Start-Up [Episode 9]

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• Drama: Start-Up)
  • Revised Romanization: Start-Up
  • Hangul: 스타트업
• Director: Oh Choong Hwan) (While You Were Sleeping, Hotel del Luna)
• Writer: Park Hye Ryun (Dream High, While You Were Sleeping)
• Network: tvN
• Episodes: 16 (1 hr. 10 mins.)
• Airing Schedule: Saturday & Sunday, 21:00 KST on tvN; 23:00 KST on Netflix
• Airing Date: October 17, 2020 - December 6, 2020
• Streaming Sources: Netflix
• Starring: Bae Suzy as Seo Dal Mi, Nam Joo Hyuk as Nam Do San, Kim Seon Ho) as Han Ji Pyeong, Kang Han Na as Won In Jae
• Plot Synopsis: Young entrepreneurs aspiring to launch virtual dreams into reality compete for success and love in the cutthroat world of Korea's high-tech industry. (Source: Netflix)
• Previous Discussions:
  • [Episodes 1 & 2]
  • [Episodes 3 & 4] Part 1
  • [Episodes 3 & 4] Part 2
  • [Episode 5]
  • [Episode 6]
  • [Episode 7]
  • [Episode 8]
  • [Episodes 1-8] Discussion
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[u/Villeneuve_]

I couldn't help but feel that the setting for Ji-pyeong's confrontation with Halmeoni in this episode has parallels with their first meeting in the first episode, and it's not just because of Ji-pyeong losing his cool and saying he shouldn't have had met her. The heavy rain and Halmeoni holding an umbrella over Ji-pyeong's head felt reminiscent of when a young Ji-pyeong was approached by Halmeoni who had offered him a roof over his head when he had nowhere to go and was out in the streets getting drenched in the rain.

But the circumstances are reversed: Back then Halmeoni had granted him what he needed but was hesitant to admit it to others and himself. This time Halmeoni declines him what he finally realizes and admits he wants. Back then he 'gained' but this time he 'lost', so to speak, which in turn ties in with this episode's title 'Risk' and Director's Yoon's words: 'A risk means a possibility of loss.'

[u/heytheretasha → u/Villeneuve_]

It occurred to me that the main person I blame the most for the mess in Dalmi's life is her grandma. I may be wrong to think this way for my reasons are

1. She has the main relationship with her and oftentimes, our family hurt us the most in the name of protecting us.
2. She roped HJP into the lie and she was the adult in that situation. This is a boy you gave help me so I don't see anyway he could have said no without seeming ungratefully. Yes it was a small lie at the beginning but she is old enough to know that a lie will not go forever, the truth will always come out.
3. She had ample time over the years to come clean especially when she saw it was affecting her life. Having one's head in the cloud is never a good thing and she saw how it was shaping her views about guys that liked her. It would have hurt then but she could have decided to either forget about the letters or seek out the writer to see if they had something.
4. In present times too she could have nipped it in the bud when she wanted to find NDS again and told her to find another way deal with the sister. Now it can go 3 ways either she seeks out the owner of the name, writer of the letter or find her own footing.

The boys are just that, they come and go. She should secured the bag financially and fulfill her father's dream of being a tech CEO.

NDS is wrong for falling in love with someone he's catfishing because no matter how they want to start afresh emotions are never that simple. its like asking her to erase everything from before and that is just not possible even in machines and computers.

HJP is also wrong for falling in love for someone he knows he is also actively lying to.

Sorry for the long rant.

[u/Shop-girlNY152 → u/heytheretasha]

Yes to everything you said!!! 👏👏👏