Brimming with poignant moments, the 10th episode of Thirty Nine settled unvoiced secrets and emotions.
The aftermath of Mi-jo’s visit to her birth mother disappointingly gives worries not just with her but her friends and loved ones. Meanwhile, Chan-young bravely prepares for the inevitable drawing strength from Jin-seok. Lastly, Joo-hee pours out her sentiments and fears to Mi-jo.
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Thirty Nine Episode 10 Key Moments
In the previous episode of Thirty Nine, to support Chan-young with her goal of giving her mom a memorable birthday, Mi-jo and Joo-hee join forces to break the glass wall of the cake shop.
Their friendship-affirming moment helped settled their lawless property damaging act. But the cakeshop owner made use of their story to gather patrons using Mi-jo’s dying story.
“When there’s a lot in your mind, it’s better to tire yourself out and get a good night’s sleep.”
Supporting Chan-young on her first filming day, Mi-jo and Joo-hee had an eventful fangirling moment securing autographs and a friendly chat with Im Si Wan.
Unable to render her adorable friends, Chan-young has quite a handful with her overprotective oppa bringing in assistants and all when she’s just doing a supporting role.
Later, Jin-seok also met with Sun-joo for a closure talk. She informs him that she will bring their son abroad to study since her family is furious about their divorce. Relenting to Chan-young’s request to meet Ju-won, Jin-seok brings him to meet her and she gave him a book gift.
Bringing presents to the children at the orphanage, Mi-jo and Seon-woo spent happy times with the children. Seon-woo gives an English class and was approached by Hoon, a little boy close to Mi-jo. He reveals that his the little cupid that made his love story possible.
Meanwhile, Mi-jo chats with So-won and shares her disappointing experience with their father. She also reassures her not to give up on playing the piano. Learning her parents both died in an accident, she gave meaningful advice that her music gift came from them.
“You were the only one I could come with.”
Summoning her sister’s best friends, Mi-hyun learned about Mi-jo’s recent prison visit and how it didn’t turn out well. Unfortunately, Mi-jo’s birth mom sent a man for her debt, but Seon-woo and her sister were quick to help her at the clinic.
Feeling stressed, Mi-jo went for an ice cream date with her mom and confessed about her recent meeting with her birth mom. Coming clean, her mother also admitted how her birth mom has been asking for money from them and they kept it a secret.
Mi-jo who can’t find any more place to put how her birth mom has been letting her down finds comfort with Seon-woo who just knew that she needed company.
Dragging Jin-seok to a place, he got shocked to see they are going to a memorial service place. Chan-young reasons how she can’t bring her parents or friends to check on the service that she will inevitably use and she could only think of him.
Understanding her pain, Jin-seok put up a brave front and accompany her to the building.
“I’m always the last to know. I can take it together with you guys. Why do you guys suffer first and wait until the last moment to tell me things? To be honest, I’m scared of Chan-young leaving us. I’m also scared that things might not be the same between us once she’s gone.”
Opening up about her bottled thoughts, Joo-hee met with Mi-jo and clarify that her mom is not to blame for her current concerns. When Mi-jo reassures her that everything is okay, Joo-hee finally opens her heart and reveals how much she feels so left out.
Expressing her fears, Mi-jo was caught off guard by what Joo-hee has been suffering in silence all along. At night, she calls Mi-jo to visit Joo-hee and her mom.
They have a heart-to-heart talk that freed everyone from painful thoughts surrounding Mi-jo’s birth mom.
Knowing it’s high time to confront her own problem, Mi-jo goes back to the prison armed with a resolute attitude to settle the score with her birth mom.
Thirty Nine Episode 10 Musings
The thought of saying goodbye to Thirty Nine is hard to process. We truly had a K-Drama gift witnessing the stories of the characters in this series.
Rooting for Mi-jo’s plan to implore her birth mom’s last thread of decency seems to be one of the hardest problems to be tackled in the story.
Taking a tamed narrative route, this drama has been teaching us a lot about patience and kindness. That being said all the detestable characters, we can’t help but also understand.
This episode brought another quiet and resounding emotional scene between Lee Mu Saeng and Jeon Mi Do. If I hadn’t mentioned it before, it’s hard not to notice the effort of the entire cast in creating nuanced portrayals.
I’m still hoping that Joo-hee would get a love a happy ending and I’m so proud of her bravery to confront her emotions. Her predicament gives a resonating nudge to anyone who has a circle of close friends.
Having disappointments left unsaid is a sure part of a human relationship, no matter how honest or happy it might have been. If we pile up those instances that we already assessed that negative feeling but chose to forego, chances are it will burst out eventually.
Aside from shedding light on the feelings of adopted people, Thirty Nine intersperses lessons on self-worth. In particular on claiming inner peace that the three featured friends rightfully deserve.
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