I’m not going to lie, I think Park Bo-Young could honestly figure out how to have chemistry with a wall, because tell me how she’s got two romances in this show with two different people and I’m feeling it for both! Yes, the twins have different personalities and vibes, but still, this isn’t easy, and she’s nailing it. Of course, I can’t go without saying anything about the boys either; they complement her really well. I suppose one could say that the show is about depression, but it’s also a show about how things that happened in the past shape our futures so intensely. This doesn’t just apply to the leading twins, but everyone involved in the show. Also, why do we suddenly have, like, a mystery subplot going on around Ro-Sa? I must admit I’m quite annoyed by Ho-Su’s boss, and it seems he might turn out to be the big bad wolf of this show, but we’ll see. With that said, let’s jump into episodes 5 and 6 of Our Unwritten Seoul.
Spoiler Alert
When Did Ho-Su Fall In Love With Mi-Ji?
Episode 5 begins with a flashback to Ho-Su’s childhood. In it, he’s with his dad in the car, and his dad is giving him advice before something crashes into them. We know that his dad passed away immediately, but Ho-Su got surgery after surgery until the doctors told his mom and him that he should stop. It was clear that Ho-Su wouldn’t be able to walk properly again and that he wouldn’t be able to get any further treatments; this is why he has a limp through school. A few years later, Ho-Su was given special treatment at school because the teachers knew what happened to him. But, when the entire class was meant to go on a hike, Ho-Su, at the last minute, decided to climb too. Hearing that Ho-Su was going to make the climb, Mi-Ji decided to slow down and go with him, but this upset Ho-Su. He had to prove to himself that he could do it. Mi-Ji goes to the top and waits for him there.
In the present day, Ho-Su reminds Mi-Rae (actually Mi-Ji) that Mi-Ji was his first love. He believes Mi-Rae always knew this, but since it’s Mi-Ji, she wants more details. She asks him when he fell in love with Mi-Ji. He tells her it was during that hike. Now, later in the show, Ho-Su also tells her that it was specifically on the climb up. This doesn’t make sense because he did it himself. Ho-Su tells Mi-Rae that that day was life-altering to him, because he thought if he couldn’t even climb the mountain, he didn’t deserve to live. On the way up, he saw many of his classmates coming down, but not Mi-Ji. This is why he was happy, because she waited for him at the top, knowing he’d make it.
Ho-Su is confused in the present day about whether he’s in love with Mi-Rae or if he’s falling for her because she’s the twin of his first love. Of course, he doesn’t know that he’s hanging with Mi-Ji. When Mi-Rae gets drunk, she tells her colleague, Tae-I, about her stepping out of her room too late when her grandma collapsed; she blames herself for her paralysis. She then gets drunk and goes to Ho-Su’s house, demanding an answer for why he fell for Mi-Ji during the hike. She tells him she likes him and then nearly kisses him in her drunken state. Of course she tells him who she really is when she’s out cold in his bed. When she wakes up embarrassed, she has no idea what she’s done because she’s super late for work. At work she finds a note from an “SY.” This is who the rumors were about.
What Is The Big Misunderstanding?
The most shocking misunderstanding in the show is that Ho-Su and Mi-Rae weren’t hugging on the day of the race that stole away Mi-Ji’s future. Mi-Rae was sick and collapsed, and Ho-Su caught her. This is what Mi-Ji saw and fell because of. But the dumb bit is that she never bothered asking them if they were actually dating. She just believed the rumor and decided to ruin her life because of it. On the other hand, Mi-Rae had asked Ho-Su not to tell anybody that she collapsed because it would mean she’d have to skip the CSAT. Mi-Rae believed she was responsible for the family; if she didn’t study well, she wouldn’t be able to look after her mom and sister. Both sisters just needed to have talked to each other, really.
Who is Tae-I?
Later in the future, Mi-Rae got caught in another rumor at work. This probably set off the bullying in the first place. It looks like she had become close to a married man. Of course, not romantically, but she probably worked with him on some projects, sparking rumors. In the present day, Mi-Rae (Mi-Ji) receives help from a man named Tae-I. Mi-Rae is asked to make a report in one week for the Ro-Sa project, and that too in front of the CEO. She doesn’t know where to start, but Tae-I gives her some data even when she didn’t ask for it. Mi-Rae begs him for help after, telling him she’s been taking therapy and he’s the only person who is nice to her at work. She convinces him, and he helps her.
