Today’s episode began with Pi-young & her husband… & ended with them. A bit long ,no doubt ,but their exchange was interesting. She is crying out for the betrayal & he defends himself with all his knowledge of psychology.
I knew she is right & yet he gets on his knees & begs. I thought she will now give in surely! What goes on with the couple, their complex interactions .. I remembered the last scene when her husband gets hit by the truck in “The world of the married” she rushes to help him & her son withdraws, runs away. For the life of him he is unable to understand how she can forgive & try to help him!
But then he is just another teenager with his blood on the boil. Dr Shin here has been with his wife for almost 20 years. One would think their reactions would be so predictable & almost reflex actions. But he had to go & have an affair with a much younger woman.
When he quoted “Men are from Mars & women are from Venus” it was too much. The book was written to glorify motherhood by the author. He understood his wife’s pain & could write the book because he knew he can only empathize but cannot bear the labour pain!
“Men will always be men” would have better explained his theory. Also when he says ‘Men are wired differently’ it is understandable. But he is just trying to make her realise how hard she will have in the future! He need not say. She knows. But living under one roof is more painful!
Once he realises Ji a has readily agreed to leave with her to granny’s place, we can visibly see him let her go. Her closure is in living apart & making her own choices now. Bringing up her mother in every conversation was uncalled for. Not only that when he says Ji a may face the same fate. I did not like it. What kind of father would like his daughter having such a situation? Not a sane person!
He has no intention of ending with A mi. He wants both the women in his life. In the next episode his mother is going to know about his true colours. Even when he said he is guilty, his body language was that of a confident person negotiating. He was also sure that he will win this round.
Bringing her a hot cup of water or handing her the tissues was just a formality. One who wishes to wipe the tears , should not make the loved one cry in the first place. I loved that she remained firm & never got swayed by his reasoning. When you are in the wrong, what is there to argue? How can you reason? How can you use your daughter to shield yourself?
It was an open discussion. With lot of tears & revelations but no shouting match! She was able to tell him that her mutism was caused due to his actions. That shocked her not her mother’s death! It was his fault her mother died. He says sorry. But sorry will not be enough. What is done is done & no words can undo it now!
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