Saturday, November 16, 2024

Drama Recap: Mr. Plankton Episode 1


 
Hae Jo is lying on the snowy floor at the start of the drama. His nose was bloody, and he appeared to be dying. Hae Jo attempted to contact the woman (Jae Mi) after hearing her call his name. His vision abruptly became blurry and quickly went black.


Time travels to Hae Jo's previous residence with his pal Gi Ho. Since the area needed to be demolished and everyone else had accepted the money and moved out except for them, the landlord, Bong Suk, put pressure on them to vacate the apartment. But when she opened the door, she couldn't find Hae Jo. Gi Ho looked for a reason Hae Jo was not around and Bong Suk insisted that they move right away. Gi Ho was taken aback when Bong Suk proposed that Hae Jo move in with her if he had nowhere else to stay. She even purchased a king-size bed for the two of them to share. She was unaware that Hae Jo, who was hiding, had overheard their talk.



Hae Jo and Gi Ho conduct errands and satisfy customer demands through their online business in return for a fixed fee. Gi Ho protested that it would lower their income, but Hae Jo refused to accept any requests to look for a missing person, stating that there was no reason they had to because it was the parents' responsibility to find their child and that it was their choice if the child went missing.



One day, a woman arrived at their door, trying to find their online company, Ho & Ho. When the water overflowed and the toilet bowl clogged, Gi Ho was using his phone to schedule a gig. On the other hand, Hae Jo declines to answer a call that has no caller identification.



The enigmatic woman had been attempting to persuade Hae Jo to "fix" her issue. In order to escape marrying the groom, who might be the head of a gang, she proposed that Hae Jae "kidnap" her during her wedding. He agreed to assist Hae Jo, who appeared intrigued in the phrase "kidnap." Gi Ho attempted to talk his companion out of doing this, but Hae Jo believed he was up for the challenge. 



Jae Mi was spotted joyfully selecting a wedding band and joyfully declaring her pregnancy. She does sound strangely dishonest, though. 


Jae Mi went for a pregnancy checkup and behaved strangely. She incorrectly identifies a mother carrying a son as a grandmother and a prince as a princess.



Hae Jo, on the other hand, is determined to complete the mission at hand by abducting the bride during the wedding ceremony. A large number of guests and performers attended the lavish wedding. To everyone's amazement, Hae Jo stormed into the wedding location and snatched the bride away, but they dismissed it as part of the event's entertainment. But when they witnessed the groom’s severe injuries, they realized how terrible this was. They ran after the couple, but they had already gone in a motorcycle.


The wedding was ruined, and the gang's leader was hurt. Hae Jo rode the motorcycle with the bride while everyone sought to catch up with him. The bride was astounded by Hae Jo's wildness. Hae Jo's vision blurred while on the road to escape, and the motorcycle quickly overturned. A flashback of Hae Jo as a boy. He grieved bitterly when his parents abandoned him after discovering that this boy is not their biological son.



Hae Jo awoke in her hospital bed. Gi Ho told him that the runaway bride had only minor injuries in the collision and had already left for the airport.


On the other side, Jae Mi received bad news. She was diagnosed with premature menopause owing to stress and will be unable to conceive a child. She was disappointed by the news since she informed the doctor she needed to be eight weeks pregnant with a kid in her womb right now.



The doctor asked to speak with Hae Jo in the room just as he was beginning to feel good enough to leave the hospital. According to Hae Jo, the CT scan the doctor showed him resembled soft rice cake. Hae Jo was formally diagnosed by the doctor with vascular malformations in his brain, a genetic disorder. It was estimated that he would only be alive for three months.



Hae Jo entered a funeral wake in a state of deep contemplation as he attempts to process the news that he only has three months to live. It so happened that he and Jae Mi were in the same hospital. She was looking for a place to cry uncontrollably when the woman she had met earlier sat next to her and bemoaned the fact that she was expecting twins even though she already had seven children. Jae Mi asked her to give her one of her children because she was jealous that she had the chance to become a mother. Jae Mi's illness prevents her from becoming pregnant, which devastated her. The woman grabbed her son back, believing her to be insane. Hae Jo, who was present, silently watched the chaos.


When Jae Mi and Hae Jo left the hospital, they went in different directions. Hae Jo gets a terrible headache after a thunderclap. His recollection of a flashback took us back to the time when Jae Mi and Hae Jo were still dating and talking about starting a family. Given that they are both orphans, Jae Mi aspires to become a mother. When they argued, he felt bad for telling her that she might be a fine wife but a bad mother. After he told Jae Mi that she was no longer entertaining, she cursed Hae Jo, saying he would die alone on the streets.


