FOE (6): Soooo love Moon Chae Won in this and the previous episode. I love the conflict within her – like she loves her husband and that will always come first. But in the back of her head she’s conflicted because she’s all but sure he’s also a criminal she needs to take down. Takes a lot of good acting to be able to pull that off really well. #AllTheThumbsUp
I agree so much! I love the character and I love MCW’s portrayal of the character.
I also take a slightly different interpretation. IMO, unlike everybody else, I think she actually isn’t sure he’s a criminal. I think her experiences with him – seeing him raise their daughter, seeing him with her, etc. – lead her to think the characteristics which everybody else have ascribed to him and which are are part of the argument to the effect that he committed the deed don’t match. I think she’s afraid he’s a criminal, but I also think she has genuine doubts and is at war with herself over what is more likely to be true.
I gotta say, as well, that this something I really love about this character. It may be a bit odd to say, but I think there’s something sort of nice about the fact that she loves him even in spite of her suspicions. As you note, it’s sort of admirable that she manages to maintain an equilibrium between her emotions and her rationality, allowing neither to win out.
AGREED! Wrote the original post while I was watching – just finished now and you’re so right! In this case, she’s both detective and wife, but it doesn’t mean one would rule out the other. I love that those two roles actually help her find discrepancies in his character. How could he be this heartless psychopath, when he looks like he genuinely adores Eun Ha? I feel like that’s also one of the reasons why she still chooses to love him, and is trying to solve the case before anyone else (in the hopes that she may find him innocent).
Exactly! Why would he love Eun-ha so unconditionally? Why would he have put himself in danger in the shed? Etc etc.
I feel like she knows what kind of man he is better than he knows himself. He says this stuff about how he only shows her what she wants to see and he makes it seem like his relationship with her is almost transactional (he stays with her because she makes the hallucinations go away), but in reality he’s the one mistaken. He really loves her, even if he doesn’t realize it, and I think the reason the hallucinations go away is because the hallucinations (IMO) represent an inner conflict within himself over the type of person he is vs the type of person he has come to view himself as being (because of how other people have treated and, maybe, because of how his dad treated him), and when he’s with her he doesn’t feel this conflict as acutely because she doesn’t think he’s some evil psychopath.
Is he a normal dude? No way. We’ve seen him do some questionable stuff. But I hesitate to describe him as ‘bad’ or as ‘evil’ because I think there is a good bit of moral complexity/ambiguity about him. I think he can be vengeful/vicious on occasion and doesn’t seem to care in the slightest for most people besides himself, his wife, his daughter, and his sister, but I’m not sure I would call him dangerous. We’ve seen that he’s had so many opportunities to seriously hurt other people so far and, despite those opportunities, has refused to take those opportunities, often turning the other cheek in the process.
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beesgiggle
August 13, 2020 at 9:45 PM
FOE (6): Soooo love Moon Chae Won in this and the previous episode. I love the conflict within her – like she loves her husband and that will always come first. But in the back of her head she’s conflicted because she’s all but sure he’s also a criminal she needs to take down. Takes a lot of good acting to be able to pull that off really well. #AllTheThumbsUp
Maq
August 13, 2020 at 10:05 PM
I agree so much! I love the character and I love MCW’s portrayal of the character.
I also take a slightly different interpretation. IMO, unlike everybody else, I think she actually isn’t sure he’s a criminal. I think her experiences with him – seeing him raise their daughter, seeing him with her, etc. – lead her to think the characteristics which everybody else have ascribed to him and which are are part of the argument to the effect that he committed the deed don’t match. I think she’s afraid he’s a criminal, but I also think she has genuine doubts and is at war with herself over what is more likely to be true.
I gotta say, as well, that this something I really love about this character. It may be a bit odd to say, but I think there’s something sort of nice about the fact that she loves him even in spite of her suspicions. As you note, it’s sort of admirable that she manages to maintain an equilibrium between her emotions and her rationality, allowing neither to win out.
beesgiggle
August 13, 2020 at 10:22 PM
AGREED! Wrote the original post while I was watching – just finished now and you’re so right! In this case, she’s both detective and wife, but it doesn’t mean one would rule out the other. I love that those two roles actually help her find discrepancies in his character. How could he be this heartless psychopath, when he looks like he genuinely adores Eun Ha? I feel like that’s also one of the reasons why she still chooses to love him, and is trying to solve the case before anyone else (in the hopes that she may find him innocent).
Maq
August 13, 2020 at 10:36 PM
Exactly! Why would he love Eun-ha so unconditionally? Why would he have put himself in danger in the shed? Etc etc.
I feel like she knows what kind of man he is better than he knows himself. He says this stuff about how he only shows her what she wants to see and he makes it seem like his relationship with her is almost transactional (he stays with her because she makes the hallucinations go away), but in reality he’s the one mistaken. He really loves her, even if he doesn’t realize it, and I think the reason the hallucinations go away is because the hallucinations (IMO) represent an inner conflict within himself over the type of person he is vs the type of person he has come to view himself as being (because of how other people have treated and, maybe, because of how his dad treated him), and when he’s with her he doesn’t feel this conflict as acutely because she doesn’t think he’s some evil psychopath.
Is he a normal dude? No way. We’ve seen him do some questionable stuff. But I hesitate to describe him as ‘bad’ or as ‘evil’ because I think there is a good bit of moral complexity/ambiguity about him. I think he can be vengeful/vicious on occasion and doesn’t seem to care in the slightest for most people besides himself, his wife, his daughter, and his sister, but I’m not sure I would call him dangerous. We’ve seen that he’s had so many opportunities to seriously hurt other people so far and, despite those opportunities, has refused to take those opportunities, often turning the other cheek in the process.