Aaaaaaand we’re back with episode two which is basically more backstories of the two main leads and the identity of neighbour Mr. Choi is still a mystery. We also get some info on the employees of Seon Kyul’s company as well as Oh Sol’s family, so I’m looking forward to seeing how the other characters storylines develop in future episodes as well.
The episode starts with Oh Sol when she was younger, and we get to know that she was actually a champion hurdler, so she’s pretty althetic even when she’s grown up, which comes of use later.
Oh Sol accidentally opens the bathroom door while her brother is using it, and shuts it hurriedly, but suddenly, she throws open the door and pulls her brother out, demanding him to lower his trousers. She finds out that her brother is the one wearing the underwear she originally bought for Do Jin and should be in the hands of Seon Kyul, but yet there it was on her brother, and the whole morning is a complete mess at Oh Sol’s house with her trying to kill her brother and chasing him all around the neighbourhood.
Seon Kyul and Oh Sol meet, and he returns the package back to Oh Sol, making jabs about her confessing methods. He then tells Oh Sol that she has to pay his car repair fees by the end of the week, or else he will take the matter to the court. He leaves Oh Sol sitting there after having said what he wanted to say, and just then Oh Sol recieves a message saying that she has passed the first round of a company job interview and that she was invited to the second round.
We then find out that Oh Sol’s brother Oh Dol does taekwondo, and one of his seniors there called Young Sik calls him to help him get his girl back from another guy. They go and meet his ex, who says that she doesn’t love him anymore, and that she likes another guy, who just happens to be the most popular employee at Seon Kyul’s company Dong Hyun, and also happened to be at the same spot as them. Young Sik gets mad and starts fighting with Dong Hyun and they get in trouble with the police, forcing Oh Sol to go help and release them. Here, the fact that Dong Hyun has a crime record is revealed as well, and that little bit of information may be important in future episodes so we’ll see how that plays out too.
Seon Kyul goes to his grandfather’s birthday dinner, and his family backstory is unveiled. His mother was a single parent, and wasn’t by Seon Kyul side when he was small. Seon Kyul lived with his grandfather throughout his childhood, who beat him whenever he came back a mess from playing outside. The only nice person he remembers was Gum Ja Ssi, who was his nanny at the time and took the utmost care of him, yet she died of lung cancer, but not before giving Seon Kyul his robot cleaner as a gift, and this is why Seon Kyul treasures that robot cleaner so much. Back to the present, the grandfather gets mad at Seon Kyul for being a clean freak and not being able to live normally, and throws a knife at him out of anger. The knife slightly cuts Seon Kyul’s cheek, and he walks out without eating anything.
At the same time, Oh Sol utterly fails at her interview and moreover her heels break on her way home, and she is forced to walk barefoot. She goes to the convenience store and buys a ton of alchohol, sits down outside and starts drinking. Meanwhile, since Seon Kyul lives nearby, he goes to the same convenience store to buy who knows what only to find Oh Sol at the door, all drunk. Oh Sol points out that Seon Kyul is hurt as well, implying that she is also hurt, but Seon Kyul avoids her question. Not being able to stand the thought of her walking barefoot back home, Seon Kyul lends her a pair of slippers, and she drunkenly says thanks and walks back home.
Oh Sol doesn’t go home but sits on the stairs nearby. Mr. Choi finds her sitting there and carries her back home. The next day Oh Sol decides that as she can’t get a day job soon enough, she’ll have to ask her dad for the money to pay Seon Kyul first. Yet, when she arrives at where her dad works, she see her dad protesting as to how his company didn’t renew his contract when they said that they would before. Knowing this, Oh Sol leaves dejectedly.
There are only so many interviews you can go to in a week, and Oh Sol gives it one last try before the deadline. She signs up for an interview at a cleaning company which issss you guessed it Seon Kyul’s company but she has no idea yet. She uses her athletic abilities to outshine other competitors since strength and stamina are important when cleaning and manages to secure a position as a new employee. Also worth mentioning, Oh Dol’s senior Young Sik signs up for the same interview and gets in too, so it’ll be interesting to see if he actually does the work or just wants to get revenge. Seon Kyul talks with his secretary about company matters and they meet the new employees on their way, and this is where Oh Sol and Seon Kyul meet AGAIN but this time as boss and employee, and freeze frame of both being shocked and that’s the end of the episode.
You know, watching Encounter/Boyfriend at the same time as this drama as well as writing reviews for the both them has made me realize there are some pretty important similarities, number one being that the main leads meet each other in very unusual situations at first(in Cuba/under a horse mask) and number two, both main leads have a boss/employee relationship. Even though there are similarities, the storylines are completely different as well as the overall feeling of the dramas, so it’s nothing big really.
Back to thoughts on ep2, I think Seon Kyul is already starting to develop some feelings for Oh Sol, and the preview of ep3 showed a kiss scene which everyone is waiting for lol. Although Seon Kyul is a clean freak, it doesn’t necessarily mean that he doesn’t have feelings, and I do think he has empathy for others unlike the cool side of him that he normally shows. Oh Sol is just like any other person who has a normal family background and doesn’t have much money, except being a tad bit more less caring of cleanliness than most people, and I do think she’ll be a relatable character especially for younger people. Really hoping that the storyline will develop well so that me and everyone else can enjoy the drama fully. Aaaaand episode 2 has come to a close see you in episode 3!