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OCN Drama "SAVE ME" Ok Taecyeon, Seo Ye-Ji, Woo Do-Hwan etc. *Thanks for watching, Saviors!*


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just watched ep 5. so much happened in the beginning then when i was desperate for action in the end every time something could have happened sang mi reached a dead end, ughhhhhhhhhhhh

 

ooppss you spoil me a bit, im not watchin it yet haha, nvm hurrplz.png

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[HanCinema's Drama Review] "Save Me" Episode 5


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"Save Me" continues to surpass my expectations and subvert tropes at every turn, as Sang-mi's world becomes more hopeless and more absurd with each passing day. The monsters of Guseonwon are starting to show their true faces as our heroine continues to push their limits, but our group of saviors is getting closer to her.


 


I am constantly taken aback by how dark "Save Me" is willing to go and Jeong-goo's (Jung Joon-won) death is certainly a heavy blow. It is a choice I have mixed feelings about. On one hand, his death makes him a plot device and I find that a shame. On the other, nothing is more toxic to a cult than those who are curious and who cannot be indoctrinated. Jeong-goo's death may serve as a way to show hopelessness to viewers, but it is sadly all too realistic.


 


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So is the immense strain on Sang-mi's (Seo Ye-ji) sanity. The drama's unapologetic brutality might be too much for some viewers to handle, but it is the honest approach to take for the heroine's plight. It perfectly captures the persistent abuse it takes to drive people off the edge, even if it speeds things up for the sake of story progression. However, followers are useless if not functional and Spiritual Father Jeong-gi's (Jo Sung-ha) choice to allow her false freedom shows how well he understands this.


 


The man's criminal nature is starting to show and it is of course Apostle Jo (Jo Jae-yoon) who triggers it. The series is smart in keeping the true intentions of Guseonwon's leader hidden. We do not know how much of his partners' actions he controls directly and that makes him just mysterious enough to be very unnerving. Apostle Jo pushes his buttons, because he represents the past and the bitter truth the "Spiritual Father" has probably been denying; monsters do not change by simply assuming a new form.


 


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While Guseonwon's leader wishes to maintain the illusion of change, Sang-hwan (Taecyeon) wants true one, but he has still not let go of his apprehension and fear of actually working for it. He has hoped that all of his problems would have magically fixed themselves in Muji and it is time he realizes that being idle fixes nothing. This includes his relationship with Dong-cheol (Woo Do-hwan).


 


His friend's release from prison is an odd moment for me, however. I understand Sang-hwan's absence, but what about Jeong-hoon (Lee David) and Man-hee (Ha Hoi-jung)? I hope the drama clears this up, because it sticks out like a sore thumb and as I have said before, these characters matter in the story, too. Good storytelling and Sang-mi burning the church with the unholy trinity in it is all I want from "Save Me".


 


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[HanCinema's Drama Review] "Save Me" Episode 6

 

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The world of "Save Me" may be cruel, but our fighters for justice are starting to take form. The appearance of new characters and the continued development of established ones creates suspense over who will be an enemy of our heroes and who an ally. The bigger Guseonwon gets, the more people start wondering about it.

 

Sang-hwan's (Taecyeon) father seems to be the center of the aforementioned new characters and their stories. He clearly has a bone to pick with Lee  Jin-seok and his boss, as seen in the previous episode. Did he really order Dong-cheol's (Woo Do-hwan) murder? It is the darker nuances of him that really captivate me that is largely thanks to Son Byung-ho. He shows us a man who seems to care about his son at times, but who is also dangerous and potentially villainous.

 

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His evolving darkness reminds us that Muji lacks some decent older adults and I am curious about who is a potential ally. After all, a hero does not always appear as a knight in shining armor. Could detective Lee Kang-soo (Jang Hyuk-jin) become a force for good despite his willingness to work for personal gain? Could Cha Joon-goo (Go Joon) be a former gangster out for revenge and still be someone who will save lives? I would love to see some of these flawed people become beacons of hope in this dark town.

 

Still, I am not holding my breath for any major heroics from such characters anytime soon and so I find it imperative that Sang-mi (Seo Ye-ji) learns how to beat the cult at its own game for now. The unholy trinity of Guseonwon rely on deceit and unless she wants to end up restrained as a supposed mental patient, she will need to use that against them. It will take Sang-mi's help from within as much as the efforts of outsiders to take them down.

 

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Those outsiders will need more support, however. While I am not convinced that Detective Lee is our help on the side of the law, I do believe Dong-cheol will be the one who brings physical fighting to the battle. In keeping with the drama's realistic characters, however, even this kind soul is flawed. The man has still not learned that brute force can do more harm than good for all involved.

 

"Save Me" has been doing very well with its gruesome and relentlessly packed plot, but I feel the little breather that episode six provides from the preceding suffering is a good idea. We are a third into a very dark story and most viewers likely need some glimmer of hope and forward movement in the rescuing department to keep going. I cannot wait to see the tables turned on Guseonwon.

 

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Sang-mi is about to find out how impenetrable the walls of Guseonwon are to her cries for help. While she fights for her own safety and freedom, Sang-hwan struggles to find his own way through the world, and all of his doubts and regrets will need to propel him to make significant changes if there’s going to be any hope left for either of them in the end.

 

EPISODE 5 RECAP

In the dead of night, the van carrying Sang-mi and Jeong-gu back to Guseonwon pulls off the main road and changes course to an unknown destination as Disciple Jo eerily tells Sang-mi that they’re just going for a drive.

