Our girls’ friendship shines this week as they support each other during difficult times, have each other’s backs, and prioritize their relationship even amidst personal struggles.
Yet sadly, an unfortunate incident forces them apart.
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A Hundred Memories Episodes 5 and 6 Highlights
“I regret it, and I am so embarrassed.”
Feeling embarrassed, Jong-hee runs away, abandoning her bus. Jae-pil follows after her but misses her in the crowd. Having reached safety, Jong-hee regrets running away and feels more embarrassed. Being a bus conductor is nothing to be ashamed of. Also, she was planning to tell Jae-pil the truth. But now, she is nothing but a liar.
Rightfully, Jae-pil finds the whole situation terrible, but he takes it pretty well. The next day, he heads to see Jong-hee, arguing he doesn’t care if she is a student or not. But Jong-hee turns him down, lying that she asked to meet him to reject him before taking off. Young-rye, however, explains the situation to Jae-pil. They never meant to lie to him. They attend night school and went to the group date to do a favor for a friend.
“Did you even figure out where to go before you started packing up?”
Meanwhile, Jong-hee’s abusive brother comes looking for her at the bus company. Sensing something is off, Young-rye denies knowing the girl in the photo (Jong-hee). Hearing her abusive brother was there, Jong-hee packs up and resolves to run away. But Young-rye stops her, rightfully pointing out that Jong-hee has nowhere else to go.
Suggesting she take a sick leave, Young-rye has Jong-hee hide at her family’s house for now. However, with a pep talk from Young-rye’s elder brother, Go Young-sik (Jeon Sung-woo), Jong-hee resolves to stop hiding and face this obstacle head-on. It is also noteworthy that Young-sik has a sweet crush on Jong-hee and also happens to be Jae-pil’s tutor.
Returning to the bus company, Jong-hee is greeted by her abusive brother, who pulls out her hair. Young-rye jumps to rescue and headbutts him, buying some time for them to run away. But the vicious guy chases after them and almost takes Jong-hee away if not for Jae-pil being there and taking him on. They all end up at the police station, where we learn Jong-hee’s abusive brother has a long rap sheet and is wanted for fraud. Luckily, he gets locked up, so Jong-hee is safe at least for now.
“Can’t you give me a chance, too?”
With the situation sorted out, Jong-hee takes off first. Yet Jae-pil catches up with her this time. Jong-hee cries her eyes out, humiliated about Jae-pil witnessing her at her lowest point. But he assures her that none of that matters to him. Jae-pil only wants her to let him stay by her side, even as a friend. So, Jong-hee softens a bit.
The exams now over, our girls, along with Jae-pil and Sang-cheol, hang out as a group. It suddenly rains, so they split apart, with Young-rye and Jae-pil taking shelter in the same place and the other two somewhere else.
Mustering up the courage, Young-rye confesses her feelings to Jae-pil. He helped her out when she was chasing after a delinquent. Then they met again at the movie theatre. The group date was their third meeting. She liked him first, but never got to tell him about it. So, can’t he give her a chance, too? Except, it is all in her imagination. Instead, Young-rye resolves to put an end to her one-sided crush on Jae-pil and say goodbye to her first love.
Stumbling across the towel Jae-pil gave Young-rye on their first meeting, Jong-hee connects the dots, figuring out that Young-rye likes Jae-pil, yet took a step back for her. Young-rye has always been the one to give in for others. But Jong-hee can’t accept her sacrifice this time, although she is getting attracted to Jae-pil.
“We know there are risks involved in our line of work, but we have human rights too.”
Before we can see how things will turn out, the focus shifts to the bus company after a tragedy hits one conductor (the one who used to bully the other girls). Pressured by the company, the conductors were compelled to drive off with open doors to increase the revenue, resulting in a tragic accident where the conductor fell off the bus and had her leg amputated.
Shrugging off responsibility, the company claims the conductor is to blame for being too greedy and pushing herself too hard. They brazenly refuse to pay her hospital bills when they should be compensating her. Stepping up for their injured colleague, the conductors, led by Young-rye, go on strike until the company meets their demands and takes responsibility for the accident.
Without conductors, the situation is a mess. People line up on the streets, but there are no buses. The phone is ringing off the hook. And one angry customer barges in, causing a scene after losing out on an important contract for being late. However, instead of listening to the conductors, the company offers an ultimatum: return to work or face termination.
Scared, some conductors back down. So, Young-rye asks Young-sik and his friend Jeong Hyeon (cameo by Kim Jung-hyun) for legal advice, as they are law students. Pulling some strings, Hyeon tips off the press about the strike. Worried about their reputation, the company agrees to pay the injured conductor’s hospital bills and give her severance pay. (Side note: In another interesting love line, Hyeon has a crush on Young-rye, but she is clueless about it.)
“Where would you even go without me?”
With the situation resolved, Jong-hee goes out on a date with Jae-pil. He gifts her with a pair of shoes, and they have fun at an amusement park. But there is an ominous vibe looming over, as if this is their last date. Which proves right when Jong-hee argues they should stop seeing each other. Rightfully, Jae-pil asks for the reason. They were happy together. So, what made her make such a decision? So, Jong-hee claims they come from different worlds, and many obstacles lie in their way. Jae-pil tries his best to hold on to her, but to no avail.
Arriving at the dorm, Jong-hee hugs Young-rye and starts crying, murmuring that it can’t be helped. But she keeps the truth from Young-rye, claiming she broke up with Jae-pil because she grew sick and tired of him.
“What about Jong-hee?”
As we approach this week’s ending, the personnel manager frames Young-rye for skimming off the top, taking revenge on her for leading the strike. When Young-rye fights back, he attacks her violently, but Jong-hee comes to her rescue and stabs him. Spotting the blood, our girls get terrified. Young-rye urges Jong-hee to run away as far as possible and lie low. Jong-hee refuses to leave at first, but eventually flees.
Simultaneously, Jae-pil comes over to see Jong-hee, having realized she isn’t over him yet. But she is nowhere to be seen. And Young-rye is in no state to explain anything. Just then, the drama pulls a 7-year time skip on us. Catching up with Young-rye, she is no longer a conductor but a hair designer, with a new hairstyle to boot. A coworker says that Young-rye’s boyfriend is there to see her, none other than Jae-pil.
A Hundred Memories Episodes 5 and 6 Musings
We have mixed feelings about that turn of events. On one hand, we hate to see the girls get torn apart, and the drama left us hanging on the aftermath of that night. Also, seven years is a long time, and we have no clue what happened during that time. Still, we are excited to see the girls’ reunion following the time skip and check how the passing of time has affected their friendship. Hopefully, their bond remains intact.
It is nice to see Young-rye and Jae-pil keeping in contact, though we think the boyfriend thing is a red herring. It seems unlikely that they got together during the time Jong-hee was out of contact. Probably, they are just close friends. That ending gave us tons of questions, so we will stay seated with bated breath for next week.
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