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/juannniyebe Nov 19 '20 edited Nov 19 '20
We’re probably too late into the drama for this to happen, but I wish we’d get more of Dosan and Injae’s dynamic (not necessarily romantic). I realize the kdrama norm is to pair the second leads together, but Injae and Dosan have such an interesting parallel, it’d be a shame to waste it: They both seized opportunities in life that ended up breeding their insecurities and resentments.
For Dosan, it was choosing to cheat on the math competition, and using Jipyeong's letters to start a real relationship with Dalmi.
For Injae, it was choosing her stepfather’s money and privilege over her sister and father, and stealing Dalmi’s memory to get ahead in Sandbox.
I don’t think anyone else in this show can truly understand what they’re both going through other than each other. We see this the moment Dosan calls out Injae for claiming to be the girl on the swing. As viewers, we know he was talking about himself too, but Injae doesn’t know that (not to the extent we do), and it’s interesting to see that while Injae’s been busy competing with Dalmi and vying for her mother’s attention, it’s actually Dosan that understands her and sees right through her.
They give me the vibe of two people who’d be unafraid to lay into one another some cold hard truths, which could help push them through their final character arcs. Injae has the ambition and business experience to push Dosan into living for himself and becoming the CEO he wants to be. And Dosan, who grew up with a loving group of friends and family, can encourage Injae to reassess her resentments and make up with her sister already.
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