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Man to Man: Episode 8

 

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Things get pretty interesting as Seol-woo attempts to get back into the swing of things as Ghost Agent K, only to find that he’s facing more roadblocks than ever before. Though our villains are doing their part to keep the NIS from moving forward with its mission, I love that it’s actually Chewing’s top star and his devoted manager that are tripping Seol-woo up the most—and I’m all for it.

 

EPISODE 8 RECAP

Seol-woo disappears quickly after Do-ha is rescued, leaving her to look around for him in confusion. During dinner with his fellow conspirators, Seung-jae receives the news that Ki-chul failed his mission once again. Seung-jae takes his anger out on his messenger, hitting him hard, then as a way of explanation, he tells his companions that he’s looking for a world where the person spending the money will feel rewarded. After Woon-kwang and Do-ha get treated for their injuries, Dong-hyun asks them to sign a confidentiality agreement on the events of the night. But Do-ha wants to talk to Seol-woo first, and Dong-hyun has no choice but to make it happen when Woon-kwang threatens to call the media.

Do-ha and Seol-woo meet at his place, and though Seol-woo keeps his tone distant, he looks pained to see the scrapes on Do-ha’s wrists. Seol-woo apologizes for what he’s put her through, but she asks him to instead tell her the truth. Hesitantly, she asks, “Are you really a secret agent with the NIS?â€

 

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Not mincing his words, Seol-woo confirms that he is indeed an agent. He says he was disguised as a bodyguard for a mission, but now that the mission’s been aborted, he’s planning on leaving. Looking up at him incredulously, Do-ha asks if the moments he spent with her were lies and disguises too. He tells her that to someone like him—someone who has to lie often, and whose days are filled with death and violence—Do-ha is the most dangerous person. That’s not an answer! As Do-ha tries to process his words, Seol-woo pushes the confidentiality agreement towards her, asking her to sign. She signs the agreement, but tells Seol-woo that it’s been a difficult day, and that they should talk again tomorrow with clearer heads. Seol-woo doesn’t say anything, but he looks conflicted as he watches Do-ha leave.

Do-ha tells Woon-kwang on their way home that she plans to talk with Seol-woo again the next day. Woon-kwang looks worried for Do-ha and thinks back to earlier that night, when Seol-woo told him that he’d disappear from Do-ha’s life after all of this was over. Woon-kwang had thanked Seol-woo and told him to keep his promise.

 

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Dong-hyun berates Seol-woo for his recent actions, blaming him for not only getting his cover blown but for also getting Department Head Jang into trouble. Seol-woo’s pretty cavalier about it, pointing out that his assignment as Woon-kwang’s bodyguard is over, and that they’ve gotten everything else they wanted: the wood carving, the ring, Do-ha’s safety, and even the enemy’s ghost agent. Touché. Giving Seol-woo a knowing look, Dong-hyun asks if everything’s okay with Do-ha. Seol-woo looks away and answers by saying that she signed the confidentiality agreement. Dong-hyun calls Seol-woo’s actions “uncharacteristic,†then returns to him his pen recorder, saying he deleted Seol-woo’s resignation message.

After a pause, Seol-woo says he’ll begin the Black Auction mission tomorrow. When Dong-hyun reminds him that the mission is worth five million dollars, Seol-woo says that the “first floor†was exposed and asks Dong-hyun to take care of it. When Do-ha returns home, she’s greeted by a worried Myung-suk, who wonders if there’s something going on with her and Seol-woo. Instead of answering him, Do-ha tells her father to forget about the Black Auction ring, since it’s now with the prosecutor’s office. When Myung-suk freaks out about how much the ring is worth, Do-ha loses her temper and yells that the ring wasn’t even his to begin with. She asks him if he knows how dangerous the ring is, and begs him to stop.

Both Seol-woo and Do-ha stay up late that night thinking back on their times together—Seol-woo plays with his lucky coin, while Do-ha’s in bed. As Seol-woo replays his last words to Do-ha in his mind, telling her that he’s leaving, he does a final magic trick, making the coin disappear in his hands. The next morning, Seol-woo gets ready for his first day on his new mission, slipping the Black Auction ring onto his finger. He glances at his CCTV feed, but pauses in front of it when he sees Do-ha cautiously approaching his door.

 

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Outside, Do-ha takes a deep breath and moves to ring the bell, but ends up coming inside on her own when she sees the door ajar. Shocked to see that everything’s been cleared out, she tries to call Seol-woo, pleading with him to answer the phone. As she realizes that she won’t be getting that follow-up conversation with Seol-woo after all, her eyes well up with tears, and out loud, she says, “Did you really leave like this? If you fooled me, you should apologize. If you saved me, you should let me thank you.â€

Seol-woo watches Do-ha break down in tears through the screen, blinking away tears of his own. He turns away, unable to keep looking at her, then turns off the monitor. Oof, my heart.

After helping patch up Woon-kwang’s injuries, Sang-shik wonders where Guard Kim might be. Woon-kwang breaks the news that Seol-woo quit, and when he struggles to explain why, Sang-shik convinces the rest of the team that it must be because the two got into a fistfight (and Woon-kwang lost).

 

Read more:: http://www.dramabeans.com/2017/05/man-to-man-episode-8/

 

 

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Team Dramabeans: What we’re watching

(Man to Man)

 

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javabeans: The main draw of the show for me was its comic sensibility, putting our stoic secret agent into fish-out-of-water hijinks and watching the funny misunderstandings unfold. I was never drawn into the spy storyline and tuned out the missions and pretexts, so my attention drifted when the show got all serious and melo last weekend, because it’s never been the emotions that hooked my interest. The character logic is there, but I guess I just don’t care that much.

 

girlfriday: But… why would the super-spy go back to the people who know his secret? This show is still light and fun, but man does it put some serious strain on my suspension of belief muscles.

 

Laica: Episodes 7 and 8 just took this show to another level, from a humorous watch to a truly affecting, heart-twistingly good drama. Even the formerly ridiculous action scenes have improved—the big warehouse fight with Oppa holding it down outside was badass and touching. It’s hard to convincingly play a love story where the hero is lying to the heroine about his feelings, but I think Man to Man did a really good job in showing tiny breaks in Seol-woo’s robotic poker face, making his eventual feelings totally believable. Also, Do-ha gets more awesome with every episode. I love that she’s brave enough to admit that she loves Seol-woo and that he hurt her, without letting him off the hook for his betrayal. I appreciate that our changing perception of her as a character is driven by smart and consistent writing rather than, say, an unexplained lobotomy. Now that Do-ha and the two men who care about her have teamed up to fight the baddies, I can’t wait to see what hijinks the three of them get up to.

 

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Park Hae Jin wore ALL SAINTS Hannent Crew Jumper _ Black $117 in Man To Man Drama Episode 9 & 10. 

 

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Park Hae Jin wore NEIL BARRETT Panelled Coat $1,095 (Sale price at www.farfetch.com) in Man To Man Drama Episode 10. 

 

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  • love changed the title to JTBC Drama "Man To Man" Park Hae Jin, Kim Minjung, Park Sung Woong. *Goodbye, Ghost Agent K*

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