[msee's thoughts] Highlights on Cheese in the Trap Episode 14

February 26, 2016

I have written in my past post on Cheese in the Trap episodes how I view Baek In Ho and said a lot of things about it and going through with the remaining episodes particularly this one [14th] did not change my views on him. Fans could argue about different opinions but I will stick to my personal views guided by my belief and principles in dealing with situations presented.

Anyhow, will just post the highlights that the episode had shown.

Seol became uncomfortable with In Ho. Who would not? It was a natural behavior when one friend suddenly confesses his feelings to you knowing you are in a relationship. It somehow breach the trust between the two of you. Boundaries must be set, But the thing is, In Ho is crowding her, not letting her escape, being selfish by himself, not considering her feelings at all.

Why must Seol act as if nothing happened or nothing changes? Her boyfriend is still not in good terms with In Ho, she is trying to be loyal to her boyfriend, promising to tell everything and now this from In Ho. But then again, Seol must have been weak in her protest to ward him off to make In Ho thinks he can get away with his confession and that Seol can be persuaded not to feel burdened by it.

How selfish can he get? He tried to sugar coat it with something like,

"oh yeah...I know my place, you are committed but look, don't feel burdened, I'm still the In Ho you treat as a friend nothing changes.."

the above are my interpretation of the summary of their talk.

Then this scene happened!

It's RUDE, right? Intercepting the call from Yoo Jung, who is her boyfriend. Does he have a right to do it?

Seol let him which made me mad...chincha! She gave him the opportunity to beg her to give him time [a month].for what...? A month to take her time, for his own convenience even if he knew she was being cornered despite having a boyfriend.

And Seol should have been more firmer that night!

Why does he come between her and her boyfriend?

Yes, they are friends but something should have changed the moment you confess! Asking her to give him a month of her time without asking if it is okay with her, he was actually telling her not waiting for her reply...

How can I like In Ho when he is acting like this?

He gambled on his friendship with her, on her weakness when it comes to him because he lives a "pitiful" life..

and it seemed that it worked on Seol.

He sure know how to play dirty tricks.

It's true that he contemplated on leaving but still, his problems are not Seol's problem. Him having feelings for her should not be Seol's burden. But he choose to involve her.

If that was not a bit of trickery I don't know... it is not as though he is innocent. He made it happen to his own convenient. He does not care for Seol's feelings.

Yup..selfish.

Okay, I am really tired commenting abut In Ho's actions. How the drama shoved his scenes to viewers did not really make In Ho good. He started as an interesting character, too but somewhere down the middle of the story, it just goes downhill for me. His actions became too much to watch and bear.

Sorry, not sorry saying this.

It's the character folks not the actor, though.

The only good thing in the episode is that finally, Bora and Eun Taek finally became a couple.

Sang Chul who always freeload on others, who cheated his way in the exam by stealing sunbae's notes from Seol and denying it, by biting the bait sunbae dangled in front of him using Taerang Group interview...

Sang Chul took the bait. But his mistake was not doing a proper job by studying the company. The bait could have ended either good or bad for him. He missed the chance.

Then he blamed sunbae for the outcome. Actually, it was a good wake up call to him. He who always gets away with bullying others for their work, asking for already done projects, not putting effort to study, did he think he would really make it on his own outside?

He hurt Seol. He was never apologetic about it. True, he told about his family and his background but I think it was only one way to elicit sympathy from Seol. He will not change.

He needed Yoo Jung's hurtful truths. He needed to be put in his place. And Jung sunbae is the only one who can do it. Got to clean up your mess Sang Chul and live a new life.

At the office Sang Chul blurted out about Yoo Jung being the son of the company. Kept blaming him for his failed interview.

Sang Chul messed up the interview, he blamed Yoo Jung for it.

LOVE THIS SCENE!

Yoo Jung sunbae is back!

Even for a short sequence, I saw once again this side of him that can put people in their places. His wake up call for Sang Chul was over the edge but this iswhat Sang Chul needed to learn and to fix his life.