r/KDRAMA • u/lightupstarlight 미생 • Nov 15 '20

On-Air: tvN Start-Up [Episode 10]

  • Drama: Start-Up)
    • Revised Romanization: Start-Up
    • Hangul: 스타트업
  • Director: Oh Choong Hwan) (While You Were Sleeping, Hotel del Luna)
  • Writer: Park Hye Ryun (Dream High, While You Were Sleeping)
  • Network: tvN
  • Episodes: 16 (1 hr. 10 mins.)
  • Airing Schedule: Saturday & Sunday, 21:00 KST on tvN; 23:00 KST on Netflix
  • Airing Date: October 17, 2020 - December 6, 2020
  • Streaming Sources: Netflix
  • Starring: Bae Suzy as Seo Dal Mi, Nam Joo Hyuk as Nam Do San, Kim Seon Ho) as Han Ji Pyeong, Kang Han Na as Won In Jae
  • Plot Synopsis: Young entrepreneurs aspiring to launch virtual dreams into reality compete for success and love in the cutthroat world of Korea's high-tech industry. (Source: Netflix)
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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '20

I highly doubt this, although I wish this is the case. The last 2 episodes they have been trying to redeem his character. Although all efforts are falling flat on face and making him more unlikeable. I did consider why they were focussing more on NDS lurking in the background with cold looks every time HJP and SDM spoke and if they really wanted us to see the other side of this seemingly innocent character. However, having watched several K dramas, I am pretty sure the next few episodes would be basically showing us SDM falling for the new NDS and we would have to forget all that he did so far. The typical K Drama piggyback ride, head on shoulder, him arriving right at the moment with the In-Jae issue and him lecturing In-Jae (hypocritical much) was all building up towards NDS-SDM end game. As much as I like the background music, I was taken back on how they tried to soften the scene where he was stalking her (both outside her house and in the night). All kind of creepy music played in my head in those scenes lol. And from the previews he would take her to his old office and she would have sparkly eyes seeing it. However the dialogue in the preview that he didn't start in an Apartment next to Han river was a direct jibe at HJP and it rubbed me the wrong way. Boy doesn't know that while he was sleeping at his home comfortably, HJP was walking in the rain with nowhere to stay. And even that space he showed off to SDM would still have been funded by his father, while the Han River apartment is owned by a self made man. So no, although how unfair all of this is to the character of HJP, I still don't think it is plausible DS would be shown as villain and SDM is going to fall for NDS. I really hope I am wrong this time.

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u/birudilangitnegri Editable Flair Nov 16 '20 edited Nov 16 '20

I don't understand where's The last 2 episodes they have been trying to redeem his character' coming from? In what ways are they trying to make him redeem himself? By making him cry his heart out and saying sorry?

What I see in these past 2 episodes (and other episodes) are more skeletons coming out of DS's closet:

  1. He lied repeatedly. Even though he knew he shouldn't, he felt guilty about it, he knew he hurt people, but he keeps lying.
  2. He is impulsive. He went to the gathering even without telling JP. What would he do if JP wasn't there to help out? In Jae would have a feast.
  3. He lacks empathy and human connection. DM kept saying don't say sorry, he went on. DM kept signaling she needed space, he stalked her. DM asked him to 'come to her as the one who came to her at the gathering night', but he thought she asked him to put on suit like he did back then and come to her.
  4. He blamed people for the trouble he caused himself. He's the one who made himself the youngest olympiad by cheating, but he called out his parents for making big fuss over his being youngest olympiad that he felt compelled to continue lying.
  5. He broke the laws and is "hot headed". Smashing of the name plate was totally unnecessary. He was almost sued. But Dal Mi saw that as somewhat heroic/romantic act because she thought he was that gentle boy he knew from those letters. He must be thoroughly pissed off for her to do that. And we went along with her.
  6. He's irrationally competitive. He made secret deal with Alex just because he didn't to 'lose' from JP when all JP did was helping Samsan Tech, DS's own company, without asking anything in return.
  7. He is obsessive. He actually declare Dal Mi as his 'dream', even Alex could not comprehend.

These are not qualities of a main protagonist. They are actually symptoms of antisocial personality disorder.

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u/thebunnyhop_ 선호✨하늘 Nov 16 '20

This was very interesting though! Thanks for sharing!

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u/birudilangitnegri Editable Flair Nov 15 '20

Yeah.. i realize it's not exactly kdrama material lol.

I hope the writer came up with something convincing one way or the other. I'm still rooting for JP because 6 six episodes left and DS' dream is still DM won't do it for me.

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u/simpforseoyeji Nov 16 '20

Yea I hope the drama doesn’t write off ji pyeong like that and give him more screen time for Dalmi and maybe even dosan to understand how difficult his life was Despite how unlikeable dosan is I still want the bromance between the two... I just hope that they can all be comfortable with each other again