If Love is the beginning of misfortune
Episode 7 of “Reflection of You” begins with Hui-Ju grabbing Ho-Su and ripping him away from Woo-Jae. Woo-Jae is still suffering from his amnesia of course, and is confused over why she’s so scared of him. Hyeon-Seong shows not long after, as Woo-Jae admits that he showed up because he wanted to see if he likes baseball – and the poster gave him inspiration. ..
Meanwhile, Hae-Won catches up with Ju-Yeong and they discuss Li-Sa’s freak-out at the exhibition. She also encourages her to take Hui-Ju’s words to heart. Outside though, HHae-Won runs into Li-Sa and admits that she used to be married. Only, her husband fell in love with someone else briefly. Li-Sa is shocked when she finds out but before she can broach the subject further, Hae-Won leaves.
Woo-Jae stayed for the whole game before Hyeon-Seong offered him a lift home. However, Hae-Won stopped in the middle of the road and stared them down, stopping the car from moving. When Hui-Ju steps out, Hae-Won dumps a drink over her head. Woo-Jae diffuses the situation though, grabbing Hae-Won while the family speed away.
Li-Sa brings up the situation with her father with Hu-Jui, but he won’t give anything away. She instead asks Hyeon-Seong at breakfast the next day. He’s understandably confused, but Li-Sa pulls away from her family further and leaves in a huff.
Woo-Jae is going through a crisis. Following him comforting Hae-Won, the pair end up sleeping together which only confuses him further. While his memories may be gone, it’s obvious that his emotions are still in place and it appears Hae-Won secretly knows this too. ..
Meanwhile, Hui-Ju is given a big opportunity regarding the art gallery. After being briefed on how her style has changed over the years, she’s given the opportunity to progress her career with a new exhibit. As fate would have it, Hae-Won too is going to be working at this gallery given she has a good eye for art. When Hui-Ju finds out, she’s not exactly pleased.
After much deliberation, Hae-Won decides to take advantage of Woo-Jae while he is in a vulnerable state. She wants to get married and pushes him to accept. Woo-Jae, however, is not sure this is a good idea. Hae-Won is pretty clingy and very clearly depressed, and it seems like this wedding is a last resort attempt to tie him down. ..
Woo-Jae is naturally concerned when he finds an email from the embassy of Korea in Ireland about a missing person case. Within the email, Woo-Jae finds out that Hae-Won had conducted the investigation after he left. Now, it’s unknown if Hui-Ju was involved in this case or not. ..
After their meeting, Hyeon-Seong approaches Seung-Won about the subject of the email and shreds it completely. ..
That evening, Li-Sa decides to crash over at Ju-Yeong’s place. The latter decides to record their entire conversation together, in which they talk about how Ju-Yeong’s mum left. Interestingly, Ju-Yeong kisses Li-Sa on the lips, which prompts the latter to freak out and hurry home.
That evening, Hae-Won heads to the church. Unfortunately, she ends up in the confessional booth with Sun-Woo, who is hiding from Ok-Soo. Hae-Won mentions how hard and unfair love is, and how one person can always walk away so easily. Could this be a call back to when Woo-Jae left her? ..
Either way, when she leaves, we find out from Ok-Soo that he is actually a murderer. If that wasn’t a big enough revelation, a meeting between Hae-Won and Hui-Ju takes a turn for the worse at the gallery the following day. “I hope you’ll be happy this time,” Hui-Ju says, throwing shade at Woo-Jae and Hae-Won. Woo-Jae sees through her wording, pointing out that this means they were unhappy before. ..
A message from Hae-Won’s mother sends her and Woo-Jae charging up the freeway as her grandfather has taken a turn for the worse. When she shows up he seems fine. He’s certainly not happy about seeing Woo-Jae though, hitting him several times with a shovel. It turns out this stems back from him going missing, which sent Hae-Won into a depressive, suicidal state. ..
When Hae-Won falls asleep at her grandfather’s place, she mentions how she wants to go to the cliffs of Moher. When she dozes off, Woo-Jae decides to leave and heads off alone back to town. Standing atop the roof, he experiences flickers of the past – especially when it starts raining. Slipping down the step, he finds himself falling into the arms of Hui-Ju.
The Episode Review
We continue to hear conflicting reports about what happened between Hui-Ju, Hae-Won and Woo-Jae after they left Ireland. Some say that they were fighting, others say that they were just having a disagreement. We don’t know for sure what happened between them after Woo-Jae left.
Given that Woo-Jae has been struggling to find work, it’s likely that he was violent with Hui-Ju when they were together. This would explain the tension and possible violence in the episode.
That’s what I love about the show - it keeps things mysterious and interesting despite its slow pacing.
The story of Woo-Jae is still being investigated, and there are many questions that still need to be answered. Hopefully, those answers will come sooner rather than later!
