Brimming with love confessions, the 5th week of May I Help You commences the road to romance for Tae-hee and Dong-joo.
At the same time, sprinkles of one-sided love also layered the story. While one accepts that his affection can’t be returned graciously, the other is having a hard time letting go of an ex-lover.
With a few more souls left to accomplish Dong-joo’s mission, the plot is getting closer to revealing the connection that binds Tae-hee to Hae-an. Moreover, the fated link between Tae-hee and Dong-joo involving Jun-ho will also unfurl.
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May I Help You Episodes 9 and 10 Highlights
Opening up about his long-held pain, Tae-hee conveys to Dong-joo his earnest wish to apologize to Jun-ho for what happened on the night he accidentally died.
Convincing Tae-hee not to blame himself, she shares about the only boy she communicated with who worried a lot about his loved ones. She further encouraged him how his brother would have never resented him.
“If you were there with me, it would have been better. Thank you for being with me here now.”
The next day, the two for another night of camping but Joseph worries about his mom. He even spilled how Tae-hee and Dong-joo pleaded for it making Priest Michael smile.
Back at home, Tae-hee thanks Dong-joo for listening to his story. Appreciating his trust, she promises to be by his side when he needs someone to talk to.
Feeding Vincent about the events of the camping, Tae-hee got teased of how he’s like a walking happy pill because of Dong-joo.
Later, when he met Hae-an, he also smiles like a true-blue boy-in-love while the detective runs down Dong-joo’s merits which he just had a first-hand experience with.
Candidly relaying how love is a cure for everything, Tae-hee looked back at the comforting moment Dong-joo genuinely gave when emotions rush inside him because of the memories of his younger brother.
“It’s over between us. It’s over. It’s my problem. Don’t wait for me. I’m never coming back.”
While mutual warm feelings grow between Tae-hee and Dong-joo; Chung-ha gets into the picture. She declares staying at Vincent’s place after her mom saw Tae-hee at his part-time work.
Demeaning his job and her daughter’s inability to forget her once-groom, Chung-ha left her place. Vincent politely understands her request but Tae-hee adamantly relents. Clearing off the stress, he leaves the room but Chung-ha follows for another confrontation bout.
She asks if he still blames her for saving the man who killed his younger brother. Responding to how he understood the situation back then, Tae-hee conveys it is his own problem.
Insisting there’s no reason for them to break up, Chung-ha proposes her willingness to wait until he can be healed again. But he coldly replies she does not need to do that and walks away.
Later, he converses with Vincent about his predicament. His uncle shares his two cents that he’s the most pitiful for being trapped somewhere when he could have told Chung-ha his situation on why he is in limbo because of Jun-ho’s death. Explaining he does not want to blame Chung-ha so he does not want to share how the errand of bringing the ring for her made his younger brother die, Vincent can only empathize with him.
Getting a late-night drink, Tae-hee chats about his reservations about moving on when Vincent pointed out how something in him changed after the trip with Dong-joo. Pushing Tae-hee to let go of the shackles binding him and rediscover his happiness, he responded by being unable to do so since he brought pain to other people as well.
Chung-ha’s appearance made Tae-hee’s world in disorder. She also sent a message to Dong-joo that she was on a mission to win her ex-boyfriend whom she dated for 10 years when they chanced upon each other and she offered to drop her at her workplace.
“Don’t go. I like you. Afraid I might pressure you; I kept my feelings hidden. But it’s getting too hard now. You’re always on my mind.”
Dong-joo’s new client is a sickly high school student who succumbed to death inevitably. Sharing her happiness of being freed from her hard-to-navigate life because of her medical condition, she expressed feeling content that her father can now also rest on worrying for her.
Her wish is to send a love letter to her crush which Dong-joo gladly agrees to deliver. Dong-joo also learns her client’s crush also feels the same.
Picking up her new clients’ regret of not telling the boy she likes her feelings, Dong-joo acknowledged how she got swayed when Tae-hee’s first love showed up. She rushes to see him on the night he’s supposed to meet Chung-ha on a date.
Finding no one inside the office, Dong-joo felt dejected. Just then she sees Tae-hee and stops him from where he’s going. She asks him to stay and confesses her feelings.
Pleading him not to go see Chung-ha, Tae-hee let go of Dong-joo’s hand holding his. He tells her that he does not feel the same way and hopes she does not do that sudden admittance in the future.