When the bride fled with another man, the groom, who is the leader of the Prince gang, was devastated to learn that his woman had stolen all of his money from the safe. He promised to track out Hae Jo and his partner.With the exception of one member who spoke candidly, the Prince gang members were all afraid of their master and made an effort to please him. As a result, the boss viciously killed him.


Hae Jo had a deep talk with Bong Suk after finding her at her apartment. He bemoaned the fact that disasters appear to occur more frequently when people are more pathetic.


The eldest son of a traditional artisan family is Jae Mi's future husband. The family clan leader, Bam Ho Ja, is in charge of the traditional business and is the head of the home. The elderly woman chastised Jae Mi for her improper knife handling technique after she sneaked into the kitchen to assist with the cooking. 


While cooking, Jae Mi cut her finger by mistake. Ho Ja said that seeing blood before to the wedding day is a bad omen. She grabbed a piece of cloth and wrapped Jae Mi's finger. But more than anything else, her worries seem to be directed at the unborn child inside Jae Mi's womb.


Hae Jo lost his appetite after Gi Ho bought him a bowl of patjuk, which are soft rice cakes that resemble brain cells. He crouched while he watched the commercial about storing sperm in a bank for potential fatherhood. According to his recollections, a man handed him a name card, and I guess he was trying to find the identity of the person who was thought to be his biological father. Hae Jo planned a journey to find him before he passed away because she was furious about his inherited illness. He instructed Gi Ho to accept the money as severance pay after the business was sold, and he ended their partnership.



Due to her impending marriage into a family that places a strong importance on their clan's heritage, Jae Mi was under a lot of stress. Jae Mi had a nightmare that night about Bum Ho Ja discovering her fictitious pregnancy. She fell asleep while watching the historical play on TV, daydreaming about the events that were shown. Jae Mi is so terrified that she tries to gather her belongings and return to Seoul. But on her phone, she missed a call that said, "Your love." She was about to leave the residence when she was stopped by an unidentified male.


Jae Mi got ready like a traditional bride the following day and wore traditional red wedding shoes. She seems content and at ease as she anticipates her wedding. The guests, on the other hand, arrived at the wedding in traditional attire. One of the chickens that the servant had prepared for the wedding ceremony fled, and she attempted to capture it. Since she had to bow down before 500 clan members, Jae Mi is in the room putting on her knee protection. She thought it would be her fiancé when she heard the door open, but to her astonishment, Hae Jo was standing there. Jae Mi inquired as to why he had come here. Hae Jo responded that his purpose is to abduct her.


While all of this is going on, everyone is applauding the groom as he walks to the bride's room. Hae Jo revealed that he is aware that Jae Mi is not able to conceive at this time due to her early menopause. That is why he is come to help her get out of this house. Who knows if the groom overheard their talk as he prepared to open the door?

Drama Queen Review

The Korean drama It's Okay To Not Be Okay is one that I really enjoy. I am therefore anticipating Jo Yong's next masterwork as a playwright. I have some expectations when I watch Mr. Plankton, but I'm not expecting this to be another incredible smash drama. According to my initial thoughts, Woo Do Hwan did a great job portraying his character, and his eyes were filled with pity and sadness. In this brief series, he is shown as a cool and smart leading guy. Even though I think he's brilliant on his own, I haven't yet noticed the chemistry between him and Lee Yoo Mi's character, the lead female. 

Jo Yong, who wrote the script, is giving Hae Jo some of Ko Moon Young's traits. Despite having friends like Gi Ho and Bong Suk, we can see that Hae Jo is a recluse who never confides in them about his problems. Hae Jo said lonely usually push away loners, I imagined he always feel uneasy and fearful of people desert him. His current mental state was influenced by his traumatic upbringing. "I will kidnap you" is Ko Mun Yong's catchphrase in "It's Okay To Not Be Okay." Similarly, Hae Jo frequently discusses kidnapping in this drama. Both of them, in my opinion, are such lonely individuals that they considered kidnapping as a means of escaping or as a means of forcing someone to live with them.

Hae Jo has vascular abnormalities in his brain that are like a ticking time bomb, and Jae Mi has been diagnosed with early menopause. I hope both of their characters have a good ending because I feel bad for them. Although the plot has a strong beginning, I think the drama moves a little too slowly at times, and the scenes are constantly shifting back and forth, making it difficult to follow what is happening. Some of the drama's attempts to inject humor, such the clogged toilet bowl that exploded as Gi Ho was staring at it, fall flat, in my opinion.

I am looking forward to the character of Bum Ho Ja since we were introduced that she is a controlling and traditional mother. Despite that, I hope to discover more layers in her character and how she battled to lead the Artisan family clan. Oh Jung Se appearing as the eldest son and the groom had me excited about the following episode. 




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