Encounter

Into the 12th episode & the relationship between the employer & the employee is on a slow thaw. As a review rightly says it may be slow when 20, but another viewing later may make you realise that love at first sight is okay but developing a relationship is not so easy.

It is nurturing. When he says he is going to Ms Lee as she is hurt., she also gives her best wishes for the recovery. His mother has made many side dishes. He delivers them to Ms Lee. To his surprise he finds Ms Cha already there. She is looking at the dishes lovingly but Ms Lee closes the lids swiftly thinking she must have had so many delicious dishes at her restaurants. What she doesn’t know that Ms Cha is a sucker for home made food. Her mother never cooked for her! How did this lady bring up her child ? without homemade food!

The night when she gets invited is the same night of her late father-in-law’s memorial. Her mother-in-law has asked her to be there. Mr Hyuk solves it for her by saying Ms Lee cannot make it. But she hears from her secretary & decides to go anyway. Ms Jang then goes in her car & delivers her message.

The expression of Bo Gum when he opens the door for Ms Lee & finds Ms Cha instead! It is priceless. I am a big fan of Bo gummy but a few of his expressions are to die for! It was “Love in the Moonlight”, “Record of youth” or “Reply 1988” he is just superb. Here, he is too good. His styling in Cuba is different than in any of his shows!

Jang Seung jo as Ms Cha’s husband in this drama has many shades to his character. He wants to win back his wife. He is jealous of Bo gum. He becomes the Co-CEO of the hotel to be close with her. Is he really like his mother or is helping his wife to break free, really? In 2018, he worked in ‘Familiar wife’ & ‘Encounter’ second lead in both the shows. In 2019, he was in “Chocolate” the step brother to the lead fighting over the hospital that they owned, actually their father did.

The fight is silent & it never gets noisy. The villains also maintain their pitch at all times. That is special. It is a soothing experience.