Hell Hath No Fury Like A Woman Scorned
Episode 5 of “Light the Night” begins with birthday celebrations. Sue reveals that Rose is the most important person in her life… just as we cut back to her looking over the photos of her and Chiang-Han together. ..
After learning of the club’s dark secrets, Rose heads out into the club and locks eyes with Sue. She casts shade at Sue with her speech, calling people “despicable” and cast side-eyed evils at her co-owner. Rose then makes a wish, hoping that everyone gets what they deserve, but keeps some of that to herself “incase it doesn’t come true.” Yeah Sue, we’re looking at you!
On August 27th 1988, the birthday of the president of the United States, Ronald Reagan, a large game of guessing was played in which only legs were used to guess who was behind the curtain.
Feng tells her that he had to run into town to get some supplies. He then tells her about the new project he’s working on and how it’s going.
Aiko, who slips outside and finds Yu-En waiting for her, turns out to be the one who snapped the photos of Sue and Chiang-Han together. She’s jealous, wanting her to be with him and unhappy about her illicit affair. At the student dorms, she gets the photos developed in the red room. Was she the one who planted the photos though? No. It was actually Aiko, who took the photos from the student dorm and intentionally planted them on Rose’s desk.
Rose, desperate for revenge, ends up plying a game with Chiang-Han to share a cookie and meet in the middle. So naturally, Rose ends up kissing him, just to spite Sue. Just to add salt to the wound, she has Chiang-Han sing the song when they first met.
Sue and Chiang-Han return to their hotel room after the night’s events. Sue was also wearing red heels just before this encounter. As they sit together in the morning, Sue is worried, concerned that Rose actually knows about them.
The police station is quiet today, as all the officers are busy with their usual tasks. Li Chien-Ta sits down at the desk and opens his lunchbox, revealing a sandwich and a water bottle. He takes a bite of the sandwich and then takes a sip of water, before looking up at Hana who is sitting across from him. The other officers start to tease him over Hana’s past, but he’s not dissuaded from dating her.
Sue is home and Yu-En is waiting for her. He admits to taking photos of her and Chiang-Han, pointing out that Aiko took the pictures from him. The thing is, Aiko has problems of her own, coming in the form of ferrying drugs. She’s put in a difficult position as the guy from the start of the show – Kevin- was actually outed by his partner as a way of bringing Aiko onboard.
That evening, Rose confronts Sue about the affair. She admits to it but her flippant attitude doesn’t help matters. She calls out Rose for being pitiful and admits she’s liked him for a long time. She plays the victim in all this, claiming she loved him in secret and Rose essentially swept in and took him before her.
As the episode ends, Kuo-Piao returns with a vengeance. While Hana is waiting for Li outside the police station, he grabs her and snatches her into his van. As he looks set to rape her, the episode comes to a close.
The Episode Review
The story is heating up, and the suspense is ratcheting up as the different characters come into their own. There’s enough intrigue here to keep the mystery elements ticking along nicely.
The relationship between Sue and Rose is unnerving because one would assume that the victim in the final episode will be revealed to be one of these two. I could be wrong of course, but that’s the impression I get based on what we’ve seen so far.
This is only the beginning of the show. There will be more drama to come in the episodes ahead.
