"Big": Episode 1 Recap

by: Raine 

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Here it is folks, coming in at 7.9% (AGB Nielsen Media), "Big"! It lived up to my expectations. Fine acting, gorgeous cinematography, witty dialogue and I'm already invested in the characters and the story. Not to mention, nekkid Gong Yoo for 10 minutes. *angels sing*

episode 1 recap

A frantic heroine, Gil Da-ran (Lee Min-jung) rushes to deliver a bridal bouquet, immediately showing us Da-ran's character mold: clutzy heroine. She arrives just in the nick of time to deliver the bouquet to a bride who, lo and behold, Da-ran unexpectedly knows. After a few nervous glances, the bride says she thought Da-ran would be studying for her (teacher's) exam so she didn't invite her; but why doesn't Da-ran take the group picture with them?

Ha. Yeah. Right.

Da-ran makes her excuses, decides to get some lunch out of the whole affair and grumbles about the bride and her friends making her an outcast for not yet passing the exam. A call stops her from brooding because there is urgent news: the bouquet deliveries were switched.

Ruh-roh!

So Da-ran gathers with the gaggle of women for the throwing of the bouquet, feigning support for the bride/fake friend. I love how she prepares herself, cracking her neck and knuckles before leaping into the air, in slowmo, to catch the bouquet.

She's JUST about got her mitts on it when a man knocks into her and sends her flying in the direction of the stairs.

I was seriously cracking up the whole time as Da-ran fell and the man, who is none other than future scrumptious doctor fiancé Seo Yoon-jae (Gong Yoo), tries to save her. "Tries" is the operative word, and she flies over a huge flight of stairs to the ground.

Gil Da-ran climbs on the bus while listening to the radio. She sent in a story to the radio station under the nom de plume "Ms. K" and it's being read on air. Turn out that it was a good thing she flew down thirty-six stairs, fractured her tailbone and wrist and was hospitalized for two months. Why? She got one hot, hot, hot, hot, hot doctor fiancé out of the whole thing. He treated her injuries and proposed the day the cast came off. Now she's going to re-take the exam she missed while hospitalized and will work as a substitute teacher in the meantime.

Oh yeah, she also wins a rice cooker for the submission of her story to the radio station.

So Da-ran is happily dancing in her seat and smiling to herself when she notices a handsome kid staring at her. He has the most adorable smile.

Stop, Raine. Jail bait. JAIL. BAIT.

*Ahem*

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