Affirming he really does not feel the same way, Tae-hee answers her by walking away.
“Do you only understand what you want to hear? He’s done with you!”
It turns out that Tae-hee went to meet Chung-ha’s mom who offers him a clinic. Politely refusing the offer, he asked her to get Chung-ha back.
Learning her mother met Tae-hee, Chung-ha listened to her relay feisty words of waking up from her desperate clinging. She also listens as her mom blabs that Tae-hee confessed to having feelings for another woman. But of course, she refused to believe it and claims it was a lie.
Summoning her besties, Dong-joo wallowed in alcohol. On her way home, she breaks down and cries. Thankfully, Hae-an spotted her and led her home safely as Tae-hee listened to the worried voice of Hae-an getting the picture of a rough night that Dong-joo had.
The next day, Dong-joo bumps into Tae-hee. She tells him not to feel awkward and relays how she knows it was also hard for him to reject her.
Seeking divine intervention from her recent rejection, Dong-joo visits her uncle who listened to her sad love story. He gives her sound advice not to pretend that she’s strong. That she does not need to change what she feels right away.
“I like you. You’re like an all-cure for me. Even my headache vanishes when I see you.”
Evading interaction with Dong-joo, Tae-hee asked his uncle to join her for an errand. Apparently, Dong-joo as the newest member was tasked to scoop on the food of the competitor funeral home to work on the dishes at Taewon Funeral Home.
When Vincent and Dong-joo arrived home, a woman is waiting to request a service. She needs friends to attend her wedding. Noticing something odd, Vincent tells Tae-hee that he will attend the wedding with Dong-joo.
Meanwhile, Hae-an joins Dong-joo for her morning exercise and takes advantage to confess that he likes her. Dong-joo appreciates his honest confession but politely reveals that she likes someone else.
Looking like a bawling mess, Tae-hee sought comfort with Vincent and Tae-hee. Fortunately for him, he gets good news of becoming a detective at a police station.
“Sorry for lying that you make me feel uncomfortable. For lying that I don’t like you. For wanting to hold your hand but not having the courage to. For making you do it for me. All of it. I’m sorry for everything.”
The wedding day arrives for A Dime a Job’s new client. It also marks Dong-joo’s chance to grant one of the departed souls she communicated with before by attending the wedding.
Marrying a man from a rich family, the bride created a story about having a best friend which Dong-joo will assume. However, Dong-joo’s ex-boyfriend who commissioned Tae-hee to deliver his breakup message is a friend of the groom.
Realizing the wedding is a scam, he also mindlessly throws shades on Dong-joo which eventually led to a fight. Even with the trouble, the marriage proceeded.
Walking home together from the event, Dong-joo apologized for what happened. But Tae-hee stops her and says sorry for hurting her by taking that job from her ex-boyfriend.
Acknowledging the lies he made, Tae-hee apologized for not being courageous enough to confront the mutual feelings he has for her.
Inching closer, he plants a soft kiss and admits to liking her. He scoops for a bigger kiss that bears all the emotions he has been suppressing.
May I Help You Episodes 9 and 10 Musings
Braving to confess one’s feelings, the latest episodes of May I Help You taught us to be honest with our emotions. Notably, Lee Hyeri amazingly nailed that love confession scene down to the heartfelt emotions and suppressed tears.
The series smartly moves to a transitioning phase to highlight the romantic line by subduing the featured sending off stories each episode. Impressively, the love confessions in the 5th week of May I Help You were beautifully done complementing the programmed sketch of the featured character.
Down to the last three weeks, the tangled connection among the characters involving Jun-ho’s death will ultimately be unraveled.
It’s hard not to notice how impeccably drawn Hye-ri’s character is in this series and how she’s inspiring viewers by showcasing her vulnerability, bravado and genuine heart.
Correspondingly, it is a good choice not to prolong Tae-hee’s emotional turmoil by making him realize it on his own. His indecisiveness at one point really did not make sense. Thankfully, he is now on the right track to emancipating himself from the pain. By doing so, actually would make the people he thought he hurt, get the emotional cure they need.
Hopefully, Chung-ha finds the rationality for her to accept the closure in the relationship that she’s fighting alone to reemerge.
Now, that the love is officially on for Tae-hee and Dong-joo, we can foresee their connection involving Jun-ho on the horizon.
Join Butler Kim and Dong-joo in their journey of granting wishes to departed ones in May I Help You. International fans can watch on Prime Video.
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