Drama Special - Cane

Directed by Kim Yeong-jin-I (김영진)

Written by Lee Joo-yeon-II (이주연)

Airing dates: 2012/10/14

1 episode - Sun 23:45
13th part of the "Drama Special" series season 3

Synopsis
Seventeen. High school student. Bullied at school and grades are below average. The boy is even lonlier when his mother offers him cucumber without knowing he is allergic to it. Dong-ha is ordered to do charity work as he only causes trouble at school and at home.

71 years-old. Granny with Alzheimers. Yeong-ae. Her body and soul is exhausted from the loneliness and hardships of life ever since her son Jeong-hwan left her and she dreams of escaping from the convalescent hospital. She pretends to have Alzheimers. Many people fall for it and life at the hospital is getting better.

At one point, she manages to hold on to Dong-ha who attempts to jump off a roof and follows him to do charity work at the welfare community. Watching the lonely boy who seems to have life worse than she has makes her feel softer than she was before. Then one day Jeong-hwan appears in front of her and social worker Ji-yeong recommends Yeong-ae gets treated for Alzheimers. Will she continue to pretend to have Alzheimers?

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