[mslee's thoughts] SPY Episode 9 Screen caps Review - Reality Bites for Sun Woo

Kim Sung Hye - Kim Sun Woo's mother now known as Park Hye Rim.

Her Past

A North Korean spy who was then in China for a mission but got pregnant. Hwang Gi Chul, maybe an old lover as he claimed to be and her superior/comrade knew she was pregnant and told her to get rid of the baby. He is a callous spy. There was only one thing Kim Sung Hye could have done at that time to survive with her child, to detonate a bomb inside her bag she left behind as she walked the narrow alley away from Hwang Gi Chul.

The Present

Kim Sun Woo - an NIS agent. His secret has been revealed to her parents by Hwang Gi Chul who had encountered him from one of their operations, leaving him alive behind.

Kim Sun Woo witnessed his mother Park Hye Rim talking with a suspicious man he thinks as the wanted North Korean spy, Hwang Gi Chul, the scarred faced man. He has always been looking for this man but now that he saw him, he was caught by surprised at the seemingly familiarity between his mother and this man.

As then ending of this episode came, they came face to face.

Sun Woo and Gi Chul

In this episode [9] the realization that his mother was once a spy and could still be a spy for the enemy is something that is so hard to accept. Sun Woo began his own investigation, searching his bag for bugs, his room, and found them. He also went to see the computer at the office, seeing that it was indeed his mother in the files that matched more than 50% with the photos gathered there.

He felt betrayed somehow and going home to talk and meet his mother is not his priority. He is in the process of accepting all this truths that suddenly faced him. He could not even tell his sunbae Kim Hyun Tae about it. Kim Hyun Tae seems bothered by something and it has to do with Sun Woo. He just hoped that there will be no more betrayals between colleagues.

A new face arrived in Seoul. Someone from the higher position. A man who seemed to be impatient of the slow progress of a mission Gi Chul was handling. he also knew about Sun Woo. They definitely want Sun Woo to be on their team. Gi Chul promised him it will be done as soon as and at the end, he will kill Kim Sung Hye.

I wonder if Gi Chul can really kill Park Hye Rim. Until this moment, her picture was hidden inside his wallet. A love that turned frustrations on his part. She left him and chose to be with her husband. What Gi Chul was not aware of, this man who just came has his own agenda. 

He also visited Yoon Jin at her working place, threatening her a bit to let her know her family's safety depends on her cooperation.

Park Hye Rim learned from her husband that Sun Woo was asking about her lately. She asked him if he thinks that Sun Woo realized what they had done. But they dismissed the idea. Sun Woo's superior, Song Joong Hyeok, who seems a bit strange and suspicious also visited his father tom let him know that Sun Woo works for NIS. He also wanted to crack the code as soon as possible.

What's inside that hard drive?

It seems that it contains informations about money stashed away and will be handed to some politicians. Hmm...Song Joong Hyeok is willing to cooperate and follow instructions just to get promotions. His agenda is somehow fishy and I am not trusting him one bit.

Hye Rim and Yoon Jin met inside a bus. She asked Yoon Jin for informations but she remained silent. Hye Rim was clearly disappointed and told her about it. Yoon Jin replied about protecting family first before a loved one. Hye Rim told her to do that and that she will also do that to her own family. Before Yoon Jin got out of the bus, she could not let Hye Rim not know that a new man came to Seoul.

While Sun Woo was looking for more bugs in the house, he suddenly asked his sister about the Uncle / ahjussi she was talking about. He asked her to describe him. Just then he got a call from Gi Chul who was listening on their conversation. Sun Woo realized that there are more bugs in the house he had not seen.

He met with Gi Chul. He brought a gun with him. He walked towards the meeting place,  calling him. Gi Chul appeared, not one bit scared of him.

One of my worries is the new man. He seems to be impatient, unpredictable and more devious than Gi Chul. I have a feeling that he will be more too tough to handle than Gi CHul. This man has no invested feelings whatsoever to Hye Rim/Sung Hye and whatever he feels like doing will be for his own selfish satisfaction only. Unlike Gi Chul, he is one tough opponent, intelligent, but his achilles heel is Park Hye Rim.

I am looking forward what will happen in the story. Is Sun Woo his as he claimed?

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