HIGH SCHOOL: LOVE ON, EPISODE 12
Ji Hye paying her respects
RECAP
Sung Yeol is devastated by the thought of his step mom being Woo Hyun's absent mother. Tortured by the implications, he doesn't show up at school and is ambushed by bullies. Sung Yeol fights back, but nearly faints in the attempt. Seul Bi finds�him by now and backhugs him to prevent him collapsing. Jae Seok takes a pic of this and sends it to everyone.� Woo Hyun angrily escorts Seul Bi away, misinterpreting as Jae Seok intended. The next morning at school, everyone talks about the text they received re: Sung Yeol and Seul Bi. Seul Bi is once again an outcast, and Young Eun is crushed (she happens to like Sung Yeol). Seul Bi has one ally, classmate Joo Ah, who sticks with her despite her unpopularity. Woo Hyun and Sung Yeol have it out, and Woo Hyun tells him not to come around anymore. Later that night, Sung Yeol texts Seul Bi. He wants to meet, but she doesn't reply.
Woo Hyun staying overnight with an ill Sung Yeol
Sung Yeol gets sick waiting in the dark, so Woo Hyun and Seul Bi take him home with them to nurse him back to health. Not long after this, Sung Yeol invites Woo Hyun and Seul Bi to dinner at his house. He uses this time to make his stepmom increasingly uncomfortable, hinting that she is Woo Hyun's mom. After dinner, Sung Yeol confronts her about Woo Hyun. He practically kicks her out of the house and leaves her crying. Jae Seok pulls a prank, faking texts about Sung Yeol and Seul Bi to get them in one place. Then he locks them in a supply closet. Woo Hyun shows up, responding to a similar text, and gets angry when he finds them in the supply closet together. Ji Hye visits grandma's tree, dedicated to her memory with a marker. She talks to grandma, and Woo Hyun arrives just in time to hear her admit that he is her son...
Seul Bi backhugging Sung Yeol to prop him up.
MY TAKE
The secret's out! And now that it is out, who else is likely to find out? I'm pretty sure Woo Hyun is going to tell Seul Bi, and I'm fairly sure the dad's going to find out somehow. What is the dad likely to do?� Finally, he gets an answer as to why Ji Hye deflected his attempts to probe into the identity of Woo Hyun's mother. And now that Woo Hyun's found out, where does the show go from here? Is there maybe a couple episodes of agony and then acceptance?��
Jae Seok is obsessed with taking down Sung Yeol and proving himself to be the best. He is also obsessed with proving Seul Bi has superpowers. Which means that Jae Seok doesn't just have issues -- he has entire subscriptions. His actions here are a bit over the top. Seriously, though: if the Korean school day is as long as I've heard (12-15 hour days), who has time for all that? On the other hand, it's not like he's the top scorer in the class, either.
Woo Hyun and Seul Bi enjoy the popcorn falling from a street vendor's popper
Sung Yeol is not a happy camper. Not only has he been friendzoned by Seul Bi�but�he is also the target of Jae Seok, who's�trying to make a name for himself. Jae Seok has damaged his relationship with Woo Hyun, which probably hurts more than any bruises his punches could inflict. He usually rises above it, so I'm hoping the bullies get their final comeuppance, where they can't hurt anyone anymore.
Woo Hyun appears to have a pretty good life so far despite all the things he's been through, though I think he's still concerned Seul Bi could vanish at any time. He's pretty happy with her, and other concerns (like the loansharks) seem to fade into the background.
Locked in!
The score's higher this time because I'm pumped about the plot. So what do you think Woo Hyun's going to do now that he has found his mother? Any idea about reactions from Sung Yeol's father? Do you think he'll be mad, hurt, or just roll with it like the easygoing father he seems to be? And do you think they'll finally, maybe, possibly find a love interest other than Seul Bi for Sung Yeol? Let me know what you think in the comments below!
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