Mental Bus Jegal: Episode Ii
As our mental bus sees himself more than together with more than inwards his new mentee, he commits to helping her. But that’s non as tardily as it sounds, since she’second stubborn in addition to defensive. But soon, her cover starts to reach way, and nosotros meet she’second just a scared young daughter underneath it all.
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After learning more often than not virtually Gil inward Episode one — basically, that he’s a warm-hearted underdog hero nosotros can trust — the camera turns to Ga-eul. We rewatch the terrible jibe where her teammate would rather shove her out of the race as well as accept them both live disqualified — too injured — than the choice. In fact, it presently feels similar the entire team is out to get Ga-eul, as well as for skillful argue: the motorbus is pitted against her.
The drama is shining quite the low-cal on corruption in professional person sports, in addition to just looking at how the athletic association operates for the speed skaters, gosh, is whatever race really authentic? Is there e'er a truthful victor, or is it all paid-off commissioners in addition to pre-planned maneuvers for each athlete?
COACH OH DAL-SUNG (Heo Jung-make) has been successful in making me despise his rattling beingness. First nosotros run into him drill into Ga-eul together with brand low-cal of the huge slash inwards her thigh while demanding a beyond-thorough test for the athlete that the association favors (as well as pushes to the meridian amongst strength).
The following OR scene is intense, because we acquire how unsafe these blade injuries tin live. Just a few inches higher and Ga-eul’second would take hitting a major artery. She endures twelve stitches without anesthesia so that the drugs won’t disqualify her from her upcoming gibe, together with she sits there writhing in pain. But the sad office is, it’sec non fifty-fifty bravery — it’second self-punishment in addition to misery.
I missed Lee Yumi’s Netflix roles that skyrocketed her career, just I tin can meet what the fuss is nigh, just seeing her operation hither and then far. She’sec a brat yous want to slap ane second, too and so the adjacent, and so vulnerable — like a lost puppy that pretends to live tough to protect itself. She’s perfectly matched to Jung Woo’second graphic symbol here, as well as their interactions (err, fights) are roughly of the best scenes inward the drama then far.
Gil sees himself in Ga-eul for certain — together with all his interactions with her are colored past his own by experiences equally an athlete, and what he has seen others endure. The present-mean solar day Gil certainly has a lot more than maturity to him than the i nosotros encounter inwards the past, as well as close to hilarious flashbacks present us what he was like a decade ago, undergoing rehab and psychological treatment for his issues together with injuries.
Here we come across DOCTOR PARK SEUNG-HA (Park Se-immature), who was Gil’s psychiatrist back inwards the twenty-four hours. And male child, the flashbacks of his screaming too shrieking contender the like scenes from Mad For Each Other. LOL! I don’t intend I should take been laughing as much every bit I was, just Jung Woo’second off-the-handle carrying on is merely and so cracking. Anyway, he was such a terrible in addition to problematic patient that Dr. Park retired after having to deal with him, hah.
In the acquaint solar day, she industrial plant amongst the athletic association together with — along amongst Tae-human being — brings up the issue that they take more mental health counselors for the athletes. And not simply the athletes that are inwards the one%. Indeed, that’second the job alongside this entire situation: solely the height ane% of performers are treated like humans. Everyone else is crushed, used, as well as hung out to dry. Ga-eul is one case, too the deceased Yeon-ji is another. Her case lingers in the background of our story, besides, because the association received reports of her bullying and they (read: Tae-human) ignored them.
Gil runs into his old medico, as well as she’sec none also pleased to see him together with calls him out for his life-modify. “You tin can’t even cure your own psychogenic disability too nonetheless you lot’re coaching others?” Gil tries to explain what he’sec learned from his ain experiences, just their lilliputian interlude is interrupted past a struggle betwixt Ga-eul as well as her teammate. The double-decker intervenes, blames Ga-eul for everything, as well as kicks her out of exercise. He’second simply so vile it’second hard to handle. Gil grips his cane/prophylactic pin angrily, only doesn’t brand a move.
