![]() ![]() “I first realized it then,” says Do-hyun in voiceover, as we see a flashback of him choking someone we don’t recognize. Chief Ahn arrives at Do-hyun’s apartment, takes in Do-hyun’s cuts, bruises, and new fashion choices, and asks what happened.īut Do-hyun can’t remember a thing. Jennifer catches his eye from the second floor and mouths “thank you.”ĭo-hyun wakes up confused, still wearing the outfit he went out in. When he’s done he leans over and warns that if the man ever touches her again, he’ll come back and break every bone in his body. He returns to Jennifer’s house and coldly, methodically beats the crap out of the abusive father. Now calm and sporting a trendier look, Do-hyun’s alter ego heads outside. His mouth curves upward into a grin that spells trouble-looks like Do-hyun’s not calling the shots anymore. Memories of his childhood trauma flash intermittently, his pupils dilate, and eventually his trembling ceases. He searches for medicine in the bathroom, but he can’t take it in time. He says that Do-hyun’s family still doesn’t know about what he’s been accused of, and that he’ll arrive shortly to sort things out.ĭo-hyun is too preoccupied to answer the phone. When Do-hyun returns to his apartment, a close employee, Chief Ahn, calls after receiving the police report. Do-hyun is led away by the police, protesting the entire way. They ask Jennifer who attacked her, only for her to lie that Do-hyun trespassed and her father saved her. His eyes flash violet, back in the present, but before anything happens the police arrive. The shock of the assault triggers a memory of being trapped in a room when Do-hyun was younger, with a shadowy figure advancing upon him. ![]() Jennifer’s father is giving her a vicious beating, and when Do-hyun intervenes, he gets beat up as well. He agrees and arrives at Jennifer’s house, where he hears sounds of a disturbance. Dozens of extracurricular groups want him to join, knowing he’s too kind to turn any of them down.Ī classmate asks Do-hyun to pass some papers to another student, Jennifer, who hasn’t been to school in a few weeks. As his friend tells us, Do-hyun is too nice for his own good. We get our first glimpse of our grown-up hero ( Ji Sung), who plays on an American football team while studying abroad. Suspiciously, these newspaper clippings are collected, studied, and posted on a wall by an unseen figure. Thankfully, the grandson is rescued from the fire, and grows up into our hero, CHA DO-HYUN. First, the chairman and his daughter-in-law are killed in car crash, and then his son, marked to take over, is killed in a suspicious house fire. Our story opens with a stylized flashback sequence and newspaper clippings that give us the basic outline of the chaebol family running Seungjin Group, and its string of tragedies. So break out the guyliner and get ready for a good time! And while I feel for our bewildered hero, I can’t wait to see what his bad-guy alter ego will get up to next. So far the show seems to be striking a good balance between the real psychological trauma our hero suffers and the comedic screw-ups and hilarious misunderstandings that ensue. The first episode began a little rocky but found its stride, managing a credible introduction to our characters, their relationships and the world they inhabit. Kill Me, Heal Me is a “healing romance” between a third-generation chaebol with multiple personalities and the first-year resident psychiatrist who will have to deal with each and every one of them. Hello again drama fans! This is purplecow, back after a long recapping hiatus. 155 JanuJanuKill Me, Heal Me: Episode 1 by purplecow
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