미스터 하트 EPI 4,5,&6
The fact this show is only airing one more Friday hurts us! It’s so cute, but also so dramatic, and we live for these kinds of web series. Honestly, we beg W-Story to follow the 10-episode rule of most web dramas. 제발 (jaebal-please)! Also we realize we had been spelling 상하’s name incorrectly in the last review…but when we watched we swore his name tag read 상히, but after watching the episodes again and watching these new episodes we heard it was actually 상하.
WARNING: THE REST OF THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS SPOILERS! IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS YET, DO NOT READ FURTHER!
4화 – They pick up right where we left off last week. The adorable profession of ‘like’ and 상하 laying his cute little lips on 진원’s. Of course, 진원 is taken aback by this but lets it slide. However, anytime he sees 상하 he avoids him. 상하 while bothered, doesn’t try to stop 진원 from running away and, at least to us, that has 진원 come running back.
He asks how 상하 got so good at his running times, and instead of simply explaining, 상하 decides to show 진원. It cutely ties in why the milk plays a part in their relationship. 상하 had been delivering milk to make ends meet after his mother died. His father was never in the picture and so he had to get a loan from some bad people to pay off his mother’s debts and continue going to school. He tells진원 that he was the one who saved him from killing himself and thanks him.
진원 sees more of 상하 and realizes that he is a good guy and finally accepts 상하 as his pacemaker, which sends 상하 into a fit of joy. It was the cutest damn thing after seeing the poor little boy cry.
OUR FAV SCENE: Getting to see the kiss again at the beginning really just made the butterflies in our stomach flutter all over again. The nice little lip smack sound at the end just does it for us.
Our cutest scene: At the end after 상하 pours his heart out to 진원, and 진원 tells 상하 that he should be the pacemaker. 상하 legit jumps into진원’s arms and it sent us! That boy bounced so high and wrapped his entire body around 진원. It seriously was the absolute cutest thing.
Our least fav scene: This series really hasn’t had a single bad part yet. We reached the last time to find one thing that bothered us but, it really wasn’t something we didn’t like.
5화 – In this episode we meet the 깡패 (ggangpae- gangster) 상하 owes money. They threaten to take him somewhere to work to pay off what he has left, and that if he doesn’t comply, they will forcibly take him to this ‘work’.
He of course ignores the calls and text messages and goes on an overnight training trip with 진원 and his coach and this girl who is a friend. Yes, just a friend. Unlike Where Your Eyes Linger, there doesn’t seem to be any kind of romantic thing here. If anything she notices the change in 진원 and can tell it’s from him hanging around with 상하.
진원 even starts taking care of 상하 by applying the nipple band-aid things for the distance running. They do their test run of the big marathon and hit the showers. Were we expecting some kind of little act of romance in this scene? Yes. Did we get it? Nope. But we did get 진원 yelling at 상하 to get into the cold pool instead of the hot pool in the sauna and they had a cute little splash sesh. So we’ll take it.
OUR FAV SCENE: This episode fed us so many adorable scenes. But when they are asleep in the backseat during the car ride to their training site and 상하 slides his hand into 진원’s hand who then grabs it a continues sleeping comfortably is probably our absolute fav scene. First, its adorable. Secondly, we are hand people, and both those men have gorgeous hands.
Our cutest scene: Once again, so many, but since we force ourselves to pick one, 진원 getting his revenge on the spilt milk from the previous episode. It shows how their friendship has grown, and how 진원 is opening up to 상하.
Our least fav scene: Can’t say we’re a fan of the whole gangster plot for our boy 상하. It’s one of those overused narratives that we wish they could show the struggle of lower-lower middle class in another way. Like 상하 delivers milk, goes to school, and helps 진원 train, why not throw in he has another job that causes him to lack sleep some days and makes him miss a training session. Would of been happier with that. (Once again this is us reaching for something not to like)
6화 – While we have loved every episode of this drama so far, this episode is by far our favorite. A lot happened that we desperately wanted. Remember how only a few sentences ago we had said we were bummed nothing happened in the shower/spa scene. Well we did get some cute/sexy action in the beginning of this episode and the best part was when 진원 yells at 상하 for making every interaction either sad or erotic. 상하 once again brings up the fact that he likes 진원 and what we loved was the fact 진원 wasn’t phased by it. In a negative way that is. We know his heart definitely fluttered a bit.
Once again they share a conversation over cartons of milk and 진원 asks what 상하 wants from him. He believes everyone likes him in order to get something. However, 상하 once again explains that he likes 진원 because he gave him a second chance at life.
진원 being a good person finds a way to give the money 상하 needs to pay off the bad guys, and make it look like it was simply the work of the school. Unfortunately, 상하 can tell what was happening and refuses the money. 진원 gets pissed about it and they get into a fight that ends with 상하 running off because the gangster finds him and chases him down.
Oddly no one questions this as they legit watch some tubby man chase 상하. But anyway, the young girl who is the personal trainer and clearly best friend of 진원 calls him out on not knowing how to handle his crush. And this mother trucker doesn’t deny he has a crush! Which made us so happy. Honestly, we love how this drama has normalized the relationship and how people around them treat them like the normal human beings they are. We are living for it. And we love this girl for telling 진원 how it is and how he messed up, even when he was trying to be a good guy to the one he cares about.
상하 gets caught by the gross gangster and is brought to the head honcho of the gang where he proceeds to beat the absolute shiz out of 상하. He then finds the contract for the money that 진원 to pay and that’s when the episode of course ends! W-story really knows how to leave us on a cliffhanger!
OUR FAV SCENE: The bonding in the cold pool in the spa. These last few episodes have really brought a nice friendship leading to romance growth. We really feel like we are on a journey to find happiness and love with 상하 and 진원.
Our cutest scene: We love this whole relationship that revolves around them drinking ‘힘내 우유’ (himane ooyou – strength milk) together. It’s seriously just the freakin cutest. It actually makes us want some milk.
Our least fav scene: Reaching for the second time this review, we still are not a fan of the gangster plot. Not a fan of the fact 상하 got his ass kicked at the end of the episode. He’s such a cute little baby, who deserves the love of someone he has looked up to for years.
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