Outside, he pursues Ga-eul together with tries to get her to commit to a piddling chip of coaching. He’second done his homework, together with they report a replay of her race together. He calls her out for her demeanour on the ice and amongst the team, in addition to I like that his main signal is simply to get her to live honest with herself.
Like every eccentric motorcoach out there, though, he has his own fashion of doing it. He wants to convince Ga-eul to reach upwards the upcoming check to allow her notwithstanding-real-wounded thigh heal, as well as over the course of the eventide he tries to become her to protect herself offset, non have every slap in addition to shove together with verbally abusive word she’second served.
Gil as well as Ga-eul’s outset terminate is a creepy edifice together with the Bonesetter’s Clinic inside. It looks like a witch doctor’sec lair at offset, just inward a minute all the lights pop on together with Gil’s kooky begetter (Yoon Joo-sang) appears. Gil introduces him to Ga-eul alongside an adorable giggle. (I honey these characters!) Turns out his father knows way as well much near the man trunk in addition to rehabs tons of athletes with his skills. They joke that Gil is the exclusively i he can’t seem to heal.
Their next finish is upstairs to the “No Medal Club” — basically a social club room of washed-upward athletes that once competed at the summit of their game, only at once are trying to detect their fashion afterward their careers are over. One is a gymnast (Lee Jin-yi) amongst a chronically dislocated shoulder too anorexia; some other is a fellow (in addition to famous) speed skater GO YOUNG-TO (Kang Young-seok) who wound upwardly losing his leg afterward an injury from another skater’s blade.
Poor Ga-eul is and so horrified past what she sees equally a collection of permanently injured losers that she runs out inwards the center of Gil’sec coaching. He runs later her, and it’sec a fantastic scene betwixt them. Ga-eul asks if he’second purposefully trying to frighten her, as well as she’second finally honest most her fears of getting injured, piece Gil encourages her to let her emotions out together with face up her fears instead. His empathetic gaze actually highlights what a vulnerable beast she is, similar an injured beast that bites y'all when you’re trying to assistance.
He tin can’t appear to talk her out of the gibe, though, as well as I beloved beloved beloved that instead of existence at odds amongst her conclusion, he as well as his young man washed-up friends assist her. Gil coaches her (dissimilar her actual double-decker), his begetter plant on her leg, as well as Young-to sharpens her skates himself — he’s a legendary sharpener, they enjoin, too he gives her an edge inward all senses of the give-and-take.
And certain enough, she performs beautifully, gaining her mode every bit the race progresses. The jitney (too the corrupt association behind him) accept the entire race planned out, just they’ve overplayed their mitt. The girls are tired of existence forced to underperform and/or strategically withdraw other skaters from the race. And and so, while the two girls inward the atomic number 82 get at it as well as have a genuine second of contest, they autumn, too Ga-eul and her remaining teammate are cervix too cervix.
Ga-eul wins instant home, simply inward the words of Gil: she won. Her wound is bleeding she looks similar she’second well-nigh to driblet, but what a race! You’d think her bus would live proud, simply he’sec so infuriated that his plan didn’t pan out that he starts hit her in the hallway. We flashback to all the physical, verbal, and emotional abuse this homo has spewed at Ga-eul since she was a kid, as well as it’s enough to make yous explode. Or, you know, make what Gil does when he witnesses it.
He’s down the hall, and screams a war yell at the superlative of his lungs. Then, dropping his cane without fifty-fifty thinking, he runs at peak speed towards the coach too hits him inwards the head with a flying kicking. It’sec the nigh satisfying matter all yr, and all the athletes in addition to Dr. Park in addition to Tae-man are in that location to see it. In the words of Gil: my safe pivot came undone.
And it’second some other keen episode for this show! So much has happened too changed for our characters already that I have to remind myself we’re entirely ii episodes inward. I really similar everything this drama is doing, though — it somehow balances the rage with sense of humour, and all the hardship alongside centre. I especially similar how the drama is pulling out the idea of psychogenic injuries too how, as Gil explains, emotional injuries go stored inwards your trunk merely like physical ones do. It’sec a really dainty management for this drama to have, equally it focuses on mental forcefulness in addition to inner healing, together with I tin can’t look to run into how it changes both Gil as well as his novel mentee.
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