A loose screwdriver rolls out from under the seat, and Sang-mi arms herself with it, suspecting that Disciple Jo is plotting something nefarious. She tells Jeong-gu to hold on tightly for safety and lunges forward to stab the driver in the shoulder.  The driver loses control momentarily, and Disciple Jo attempts to thwart Sang-mi’s attack, but as he does, she stabs the screwdriver right through Disciple Jo’s hand. As a result of the scuffle inside, the van flies off the road and tumbles down a hillside, rolling several times before coming to a stop upside down. Sang-mi is the first to come to her senses, and she quickly releases herself and Jeong-gu from the wreckage so that they can make a run for it. “We’re going to play hide and seek,†Sang-mi tells Jeong-gu. “You have to hide where those people absolutely can’t find you.â€

 

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Back at the van, Disciple Jo stirs and ties a crude bandage around his bleeding hand as the mute (deaf?) driver, who’s revealed to be Disciple Jo’s brother JO WAN-DUK, boils in silent anger at Sang-mi. But Disciple Jo responds with a series of slaps as he tells Wan-duk (half-using sign language) to calm down and reminds him that he once told him not to rebel against his older brother (him) or their father. Meanwhile, Sang-mi leads Jeong-gu through the woods as the Jo brothers give chase. She asks to see Jeong-gu’s phone with the incriminating video of Disciple Jo’s attempted rape, then tells the boy that if he goes with her to the police station, she’ll get him a soda. An excited Jeong-gu asks for ten cans, and Sang-mi promises to give him just that once they’re safe.

In the darkness ahead, Sang-mi finds a set of train tracks and confirms the all-clear before turning to tell Jeong-gu to follow… only to see the Jo brothers standing next to him. Terrified, Sang-mi trembles as she declares, “You are evil.†But when she threatens to turn Disciple Jo in to the police, he just laughs and says that Sang-mi’s talking like a child, but then he takes a second to admire her and comments nastily, “Your body has fully bloomed though.â€

Sang-mi tries to run, but Disciple Jo effortlessly throws her to the ground as Jeong-gu cries. Jo deletes the incriminating video of himself off Jeong-gu’s phone right in front of Sang-mi’s face. Just then, the sound of a train approaching pierces the air, and Disciple Jo menacingly reveals his plan, “Now, let’s send Jeong-gu to the promised land.†

 

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Sang-mi screams for Jeong-gu to run, but he wanders closer to the tracks on his own accord in an effort to get closer to Sang-mi, who repeatedly sobs, “No! NO!!†with each step. But all poor Jeong-gu says is, “I like soda,†before the full-speed train plows right into him. Oh my God.

Beyond distraught, Sang-mi calls out for Jeong-gu to hide carefully in the afterlife, using the same hide-and-seek song he liked, and promises to come find him again someday. “Found you,†Discple Jo says with a hand on Sang-mi’s shoulder, as a crude way of playing along.

 

=== Read more: http://www.dramabeans.com/2017/08/rescue-me-episode-5/

 

 

COMMENTS

Rescue Me really revels in its ability to be absolutely, unflinchingly brutal. I suspected Jeong-gu might meet his demise at some point in the future, but watching it actually happen in such a horrifying way left me yelping in shock at my screen. It’s hard to even imagine what was going through Sang-mi’s head at the time, watching the closest she had to a friend just be obliterated in front of her eyes, while chillingly, Disciple Jo just chuckled to himself in the immediate aftermath.

Building the atmosphere is perhaps what this show is best at, though, so I probably shouldn’t be surprised that they managed to deliver even more despair when I finally felt that there was very little they could do to surprise me, but I appreciate that they are letting us soak in the dreariness so much. The absolute misery that permeates this world is so thick and full, and it’s a testament to the excellent world-building that both the writing and, in particular, the directing accomplish with deft hands.

It was interesting to get a closer look at the relationship between Father Baek and Disciple Jo, if only briefly. That Father Baek asserted total dominance over Disciple Jo with relative ease, and that Disciple Jo so readily changed from the diabolical schemer we are used to seeing into a docile servant was one of the more shocking events of the past hour, and one I’m curious to know more about.

 

Are we really to believe that Father Baek holds some divine power over him, or is there some other factor which contributes to Disciple Jo’s submission? Disciple Jo doesn’t strike me as the type to submit himself so easily to anyone, so whatever Father Baek does have, it would need to be incredibly compromising for Disciple Jo to surrender himself to Father Baek so fully, and I wonder what could possibly be so burdensome.

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But with Jeong-gu now gone, Sang-mi is left completely alone, and New Heaven’s God seems content to sap any semblance of hope she might be holding onto out of her by throwing hardship after hardship at her. How long can Sang-mi hold out before she is broken completely and gives herself over to New Heaven’s God? Or worse, how long can she hold out against whatever Father Baek plans to use her for?

It seems up to Sang-hwan and friends to be Sang-mi’s savior now, as even the police are swayed by Guseonwon’s stories. I think Sang-hwan is being a bit too hard on himself, though. He claims that nothing has changed since high school, but that’s not totally true. Sang-hwan himself is more willing to stand up for what he believes is right, whether that’s admonishing his father for broken promises, or confronting bullies for treating others poorly.

Sang-hwan certainly learned from his failure to defend Sang-jin three years ago, and he’s taking it upon himself to change how he takes responsibility for those who need his help to defend themselves. Now he’ll need to do the same for Sang-mi, and after he already failed her once, I can’t imagine he’ll let himself fail her a second time.

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  • love changed the title to OCN Drama "SAVE ME" Ok Taecyeon, Seo Ye-Ji, Woo Do-Hwan etc. *Thanks for watching, Saviors!*

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