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8.10 - Podcast Review of Episode 10 of Crash Landing On You (CLOY)

Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 10 of Crash Landing On You, the hit K Drama on Netflix starring Hyun Bin as Ri Jyeong hyeok, Son Ye-jin as Yoon Se-ri, Seo Ji-hye as Seo Dan and Kim Jung-hyun as Gu Seung joon. We discuss:

  • The songs we feature in the recap: Se-ri’s Choice by Nam Hye Seung and Park Sang Hee  and The Hill of Yearning by April 2nd.

  • How Se-ri and Captain Ri have had 5 partings and 5 reunions.

  • In the end, it was easy enough to get Se-ri home since Captain Ri and his men were back at the DMZ.

  • Why Captain Ri asked Gu Seung Jun for help and why Gu Seung Jun decided to help Captain Ri get Se-ri back to Seoul.

  • The Grief Bowl and how the cracked and empty bowl outside the rundown house in the DMZ is a metaphor for how Captain Ri is feeling.

  • How Se-ri gets back to Seoul and takes back her company, but she is clearly a changed person.

  • The amnesia game that Se-ri is playing with her family, but Yoon Se-hyeong is not fooled since he and his wife knew that Se-ri was in North Korea.

  • How Captain Ri gets his brother’s watch from Jung Man Bok, who is guilt-ridden over his part in the killing of his only friend, the man who saved his son.

  • The trial that got Cho Cheol Gang convinced of multiple crimes, but he is rescued by two Kamaz trucks and is now threatening Se-ri back in Seoul.

  • How Gu Seung Jun and Seo Dan met at the Pyongyang Hotel and Gu Seung Jun explains how he helped send Se-ri home.

  • How Se-ri finds Captain Ri on the sidewalk outside her house. He had been looking for her!

  • How Captain Ri’s men and Jung Man Bok are kidnapped by General Ri and given the mission to find Captain Ri in Seoul and bring him back.

  • Kim Soo Hyun’s amazing cameo as a North Korea spy posing as a Chinese food delivery man. This is a role he played in Secretly Greatly.

  • The background and roles of the handsome and talented Ha Seok Jin, who plays Ri Mu Hyeok, Captain Ri’s brother.

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  1. LaurelJuly 20, 2024 at 9:41 PM

    Can you imagine missing someone so much, and they just show up in front of you? I just love that scene.
    Did you mention the meaning ot the number 5?
    I will have to watch The Devil's Plan. My son follows a couple of cryptic puzzle sites (and makes me work on puzzles with him often). I think he might like the show.

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    1. Joanna PinedaJuly 23, 2024 at 1:16 PM

      Laurel, thank you for your comments! No, I can't imagine seeing someone I thought I had lost forever, on my street! Amazing!

      I don't know about the significance of the number 5. I know that in Japan, you don't buy things in sets of four, it's always five. And I also know that the number 7 is important in CLOY! Tell us more!

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  2. Sung-HeeJuly 21, 2024 at 5:04 PM

    I know! I think you would be so happy your heart would burst! How incredible was that? Especially knowing how it’s almost impossible to cross the border.

    Tell us more about the number 5. Do mean that there are often 5 characters? In this episode we have Jung Man Bok and Captain Ri’s four men. We have noticed that a lot of these Kdramas have 5 leads. Is there a greater significance to this number?

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  3. LaurelJuly 23, 2024 at 6:26 PM

    I like to know the symbolism of things like colors and numbers, so I looked it. up. The number five can mean freedom.

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