Good, solid episode for a good solid drama. Not as reveling as the pilot, but still good none the less. I still desperately want to kill Han Jae Hee... She deserves to flat out die. Nothing's sacred to her. Freaking A. She deserves whatever is coming to her next. Legit. This episode was actually significantly more happy than the last with the flashbacks to Jae Hee and Ma Ru's past, and there were actually some really sweet one-liners. That made this process all the more bittersweet. 

In this episode we see Kang Ma Ru's younger self, and we realize through all of this that Ma Ru has always been in essence. Perfection. And dear Lord, he had a lot going for him. The only thing that was wrong in his life, terribly, terribly wrong even more wrong than his sick sister he had to care for was Han Jae Hee. The downfall of man is woman. We also see a more love-struck, actual humane side of Jae Hee which only provides an even more stark contrast to herself. In this episode she lies like it's nothing... Everything she does is for her own selfish gain and to save her own sorry hide. Eun Gi is still rocking her awesomeness. She's in the hospital, but she eats fried chiggen instead of eating the porridge that Park Jong Ha gets her (LIKE I SAID. LOVE INTEREST!!!) Anyway. Without further ado. ONTO THE RECAP!

The episode begins exactly where we left off, on the plane with Kang Ma Ru saving Eun Gi. He gets her so she's stable enough to last until they land and get her to the paramedics, but not without some major tension and hurt feelings between Ma Ru and Jae Hee for obvious reasons. He shoots Jae Hee a heartless look, but finds himself imbalanced as he stumbles back to his seat, dropping his fierce facade. 

The plane lands and Jae Gil is chattering away in the car about the taboo topic of Jae Hee. Ma Ru is already all shaken up and in shock, yet he's just chattering by himself. "Didn't she marry that rich CEO? You're the only one who wouldn't believe me! You beat me up when I tried to tell you." etc etc. He talks about how Jae Hee used to visit Ma Ru all the time in prison, then progressively the visits became less and less frequent, until at last there were none at all. Ma Ru slams on the breaks and yells at Jae Gil for sitting in the backseat, "Am I your chauffeur?!" (ahh, displacement of anger I see.) Jae Gil freaks out and rambles on about how he had such a privileged life and then Ma Ru gets out of the car and walks off, as hilariously Jae Gil calls after him, "I can't drive!" (I love Gwang Soo.)

As Ma Ru walks off, he's recalling the scene where he first met Jae Hee. Jae Hee is running away from debtors and asks Ma Ru to help hide her, and then Ma Ru talks to her, introducing himself. Jae Hee introduces herself to, to which Ma Ru responds, "I know, you're the prettiest noona in the neighborhood." This depicts a bright and young Ma Ru with dreams to help people and become a doctor, he tells Jae Hee that and it's a bit bittersweet, as you realize this is the very woman who would shatter all those dreams. 

We jump to another flashback of when Ma Ru and Jae Hee are older and are in college. They're studying together, and Jae Hee talks about how Ma Ru is popular with the girls and how he's such a great "catch". She subtle-y digging for that confession from him as she does this. My favorite one-liner comes from Ma Ru here. He says, "That catch. Can't noona make that catch?" He does this while "reading" his med book, and completely rejects the idea of any other girl. It's interesting to note here how Jae Hee focuses on the money so much and focuses in on how Ma Ru would be set for life if he just was with that rich girl. Jae Hee here, pinky promises with Ma Ru and makes him promise never to betray her, and to wait for her. Irony, eh?

This leaves Ma Ru in the present, walking down the street looking at the street stall where they had good memories together. He reminds himself he's no longer the Ma Ru he once was. He's now got a very different life, doing whatever he needs to survive. 

Again, every episode I just gotta remember Eun Gi is a freaking BAMF. She's doing work and eating fried chiggen in the hospital. She basically says screw porridge and screw hospital food. She'll do as she likes, and if it's fried chicken, then it's fried chicken. She's annoyed about the doctor that helped her on the plane, she rants about how she could have died, and more importantly, he's somehow related to that Jae Hee that she desperately hates (now don't we all?). She receives a call from one of her spies keeping tabs on Jae Hee, she's withdrawn something close to 1 billion dollars. Continue keeping tabs on her, Eun Gi is determined to see Jae Hee's weakness. 

We see Jae Hee in her old neighborhood bearing gifts and money as she goes to Ma Ru's house. She sees an image of herself as a child crying in front of his house and as she hears a commotion she goes to observe. Inside, a husband is harassing Jae Gil looking for Ma Ru. He's pissed off, cause Ma Ru must have seduced his wife. Jae Gil corrects the man, informing him Ma Ru would never break up families and that his wife must have been the one to lie and tell Ma Ru she was a divorcee. Then he goes back and says wait, Ma Ru is skilled enough to tell the difference. He also informs the husband that it's honestly not Ma Ru's fault that he is so popular, Ma Ru's fanclub from elementary school still exists today, and all it's members combined could form a long line to the outskirts of the village. The husband continues to harass Jae Gil but then the wife finally proclaims that she wants a divorce, so that she can confidently meet that guy again, meaning Ma Ru. The husband is dumbstruck, and they both end up leaving as the wife storms out saying she's going to file for divorce. 

Oh wait. Jae Hee is still standing there. She's shocked. "The man that you're talking about... is it Ma Ru?"

Honestly, this episode had very good one-liners. Really good scenes. And honestly flawless acting, I was especially pleased with Yoo Bi's acting. Really wonderfully heartbreaking scene. Her crying was kinda annoying in that scene, she cries really ugly...ly. (That's not even a word). And I think in the middle of this episode the fact that Moon Chae Won's expression/ eyes were consistently like O_O kinda bothered me. But those are all trivial things, and I still love all the cast.

Also. There's something about this whole drama that I find could have been simply avoided. Think about it, Ma Ru is on his way to be a surgeon, one that'd make more than enough money to take care of Choco and Jae Hee he was on his third year of rotationals... You just had to wait a couple more years and you would've had the easy life Jae Hee without having to constantly battle Eun Gi and without having to hurt anyone. You are a fucking crazy bitch. And now you'll get what's coming to you. BUT I DIGRESS... 

I feel like this episode also jumped from one place to another though really fast. Obviously, episode 2, lots of set up as it makes the transition in Ma Ru's character. I really like all the scenes, and Park Si Yeon does a good job honestly, still irking me as a character, making me feel like killing her. I also enjoyed the character development the most in this episode. Expanding upon aforementioned topics. We see Choco as somewhat manipulative, yet just really desperate for her oppa to take care of her, whether it's through tripping him up through guilt or anything else. We see Jae Hee and Ma Ru's back-story, and actually see them when they're happy together. Making it all the more bittersweet. And we see Eun Gi's weakness in her mother and actually see a bit of her humanity and how she was made the way she is. I'm honestly excited since the whole cast is expected to keep this ambiguity in their characters throughout, so it's not like you can completely side with one person (although I think I'm going to think Park Si Yeon is terrible to the end...). So rating wise. Enjoyability/quality. 

7/8

Rei