As our reunited couple rekindles their lost connection, buried feelings and past issues itch to resurface, prompting them to address what they long swept under the rug.
Our leading lady finally grasps the harrowing agony her sudden departure inflicted on her first love. And he is continually drawn back to her, even if those feelings might come back to bite him.
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Surely Tomorrow Episodes 3 and 4 Highlights
“What is it that you have to say?”
Having sorted out the situation, Ji-woo asks for an explanation. But since Gyeong-do can’t disclose Ji-yeon’s condition, he blabbers about Ji-woo running away and wasting the company’s money. Peeved, Ji-woo gives Gyeong-do an ultimatum: either make up for the ticket money or give her the door code to his place. And given the exorbitant cost, he chooses the latter.
Calling their friends, Ji-woo twists the story into a romantic setting, getting Gyeong-do speechless. When he returns home, she is wasted and acting cheeky. And given how much she drinks, it is safe to assume Ji-woo is an alcoholic, even without having Ji-yeon confirm it.
“Everyone around me is like my family and me.”
Rewinding to 2007, we see Gyeong-do working part-time as a server. Happening upon Ji-woo’s family’s dinner, he first learns that she comes from a rich family and is studying abroad. Catching on, Ji-woo’s mother is quick to show her disapproval of Ji-woo hanging out with Gyeong-do. Thus, hurting his pride.
The betrayal of being kept in the dark hurts. Still, Gyeong-do is understanding and treats Ji-woo as usual when they meet the next day. What matters to him is that her feelings for him are real.
Initially, their relationship remains unaffected by Ji-woo’s family status. But the vast difference in their lifestyles eventually makes Gyeong-do feel insecure. He starts acting differently than usual, and when she confronts him about it, they get into a big fight, which ends with Ji-woo ghosting Gyeong-do and going abroad, marking their first breakup. The surprising part is that Ji-woo left of her own accord and wasn’t forced by her mother, as we initially thought.
“It was bittersweet to live together.”
The next morning, Ji-woo, having sobered up, demands an explanation. She wants to believe Gyeong-do did it out of love, as he couldn’t bear to watch her go away, and she keeps pushing him to “admit” it. But Gyeong-do argues Ji-woo should redefine her life and stop running away without a purpose, as she did before when they were 20 and then 28. And given what we now know about their first breakup and Ji-woo’s current actions, it seems she plunges into her bubble and avoids confrontations when things get tough.
Hoping she will get bored and return home, Gyeong-do sleeps out and avoids Ji-woo. But she sticks around and tries to lure him back. After a few days, Ji-woo shows up at Gyeong-do’s workplace with a suitcase in tow and tells him she is leaving. But she insinuates they live together and has Gyeong-do’s colleagues tease him about their relationship.
Something in Ji-woo changes, though, after hearing that Gyeong-do suffered from a severe case of alcoholism and almost got fired after their second breakup. She tears up, but when they meet, instead of an apology or an explanation, Ji-woo scolds Gyeong-do for messing up his life as if she weren’t the one who broke his heart twice at that.
Gyeong-do tries to brush it off, but Ji-woo is mad at him for acting kind and not blaming her. So, he finally snaps, arguing he drank because he was frustrated. Gyeong-do tried walking and running, but nothing could give him an answer as to why she left. Back then and even now, he doesn’t get it. If Ji-woo was going to leave him again, she shouldn’t have come back, referring to their second breakup.
After 8 years out of contact, Ji-woo suddenly showed up one day, and they started living together. Then we see Ji-woo sobbing as she takes her things and leaves. And in another scene, Gyeong-do cries his eyes out in their place without her.
“It is no longer love.”
Sitting down, our leads talk things out, and it feels like Ji-woo got a grip. Back then, she left to die. But death was a frightening thing, and she couldn’t go through with it. While she might have her reasons, Gyeong-do argues she should have seen him before leaving. Wishing Gyeong-do well, Ji-woo takes off, urging him to live his life and not worry about her anymore.
Unbeknownst to Gyeong-do, soon before their second breakup, Ji-woo found out she was an illegitimate child born as a result of her mother’s affair. She was shocked but couldn’t tell him anything. So, she disappeared without a trace. Ji-yeon is aware of it too, and that is why she is worried about Ji-woo having no shares or solid position at the company. Ji-woo can only obtain some shares if she joins the company and stays there for two years.
“Are you sure you can walk?”
Returning home after parting ways with Gyeong-do, Ji-woo has a pretty intense argument with her mother about her birth secret. And she collapses after mixing her sleeping pills with alcohol. Luckily, Gyeong-do comes to check on her and carries her on his back to the hospital.
Getting discharged, Gyeong-do scolds Ji-woo for taking pills while drunk. And she claims she couldn’t sleep and kept taking more. Following her up, Gyeong-do pours down all the alcohol in Ji-woo’s place, urging her to stop drinking and take care of her health before it is too late.
“She fell because her drunk son pushed her.”
While Gyeong-do researches ways to help Ji-woo stop drinking, we get more context about the time he was an alcoholic himself. Back then, Gyeong-do kept drinking and wouldn’t stop, getting his parents and friends worried. Once the ace of his team, Gyeong-do started neglecting his work and even drank on the clock. The only thing that made him pull himself together was when Gyeong-do accidentally hurt his mother while drunk. Feeling ashamed, he went through rehab and hasn’t drunk again since then.
In the present, Ji-woo calls Gyeong-do to his old school, asserting that she is going to England. Initially, she wasn’t sure about it, but seeing how she gives meaning to everything he does and gets her hopes up, Ji-woo thinks it might be better to stop meeting each other.
Thinking back on Ji-woo’s words, Gyeong-do feels confused, too. He drops by her house with a suitcase in tow. (Are we getting a cohabitation trope?) And it is the perfect timing as Ji-woo’s ex-husband came uninvited and was harassing her to get back together. As we end this week, Gyeong-do stands up to Mr. Ex-husband, claiming he is flirting with Ji-woo and doing his best at it.
Surely Tomorrow Episodes 3 and 4 Musings
Amidst her messy life, Gyeong-do is Ji-woo’s haven. But before they can plan a future together, she needs to make it up to him for hurting him in the past, especially now that she has learned about the immense pain he lived through while she was away. Gyeong-do, on the other hand, needs to learn to prioritize himself, too. Now that Ji-woo is back in his orbit, he hesitates about going to Chicago for training even though it is a crucial step for his career.
Ji-woo’s callous mother is the exact opposite of Gyeong-do’s loving parents. And we can see he turned out kind-hearted after being raised in such a great family. Still, this isn’t an excuse for Ji-woo’s pushy and playful antics. So, she has some growth to do.
On a less interesting note, it turns out Ji-yeon’s husband knows of his wife’s illness, and he spikes her coffee to make her condition worse. He pushed Ji-woo’s ex-husband out of the picture, too, so he could nab the company for himself without competition. But his accomplice, the top actress from the affair scandal, might turn on Ji-yeon’s husband now that he is cutting her off. How messy!
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