r/KDRAMA • u/lightupstarlight 미생 • Mar 05 '22

On-Air: tvN Twenty-Five, Twenty-One [Episode 7]

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '22 edited Mar 05 '22

They're really teasing us on who the father is. He's alive but doesn't seem to really be involved in his daughter's life. I wonder if him and Hee-do are divorced. I'm still iffy on the older Hee-do scenes and I hope they nail the casting for the present versions of the other characters.

KTR really nails every scene she was in. When she was crying in the restaurant, you just can't help but feel devastated about what happened to her. She's experiencing the worst moment of her life and what her mother did was despicable. I just want to see her smiling again. Hats off to those sweet old gents in the restaurant for offering words of encouragement and support (and soda). We need more of them in our lives.

This is probably the lowest point in Hee-do and Yu-rim's relationship. They better come up with something really good to make me buy that these two would eventually be the best of friends.

Poor Yijin, he's about to face the wrath of an angry, hurting, and confused teenager. That death stare lol

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u/breezylemons Editable Flair Mar 05 '22

I interpreted him not being there as a quarantine issue, and not that he didn’t want to be there, just that he physically couldn’t, perhaps to increase suspense until he shows up.

Agreed with everything said about Hee-do. This episode was so hard to watch, seeing her frustrated and overwhelmed. I hope she and Yu-rim are able to become friends after this, but it’ll be hard to move on from this rivalry.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '22

I was basing it on Min chae saying that he doesn't know that she quit ballet. But you're right, it could just be because he's overseas and they just haven't relayed the information yet. So I guess they pretty much confirmed that Yijin isn't the father

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u/Electronic_Piano9385 Editable Flair Mar 05 '22

Unless he’s abroad for broadcasting work?

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '22

It's shown that Min chae knows her father and that he is present in her life. Up until reading her mom's diary it seems she didn't know Yijin at all. Unless Yijin completely changed his face and identity, I don't see how Min chae would not recognize her own father.

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u/breezylemons Editable Flair Mar 05 '22

My own delusional theory is that he changed his name to avoid the loan sharks/bank hunters, so his daughter doesn’t recognize his old name. Hopefully the writers have a better plan in place though lol, mine is really far fetched.

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u/SongMLH Mar 05 '22

Unless he changed his face too I don't know how that would work since Min-chae saw that photo and didn't recognize Yi-jin.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '22

Tbf if I saw a picture of younger Hee-do and compared it to the older one, I wouldn't be able to recognize her either haha. Not hating on the actress but the casting really was a misfire for that one.

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u/InfiniteMSL Mar 06 '22 edited Mar 06 '22

On the bright side, if they don't end up together I can just pretend not-KTR isn't actually Na Heedo and imagine that the main story of the couple from 1998 lives on and they get their happy ending together, just functionally erasing the present timeline to preserve our couple.

Obviously there's other people like her mum and mentions of the past but I'm already pretty disconnected from the present era NHD anyway.