Dae Mul Episode 1-2 Summary: A brief Introduction

I think it’s been quite a long time since my last Kwon Sang Woo’s drama. That’s why I thought I should watch the first two episodes of Dae Mul to find out whether the “feel” is still the same or not. And it’s also been quite awhile since my last drama summary. So I  think it’s time to start again? well, it depends on my first impression of this SBS drama… it’s been in the first rank since it’s first aired. And I’d like to find out why…

So, let’s begin Dae Mul…

Everyone, please meet Seo Hye Rim (Go Hyeong Jeong), Republic of Korea’s first female president.

Yeah…our Mishil on The Great Queen SeonDeok from the ancient era has now become the President of the 21st century Jeoson. President Seo is powerful, beautiful, aerophobia, but has a softly-strong heart and an interesting past to tell about.

One day she was in the middle of diplomatic meeting with US diplomat when she got the news that 20 S.Korean mariners are about to die because their submarine got an accident. The next big problem was…the submarine was in People Republic of China sea territory.

The President went to PR China to make a quick action. she was bowing her head to PR China’s president and asked for Chinese government to help them help the mariners. She insisted on saving those 20 lives no matter how controversial her act was. And this action didn’t please the congressmen at all, especially Cha In Pyo. He’s form the opposition.

But where was Kwon Sang Woo?

To find him, the story had to go back in time…which confused me at first, but gave me the whole picture later on.

It was on that particular day, some years ago when they were all in their youth. Ha Do Ya, a boho boy who loves to hang out with older women and almost circumcised by her ox-tail-soup-man father, saw this particular girl on the bus, rehearshing her phrases for an interview: the young Seo Hye Rim. This girl looked so pretty, smart, full of confidence and seemed to face a bright future, while Ha Do Ya…hmm…i couldn’t stop laughing at his annoyingly bling bling suit.

Ha Do Ya – Seo Hye rim’s long fate then started on that bus, through an-ass-grabbing incident by a young jerk from the neighborhood. Ha Do Ya fought Kim Chul Kyu without knowing that this fight would change his life forever.

The boys were taken to the police station. Kim chul Kyu’s father was a congress man named Kim Tae Bong. Mr. Kim is one of that lousy congress men who used power for his own sake and treat small people like rubbish. He said he’s gonna put Ha Do Ya to jail for what he’d done to Kim Chul Kyu. But Ha Bong Do who loves his only son despite his desperation, begged Mr. Kim not to send his son to prison and to loose his future. Kim Tae Bong then told Ha Bong Do to lick the dirt on his shoe and Ha bong Do just did it. Yeah…that’s how much a father loved his son. And on that very moment, Ha Do Ya’s heart were crushed into  pieces and triggered a self revolution. He pledged that he’s gonna be a good son, a good student and pursuing a future career as a prosecutor to avenge his father’s humiliation.

Time went by…but wait, what about Seo Hye Rim’s life? She was success in the interview at the notable TV station at Seoul, but screwed up her first day as a news anchor. She was then stationed at a kid’s show and ran a hard life.

Ha Do Ya kept Seo Hye Rim in his mind (he had her picture in his thick law book) and planned on meeting her after he’s successfully accepted as a prosecutor. However, when they finally met again, Ha Do Ya had to accept that Seo Hye Rim was moving on her life and married to someone else. She ran a happy life…

The story then flew to two conflicts:

>Ha Do Ya’s trying to bring Kim Tae Bong down which caused lots of trouble to Kim’s highers that preparing for the up coming campaign. Cha In Pyo really upset with the situation and tried to get rid of Ha Do Ya from the surface;

>Seo Hye Rim lost her husband in Afghanistan and she became so depress. She then kept speaking out to public about her dissapointment to Korean government for not saving his husband’s life due to maintain S.Korean good relationship with the US. Cha In Pyo was also upset about this matter.

And their frontal brave action costed them their career: Ha Do Ya was sent to remote area while Seo Hye Rim was kicked out from the TV station.

Anyway…what about Lee Su Gyeong’s character, Jang Se Jin?

Unlike her previous character as a hillariously lousy police woman, Oh Ha Na, Jang Se Jin was a lady like and had the quality of a woman from high class society. What I meant was she talked and behaved very well mannered and speak in a soft tone.

She was sitting on the plane, heading to the homeland she barely stepped on: the Republic of Korea, bringing along her mother’s ashes. She came home for her mother’s last will, that’s what she told the man who sat next to her: Cha In Pyo. But no one actually knew her other plan: she’s gonna take a revenge to her own father… and she looked pretty serious with it.

Cha In Pyo and Jang Se Jin’s destiny just started there…

However, an accident on a rainy night brought her to meet Ha Do Ya. Her car crushed Ha Do Ya’s and their first moment was all the fight. Jang Se Jin has a unique character as rich girl who didn’t even know what’s the urge to say “sorry” when she made a mistake and Ha Do Ya couldn’t just let it go.

Back to Ha Do Ya and Seo Hye Rim…

Life then reunite them both again, though the fact was Ha Do Ya never lost track on her all these times. Ha Do Ya was stationed to a small  prosecutor office on a remote area due to his attempt on pursuing Kim Tae Bong, but he just never gave up his plan on bringing down that congressman. He also had Seo Hye Rim, whose life was quite a mess, worked in his office as a janitor. And they started to become real friends.

And it was a real surprise when Mr. President decided to meet Seo Hye Rim in person…and the story just began from there on.

My personal comment:

Even though it got a high rank among other weekday TV dramas, I still haven’t got the “feel” of how special this drama is. I mean, SungKyungKwan Scandal was quite entertaining with its light story while Domangja was surprisingly boring, and Dae Mul…I don’t know. I just think watching this 2 out of 26 episodes is just not enough for me to figure out where the story really lead us to. The idea was quite interesting and it’s quite brave to lift up such a sensitive issue as politics. Well, i guess the casts are very much a strong reason for people watching this drama. They believe those great names will give them a good show.

As for ladies…you’d be one of those screaming fans watching Kwon Sang Woo in these scenes:

I’m not saying it’s not a good show, but frankly it’s a bit heavy for an entertainment. I mean it’s a kind of show that will make your brain work a little bit to absorb the idea of the story. Well, that’s a plus point for me anyway. So I guess I’ll continue on watching it and hopefully will be able to write interesting summaries for this drama.