We’re already on the midway mark of “My Perfect Stranger,” and issues have begun to go from dangerous to worse. With the primary homicide of the Woo Jung city’s killer thwarted, Yoon Hae Joon (Kim Dong Wook) turns his focus to the subsequent homicide on the checklist. The sufferer is somebody whom Baek Yoon Young (Jin Ki Joo) is all too conversant in, and so they could not have the ability to change as a lot as they first believed.

Warning: spoilers for episodes 7-8 under.

1. Safe: When they save Yoon Young’s aunt from Min Soo

Hae Joon and Yoon Young have a brand new lead within the type of Baek Yoo Seob (Hong Seung An). His youthful self is a far cry from the hole shell of a person Yoon Young is aware of as an grownup. The grownup Yoo Seob appears to have suffered some type of neurological break, leading to him not being conscious of his actions and liable to shredding Yoon Young’s books (maybe hinting that he could possibly be behind the matchboxes positioned on the murders saying that “woman who read are dangerous”?). Yoon Young despised him and her father for foisting him on her and her long-suffering mom, Lee Soon Ae (2021 self performed by Lee Ji Hyun). But it seems he isn’t the one they’ve to fret about as a result of the subsequent sufferer in line after Lee Joo Young (Jung Ga Hee) is Lee Kyung Ae (Hong Na Hyun): Yoon Young’s aunt.

Yoon Young is stunned to listen to that she had an aunt – she was informed that Kyung Ae died as a baby. As she and Hae Joon spy on Kyung Ae’s actions, she wonders why her mom by no means talked about her aunt or the remainder of her household. Kyung Ae has a couple of very shut calls with scammers, nevertheless it’s Min Soo (Kim Yeon Woo) who finally ends up being the actual subject. He corners her after her shift at a bar and tries to get her to offer him a personal efficiency. Hae Joon is livid that Hee Seob’s incompetent uncle, cop Baek Dong Shik (Choi Young Woo), continues to permit Min Soo to run free and pushes Min Soo off a bridge. The drop is brief, and Min Soo’s arm breaks. Given that the primary homicide concerned the sufferer being tied with pink ropes, Hae Joon hopes this’ll put a halt to his actions if he’s the killer. But is he?

2. Safe: When they rescue Yoon Young’s mom from Yoo Bum Ryeong

In the meantime, Yoon Young’s busy rescuing one other member of her household: her mom. Young Lee Soon Ae (Seo Ji Hye) truly used to exit with Yoo Bum Ryeong (Jo Yeon Woo). We get a darkish glimpse at how the connection should have gone within the authentic timeline as a result of Yoon Young spots Bum Ryeong dragging her mom towards a resort for nonconsensual actions. She whacks Bum Ryeong on the pinnacle when he tries to pressure Soon Ae to go inside and rescues her mom.

Baek Hee Seob (Lee Won Jung) additionally involves the rescue and helps each of them. Soon Ae is straight away accomplished with Bum Ryeong, however Yoon Young reviews all of it to Hae Joon and wonders if Bum Ryeong could possibly be the predator they’re searching for. But it seems they’re each improper.

3. Dead: When Joo Young remains to be killed

Hae Joon and Yoon Young retire for the night time, sure that they’ve foiled two probably horrific assaults. Only, they’re wakened by a name from Bum Ryeong. He’s simply discovered Joo Young’s corpse by the water, tied up in pink rope like within the authentic timeline, simply two days later. It’s the identical Joo Young that Hae Joon and Yoon Young packed away on a bus and thought left city. She got here again for some purpose, and now she’s useless. They haven’t modified something.

4. Dead: When Kyung Ae is discovered murdered

Things worsen when Kyung Ae is discovered murdered the subsequent day in an deserted home miles from city. No one is aware of why she was there or what might have occurred to her, together with Hae Joon, as a result of this wasn’t how Kyung Ae died within the authentic timeline. Things are altering however they’re staying the identical. The city is in shock at two sudden unexplained deaths, and Soon Ae’s household is devastated. They had been as dysfunctional as the typical household however they had been tight and cared about one another. Soon Ae’s misplaced an older sister, and Soon Ae’s mom can’t forgive herself for not caring extra about Kyung Ae’s goals. In the unique timeline, Soon Ae would have been assaulted and misplaced her sister on the identical night time. It’s a miracle she remained the reclusive however deeply loving mom Yoon Young knew. But there’s one final tragedy coming for Yoon Young’s maternal household, and Hae Joon has the ability to cease it. The hassle is… he’s given up.

5. Safe: When they cease Soon Ae’s mom from taking her life

To say that Hae Joon has devoted his life to saving his personal is an understatement. He left his job and researched the Woo Jung village murders a lot in order that he has the lives of its inhabitants memorized. He even purchased a home reverse of one of many homicide victims, Kyung Ae, in order that he might save her. And none of it has labored out. Things have solely modified for the more severe. Dong Shik’s kids almost died in a fireplace as a result of Hae Joon was making an attempt to get Joo Young out of city. And she nonetheless died. He’s no nearer to discovering the killer, and Dong Shik is getting more and more suspicious of him. He’s accomplished. He tells Yoon Young that they’re heading again to 2021 as soon as he fixes this automotive and that he’s stopping right here. If he can’t forestall his personal demise, he would possibly as properly take pleasure in life.

Yoon Young will get upset, calling him a coward for giving up when there are lives at stake. He ignores her, locking himself up in his storage, till Soon Ae’s mom (Yoon Young’s grandmother) Ok Ja (Kim Jung Young) goes lacking. Yoon Young and Soon Ae are frantic and do not know the place to look, however Hae Joon springs out of fatalism and into motion, racing to the mountains simply in time to cease Ok Ja from leaping off a cliff. Soon Ae’s household reunites in tears, and Hae Joon realizes that there’s a minimum of one thing he can do right here. It’s now not clear how a lot they’ll change right here, however they need to attempt.

They begin with the upcoming arrest of Yoon Young’s dad. Hee Seob was initially arrested for concealment of a bloodstained rag that matched one of many victims. But when Hae Joon and Yoon Young nook Hee Seob over the rag, he appears to be like petrified however insists that the rag is his. As Hae Joon and Yoon Young attempt to get him to confess the reality, Dong Shik barges in and realizes that his nephew is now the prime suspect within the murders.

It feels just like the thriller’s going one step ahead and 10 steps again. Hae Joon and Yoon Young are nonetheless caught on the identical checklist of suspects. Meanwhile, Ko Mi Sook (Ji Hye Won) stays a harmful wildcard that nobody’s inspecting. Perhaps, it’s like she stated, feminine killers are sometimes missed. Or maybe there are a number of individuals with a number of agendas, searching down the identical girls. Hae Joon and Yoon Young stay hampered within the sense that they’re solely two individuals tasked with masking a complete village. But the arrival of a brand new determine – Hae Joon’s dad – might change issues. Will we lastly be taught why Hae Joon’s so closed off to the world or discover out who left the automotive for Hae Joon within the first place? With eight extra episodes to go, right here’s hoping we discover out quickly!

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Shalini_A is a very long time Asian-drama addict. When not watching dramas, she works as a lawyer, fangirls over Ji Sung, and makes an attempt to write the best fantasy romance of all time. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram, and be happy to ask her something!

Currently Watching:  “My Perfect Stranger,” “Tail of the Nine-Tailed 1938,” “Dr. Romantic 3,” and “Black Knight.”
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