In a quiet moment, Mi-Rae asks Tae-I why he was helping her, and he says that he owes her. When she probes, he doesn’t give her any information; he just tells her that she helped him at some point in the past and he owes her big because of it. But soon enough, people at work realize that Mi-Rae and Tae-I are kind of close, and Ho-Su overhears two of her colleagues ready to start a rumor. He gives them some lawyer jargon about how they can get sued for talking that way.
What’s Ho-Su Feeling?
Ho-Su has now started his own firm, so he’s able to represent Ro-Sa. It looks like she had some sort of stomach issue when she was young, and she believed she was hurting now because of that, but she has gallstones. Her back is doing much better, all thanks to Mi-Rae and Ho-Su finding her. Anyway, Ho-Su goes to Mi-Rae’s office to negotiate on Ro-Sa’s behalf. He tells them he will only speak with the CEO. The company hires his former firm, and his ex-boss is immediately ready to use the personal information against him. He knows that Mi-Rae and he were classmates, and he knows about the bullying case too. He then hands over confidential information to Mi-Rae, saying she’ll get sued if she shares it with family even. Apparently an LTR line is coming up where the restaurant is, and Ro-Sa is the only one refusing to sell. Mi-Rae has to convince Ro-Sa to sell because of this, but without revealing the project to her. Also, there’s a picture of Ro-Sa with 3 other people that he shows Mi-Rae, asking if the woman he’s pointing at is Ro-Sa. She’s hiding something about the person she wrote the poem for, but what is it? Mi-Rae doesn’t tell the man that she knows which woman in the picture is Ro-Sa.
On the other hand, in the hometown, rumors start to spread that the owner of the strawberry shop and Mi-Ji are dating. This triggers Mi-Rae because it reminds her of what happened at work, so she quits the job. Of course, Se-Jin is confused, because she just made jam for him and then also agreed to come over for scones that he was going to make for her. This sudden turn of events wounds him. He’s going through his own struggle because she’s the only person who kind of understands that he’s actually eager to keep his grandfather’s field alive. He even tells her about why the chair was so important to him: because it was the last memory of his grandfather. But Mi-Ji (the real Mi-Rae) withdraws into her room and stays there for 3 days, making her mother worry. She doesn’t know how to talk to her because she claims Mi-Ji reminds her too much of herself. She can’t even differentiate the two, but Ho-Su’s mom tells her she’s doing well, and she’s worrying too soon.
Meanwhile, Ji-Yun is determined to get together with Ho-Su, and she finally tells Mi-Rae how she feels. It looks like she already knows she’s Mi-Ji, so she’s basically telling her to back off. Ho-Su hangs out with Ji-Yun a lot, and even though he doesn’t see her as a romantic partner, he’s just being a good friend, but she feels like he’s pitying her because she’s a contract worker. He tells her that he admires her for being able to do what she likes. Additionally, Ji-Yun even tells Mi-Rae that she’s jealous of her because they always wanted the same things, but Mi-Rae was the only one who achieved them. Hearing all of this, Mi-Rae takes a step back and lets Ji-Yun try her luck. Ho-Su even agrees to go to a wedding of their old schoolmates with her. At the same time, Seung-Hyun, the weirdo classmate of theirs, asks Mi-Rae to go with him. For some reason, she agrees.
At the end of episode 6, it’s revealed that he’s excited because Mi-Ji and Gyeon-Gu are meant to be special guests at the wedding. It turns out that Gyeon-Gu is gay, and Mi-Ji always knew about it but still pretended to date him. Seung-Hyun wants to insult them, which is why he’s excited to see them come, but the real Mi-Ji learns that Ho-Su has always known the truth because he had a massive fight with Seung-Hyun back in school. But Ho-Su never told anyone about the Gyeon-Gu. Meanwhile, the real Mi-Rae accidentally reveals herself to Gyeon-Gu by telling him that just because they’re exes doesn’t mean he can kidnap her and take her to Seoul and even book a room for them. This makes it obvious that she’s not Mi-Ji but Mi-Rae. He tells her he’s gay, and it’s all good. She asks him to drive her back to the strawberry field, where it’s raining heavily, and Se-Jin is there, not knowing what to do, his grandfather’s chair entirely broken. They go to his place because the rain is too much, and he tells her he doesn’t mind the rumors about them; clearly, he’s into her. At the same time, back in Seoul, Ho-Su leaves Ji-Yun when Mi-Rae calls him. She tries to stop him, telling him that it’s not Mi-Rae, and he tells her he knows she’s Mi-Ji. Mi-Ji twists her ankle in the process of trying to run to Ho-Su. He gives her a piggyback ride because he’s been in physical therapy for 15 years and his leg works just fine now. Finally, love is in the air for both sisters!
