but sharp pointy objects are not something that one casually carries around!
It's always exciting to see what happens when two nutjobs having a disagreement, especially when one is suicidal and the other is homicidal!
Naturally, Se Hyeon is doing the same thing that he always does, being brave for about 15 seconds before completely folding!
Pulling a gun on a psycho is never a smart idea, especially when you can't/won't pull the trigger and have zero fighting skills, but somehow he missed that memo!
He gets a second chance to end it, but here comes the plot twist, the gun has no bullets!
In retrospect, he should've thought about to check the cylinder even before he played Russian Roulette!
No wonder he was so lucky ...until captain sado-maso set the record straight!
Can I ask a question?
I assume, that both the writer(s) and the director agreed on the final version before shooting the episode, so how come that none of them thought that making a cop look like a pathetic, helpless coward who's begging for his life was a good idea?
I know, I'm not as sophisticated or visionary as the director, so I might be too ignorant of his artistic greatness, so I'm just wondering what am I missing here?
If anyone can enlighten me, please do so, because my brain leakage prevents me from comprehending the intricacies of such excellent writing!
So, Smiling Tiger sits by those deadly, sharp objects, but he meekly lets captain sado-maso redecorate his face, because grabbing one of those to defend himself is not something that would be logical, right?
Also, if he was a cop, did he skipped every self defense and hand to hand combat classes at the academy and they let him graduate anyway?
Not to mention that stabbing/cutting someone doesn't require any skills just a firm grip and a working arm!
Darn, I forgot that logic and common sense wasn't a requirement for making this series!
My bad!
So, with just one hand he's being dragged on the floor by his vest like a ragdoll out of the room!
I think captain sado-maso forgot about his toys as well!
BTW, why did he drag Se Hyeon away?
Maybe he needed a different environment for torturing his victim?
I mean a change of scenery could enhance the joy of one's work I suppose!
Another mystery that I have to ponder about until episode 7!
Of course this is only IMHO as always and I'll see you my fellow deranged members next week!
Well, we are officially lost in the mystical, nightmarish world where common sense, logic, knowledge of any kind and film making goes to die!
Just the kind of vacation spot that I always love to revisit so I can lose enough brain cells that I'll be matching the IQ score of an amoeba!
Silly me, I clicked play without considering the possibility that the next episodes could start with the ending of the previous one!
Big mistake!
Once again I was mercilessly brought face to face with that very peculiar "kissing" scene from last week and some of my brain cells instantly capitulated right there and then!
That taught me a lesson to never be this careless when I start watching an EBS (epically bad scale) BL!
After the shock of such visual assault...er I mean such romantic moments, the editor drops us into a room where our psycho Min Ho is convalescing on a couch and thanks to our favorite hearing impaired sound engineer we can hear clearly when he swallows a mouthful of saliva!Then captain sado-maso comes in to play nurse, but his methods aren't in the textbook of any nursing school as far as I know!
That poor big plant in the corner definitely got traumatized!
Meanwhile, the lovebirds hobbled to the car and after some injury assessment they were at it again!
Fortunately, our favorite jittery cameraman managed to find the best angle that mostly blocked the view of the action, so for his visionary take he should be awarded and get some bonus!
Back at (I assume) Se Hyeon's place another type of nursing is taking place that made me think, that there are some new techniques must have been developed that I'm just learning about, where first you unbutton the patient's shirt, shove the bottom edge of it into his mouth while he is balancing himself on the edge of the sofa!
I have so many questions!
I don't know who's the medical adviser on staff, but is he/she has ever worked in a medical field?
Did he/she ever treat an injury by him/herself?
I mean why put on a shirt in the first place, just so it can get in the way and of course, why would the patient lay down on that sofa or on the bed where it's comfortable?
It totally makes sense I'm sure!
Oh, and their riveting, idiotic dialog and the "I've got a boo-boo can you kiss it?" play wasn't cringy at all!
In the next scene, it's the next morning and Min Ho is sitting on the sofa in the BDSM joint, also known as captain sado-maso's office, trying to tidy himself, but gives up halfway and he is in pain.
Then the aforementioned captain makes a casual statement that sends my brain cells frantically scrambling, trying to process the input!
"So it's your first time."
EXCUSE ME??!!
Can we just hold on for a minute or two....I might need more than that, because just WOW!
Are you telling me that Min Ho just got deflowered in his office, on that sofa while he is painfully injured to begin with?
In the police station/BDSM joint, where people come and go 24/7 ?Well tickle me senseless, that's some highly unusual plot twist!
I'm in complete awe of the writer(s) ingenious move!
It's definitely not on many people's wish list to get their cherry popped under these circumstances!
The captain's next line just about finished me off!
"Drink the milk first."
MILK? WHAT? WHY? AND WHERE ARE THE COOKIES?
At that point my brain leakage hit critical status and when some milk ran down on Min Ho's chin, I lost it!
The whole scene was so absurd that my brain cells had to check out, otherwise my IQ would've dropped down to single digits!
Unfortunately, I've had no recovery time, because we were yanked into Se Hyeon's bedroom, where he was soundly asleep ON HIS BADLY INJURED right side with Seong Ho spooned against his back!
The conversation that followed their waking moment was beyond nonsensical, including the "let's be brave" line after receiving captain sado-maso's dire warning, but we finally had confirmation that Seong Ho was a cop and for the right price can be one again!
We are also treated with some flashbacks that made me laugh so hard that I could barely breathe!
That police station really knows how to keep their files organized and safe!
Who needs a filing cabinet, labels, any kind of catalogue system, when one could just throw highly sensitive and confidential documents onto a randomly stacked open shelf!
Or ever heard of a digital file?
I wonder how anyone could find any documents there?
Maybe all those officers are psychics!
I mean it took Seong Ho only a few minutes to find what he was looking for!
Maybe that's the same reason that they don't need any Windows upgrade either, because they don't need to open a browser, just type things down for the Mother Ship and you'll receive whatever you need!
On the other hand Se Hyeon has some difficulties because he is sneaking around in HIS OWN club looking for a ledger under every counter, then voila, there is a nice book laying around that reveals every dirty deed that all those corrupt VIPs have ever done!
Who needs a safe or Heaven forbid make a copy of it on a memory card that can be hidden anywhere? I think I must be missing something, that is why I'm so baffled about this!
Our crafty editor takes us back into Se Hyeong's bedroom and I guess whatever magic ointment was applied onto his skin last night worked like a charm, because he was pain free and ready for some horizontal lambada!
He also asked Seong Ho a weird question: "Why did you run away?"
Um, I was under the impression that he ghosted his lover and didn't even show up at the airport to say goodbye, moreover didn't Seong Ho was sent to the US for work and training?
Also, when Seong Ho returned, he asked Se Hyeong why he abandoned him! At that point I think our esteemed writer(s) could no longer remember which version of the story made it to production!
In the final moments of episode 5 we had a small miracle as well!
Kim Hyeon Seo moved his lips a little bit!
I was ready to brace myself to watch another train wreck of a "kissing" scene then suddenly he moved his lips and I almost fell out of my chair!
I had to rewind it a few times just to make sure that I wasn't seeing things!
It was very subtle, just little movements, but he actually kissed back his acting partner!
On top of that for a few brief moments they even managed to spark a little chemistry!
I don't know what brought on this miracle, but I will take it!
Of course this is only IMHO as always and I'll be back tomorrow with PART II -EP 6 SUMMARY!
Another NJH series you say and it's a mystery/sci-fi thriller? Oh I'm camped out for this one big time!