Our host Minal is joined with our guests Benny and Vipula. We are at  Episode 12 and 13 of the Moving Kdrama. These two episodes bring us to the present timeline and provide context to the history of our heroes with the government spy organization. 

Episode Outline:

• Doo-shik & Ju-Won bromance brings comic relief

• The Gun In The Pocket - What happened between Mi-Hyun and Dooshik

• Doo-shik’s plays the long game

• Mi-Hyun & Doo-Shik’s new beginning

• Apple Orchard fight sequence

• Life moves on for Ju-Won & Ji-Hee

• North Korean superhero makes an appearance

• A devastating strategy and a masterclass of acting by Ryu Seung-ryong.

Episode Clips: Episode 12-13 trailer

Moving Beyond

• Why does Doo-shik not connect with Ju-Won when he returns to lead a secret life? Are they really not that close? 

• Episode 12 title ‘Partners’ applies to both Doo-shik and Juwon work relationship plus Doo-shik and Mi-Hyun’s personal relationship.

Other dramas/movies discussed in episode:

• Reference to Better Call Saul’s grief scene in Season 6

• May I Help You , a show set in a funeral home with every episode centered around  death, grief and the people left behind.

• Move to Heaven, a dad and autistic son, help clear the belongings of a recently deceased person.

Actors Rediscovered:

• Jo Bok-Rae as the North Korean soldier with super strength. Recommended dramas for more of his work Navillera and The Story of Park’s Marriage Contract

Benny’s Corner: Favourite Non-Romantic Pairing in Kdrama

Benny : Shin Min Ah and Gong Min Jeung in Hometown Cha Cha Cha , Ju Ji Hoon and Kim Sang Ho in Kingdom

Minal:   Kim Nam-gil/ Jin Seon Kyu in Through The Darkness, Song Joong Ki & JinGoo in Descendants of the Sun , The trio in Be Melodramatic

Vipula: Son Hyun-Jo/Jang Seung-Jo in The Good Detective; Lee Se-Young/ Joo Hyun-Young in The Story of Park’s Marriage Contract

Music Credits:  Music from Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/t/mood-maze/trendsetter. License code: LU8KUCTYYYAA2KKL

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