I'm liking them too, but it definitely threw me for a loop! I think it was smart to do things in this order, too - having the kids' storyline developed first and then going back to fill in the blanks with the parents. I'm just waiting for it all to come together, because there's still so much that needs to be solved in the current time!
I enjoyed really delving into the backstory of the parents, and didn’t get frustrated and want to just get back to the kids because the back story makes Bongseok and Huisoo’s stories that much richer and more meaningful. I think you were taking over a particularly important revelation in the dialogue between the supervisor lady and the director, where they revealed that Bongseok’s dad’s only failed mission was the same one Bongseok’s mom “failed”… He was called code name Eagle, and he had the vantage point to shoot and kill everyone who she had let go, but he had watched her use the flash bang instead of the smoke bomb on purpose and let them go, and he sided with her and didn’t shoot anyone escaping the building, even though it was his job. Maybe your viewing of that reveal was cut in editing? Not sure, seemed like you were talking shou other stuff while that was happening. Glad to be watching along with you though!
I agree! It definitely isn't a storytelling method I'm used to seeing in kdramas, but it works here. Don't worry, I caught all of that, but there was a lot of very loud background music throughout key portions of the episode, which pretty much forces me to cut because of copyright. It makes his statement about an intentional mistake not being a mistake even more relevant, because he was talking about both of them and not just her. I also found it interesting that the supervisor didn't know and thought his mistake was the airplane incident - that means it's common knowledge that Bongseok's mom messed up on the mission, but it was covered up that his dad messed up the same mission (probably because the director figured that was the best way to use them both to his benefit. I thought I was gonna end up liking that character when he handled the CIA rep, but watching the backstory has made him seem very punchable)
I actually liked the backstories episodes. They give so many reference & sense from the present .
I'm liking them too, but it definitely threw me for a loop! I think it was smart to do things in this order, too - having the kids' storyline developed first and then going back to fill in the blanks with the parents. I'm just waiting for it all to come together, because there's still so much that needs to be solved in the current time!
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I enjoyed really delving into the backstory of the parents, and didn’t get frustrated and want to just get back to the kids because the back story makes Bongseok and Huisoo’s stories that much richer and more meaningful.
I think you were taking over a particularly important revelation in the dialogue between the supervisor lady and the director, where they revealed that Bongseok’s dad’s only failed mission was the same one Bongseok’s mom “failed”… He was called code name Eagle, and he had the vantage point to shoot and kill everyone who she had let go, but he had watched her use the flash bang instead of the smoke bomb on purpose and let them go, and he sided with her and didn’t shoot anyone escaping the building, even though it was his job. Maybe your viewing of that reveal was cut in editing? Not sure, seemed like you were talking shou other stuff while that was happening. Glad to be watching along with you though!
I agree! It definitely isn't a storytelling method I'm used to seeing in kdramas, but it works here. Don't worry, I caught all of that, but there was a lot of very loud background music throughout key portions of the episode, which pretty much forces me to cut because of copyright. It makes his statement about an intentional mistake not being a mistake even more relevant, because he was talking about both of them and not just her.
I also found it interesting that the supervisor didn't know and thought his mistake was the airplane incident - that means it's common knowledge that Bongseok's mom messed up on the mission, but it was covered up that his dad messed up the same mission (probably because the director figured that was the best way to use them both to his benefit. I thought I was gonna end up liking that character when he handled the CIA rep, but watching the backstory has made him seem very punchable)