ANGEL EYES EPISODE 10
We start this episode with the tearful exchange from the last installment: Dong Joo crying over the loss of his mother.
Ji Woon has now come to nearly accept his situation, but the unfortunate thing is that it's driven him over the edge. He's almost perpetually drunk, and his work suffers from it. His behavior becomes increasingly erratic: he snaps at his colleagues, he is late to work, he even assumes that everyone is laughing at him for making a fool of himself while loving Soo Wan. His drinking buddy is Soo Wan's friend, Min Soo, who has been put in an unenviable position: the middle.
I like Min Soo because in many cases she explains certain aspects of the plot or character motivations that might be made awkward by traditional cinema techniques like the voice-over. This is done organically with her explaining what the writers want to convey to another character. The fact that she has almost no self-editing either makes it fun to to listen to her.
Director Yoon's world gets turned upside down. Young Ji oversteps and not only hires Dr. Choi back on at the hospital but also cancels the engagement between Soo Wan and Ji Woon. Both Soo Wan and Dong Joo have reason to dislike Director Yoon as he actively told Dong Joo that he was not to have anything to do with Soo Wan and secretly intercepted letters from Dong Joo to keep them from Soo Wan, which only made her longing more painful. He never intended for it to turn out that way - he was only trying to help his daughter and his "son" live happier lives. He was hoping Soo Wan would forget Dong Joo, and Soo Wan asks him if that's what he was trying to do with his late wife.
He visits his wife's grave and asks her advice on how to repair his relationships and make everyone happy. At the end, he gives his blessing, but there is one thing that troubles me: he is taking pills and clutching his heart. It seems fairly downplayed and innocuous here (we don't see him sweating and grimacing in agony), but it worries me, nonetheless.
Ellie starts her job babysitting Jin Mo. Woon Chan again has a bad feeling about it, but Teddy calms him, telling him how worried he'd be if he had to leave Jin Mo alone. The house is in total disarray upon Teddy and Woon Chan's return, Ellie and Jin Mo sporting water pistols. Inside. The pizza, apparently intended as dinner for the two, is burnt as well. I have a feeling that this job ended almost before it began. Maybe they can set some ground rules or something. I always had a list of things that I was supposed to abide by when kid-sitting (make sure he does his homework, no TV after 6, etc) -- I would expect no different anywhere else. Ellie, it seems is all about fun, putting on music for breakfast and dancing to it as she grabs plates.
Soo Wan is going through a tough time. True, she's reunited with Dong Joo, and her job is going well, but she still feels bad about breaking Ji Woon's heart. Soo Wan discovers letters in Dong Joo's drawer that are marked "return to sender." She idly wonders why, since she hadn't moved for awhile, so they should have gotten to her fine. That's when she discovers her father's deception, and she gets so angry she leaves Director Yoon alone and spends the night with Dong Joo -- in Ellie's room. Not only this, but she is also subjected to an interrogation by Young Ji and then officially called to a dinner so that the engagement can be broken off. We see a person in tears here almost as often as she smiles, which is disconcerting.
The scheming Young Ji is placed center stage in this episode, with the most screen time I've ever seen for her. We see her poring over files, looking at photos of Dong Joo and Jung Hwa, looking at the organ donor form that Jung Hwa signed. She flashes back to when Jung Hwa was still in the hospital, and she was the one who injected something into the tubes, a substance that apparently contributed to Jung Hwa's death. To protect her son and redeem his image, she suggests terminating the engagement because Soo Wan is "unlucky." She refuses to discuss it even though Ji Woon is shocked. Young Ji gets a mysterious call ostensibly from one of her informants, who talks about a "troubling situation." I'm not sure what that is, but I get a bad feeling whenever she's involved in something.
Woo Chul goes about investigating cars for the hit and run accident. He won't let Min Soo talk to anyone about it because something feels wrong. He was on the case when their version of Internal Affairs got to him, and they may have closed in on him to stop his investigation. It certainly seems like it. The placement of this sequence was unsettling, as well, as it occurred right after Young Ji's informant called her. Was this what he was calling about? What is it about this hit and run that someone is willing to go to great lengths to cover it up? 
There are some absolutely charming scenes of Dong Joo and Soo Wan here that just make it my must watch weekend drama. They tease each other, they're all smiles for the most part when together, and they are the one non-tragic constant in 'Angel Eyes.' Dong Joo sets up a tent and telescope at the top of the planetarium and spends a pleasant evening with Soo Wan. They kiss against the backdrop of a meteor shower.
Is there much that I can say that has not been said already? There were some definite turns that I didn't expect. I was wondering about Director Yoon withholding information about Dong Joo from Soo Wan and how that was going to play out. We're halfway done, only 10 episodes to go. I know I, for one, will be sad to see it go.
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