The scene at the rooftop.... By golly.... Didn't know whether to cry, laugh be amused at what's going on. so many mixed emotions happening at the same time!

When In Ha tried to burn her books inside a drum...


Dalpo thought the worse had happened when he saw some clothes, items on the floor.... Then he heard InHa's hiccups....her shoe sticking out from the blanket.

Pinocchio Episode 3 Recap
Posted on November 19, 2014 by ockoala

Pinocchio rolls right into episode 3 with nary a slowdown from the fantastic first two episodes. Lead chemistry? Check. Interesting story? Check. Fluid directing and lovely acting? Check and check. There isn’t a single thing to find fault with this drama unless one really wants to nitpick, and right now I’m in a non-nitpicky mood. When a story cohesively works as well as this one it’s much more enjoyable to sit back and see where the ride takes me. The time jump descends on this story effortlessly to put all the great characters into a whole new setting and kick start the main narrative.

The Choi family moves form their remote and idyllic island to bustling Seoul but their warm family dynamic stays the same. Dal Po looks after In Ha as surreptitiously as possible while being a doting “son” to Grandpa, Dad observes from the sidelines, and In Ha takes in all that Dal Po does for her without maudlin gratitude but fully aware of their comfortable and complication relationship with each other. In Ha’s reporter and mommy dreams took a giant dip in the cold bath of reality but lucky girl has Dal Po the guardian uncle around to pick her back up. He does more than that, but as usual makes it seem like he’s doing nothing at all for her.

Episode 3 recap:

Dal Po wakes up to the sound of his mother’s voice calling him out to breakfast. He rushes out of his room to see his dad regaling his mom with stories of his latest fire rescue and how he came out unscathed. Dal Po stares in shock at his parents and then looks into the other room to find his older brother getting dressed inside.


Dal Po pinches his dad’s cheeks to make sure he’s real and this isn’t a dream. Hyung Jae Myung laughs at how Dal Po thinks he’s in a dream and hasn’t woken up yet. Dal Po eyes redden and asks if he didn’t just have a terrible nightmare about dad disappearing after a fire tragedy and then he lost his mom and his hyung disappeared as well.

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Mom playfully hits Dad for going MIA and hyung laughs about why he would ever leave the family. Dal Po resented Dad and hyung for disappearing which is why he never tried to look for them. Mom ushers Dal Po to sit down at the breakfast table and strokes his head for having such a terrible nightmare. Dal Po pulls his mom’s hand to cradle his cheek and can’t believe he had such a bad nightmare.

The cooker timer beeps and In Ha’s voice pipes up asking if the dish only needed to be warmed up for 30 seconds? Dal Po stares in shock at why In Ha is here and she calls him uncle in a confused voice because Dal Po is acting weird. Dal Po is upset In Ha is here because that means this is all a dream. In Ha sits down while Dad continues his fire escape story which had him escaping by falling into a pile of cow dung. Dal Po asks why In Ha is here and hyung explains that In Ha is their beautiful niece.

Dal Po accepts that this is a dream and he’ll wake up soon. He then sees the lace table cloth on the breakfast table and fingers the uneven texture to try and convince himself this can’t be a dream because it feels so real.

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Of course it’s just a dream and the year is now October 2013 and In Ha is trying to wake Dal Po up. The lace table cloth that he’s fingering in his dream is In Ha’s lacy black skirt. Dal Po tries to get closer to the lace and plasters himself against In Ha’s thigh. That gets him a swift “pervert” punch to the face and he wakes up screaming.

Dal Po is nursing an egg on his bruised face at the breakfast table while Grandpa chides In Ha for using such violent means to wake up Dal Po. In Ha doesn’t think Dal Po is all that cute to begin with so it doesn’t matter if his face gets bruised up a bit. Dal Po pinches her lips shut while Grandpa smacks her with a spoon for being so disrespectful to her uncle. In Ha grouses that life would be unfair if she was sweet on top of being pretty and smart. Plus what she said is true, Dal Po is very dorky looking.

In Ha’s dad pipes up and asks Dal Po to pass word to In Ha to have some modesty. In Ha tells Dal Po to pass word to Dad that she does have modesty. Dad’s annoyed she graduated college three years ago and has done nothing other than try and become a reporter. She just spends the money of her hard working taxi driving uncle and doesn’t even appreciate it and all she can do is ridicule his style. Dad snarks at how In Ha actually claims she’s modest!

In Ha huffs and tells Dal Po to tell her Dad that this is her last interview and she’ll become a reporter so he needs to stop bringing it up anymore after that. Dad retorts that a final interview after three years of trying isn’t anything to be proud of plus she might not get accepted so she better be prepared to fulfill her end of the promise if this interview is a bust as well.

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Grandpa smacks both In Ha and her Dad on the head with a spoon and doesn’t care if she gets accepted or not. He’s just happy that three years of hearing the two of them argue will be over soon. Dal Po separates his egg yolk from the white and places the white on In Ha’s plate. She does the same with her egg and places the yolk on Dal Po’s plate. He asks if this is the 36th rejection after today and she corrects him as the 35th. In Ha is sure she’ll get accepted because only the final 10 get an interview and only 1 or 2 out of the 10 will be rejected.

Reporter Kim Gong Joo is at the airport with hoobae Reporter Lee Il Joo and discussion turns towards this year’s crop of new reporter recruits. Ten have gotten final interviews which is more than usual but it’s necessary to find a real talent. Reporter Kim isn’t sure there is real talent but one candidate is worrisome for having the Pinocchio syndrome.

Reporter Lee wonders if she’s an inside candidate and hears that she’s the daughter of Department Head Song Cha Ok. Reporter Lee thinks it doesn’t matter that the daughter has Pinocchio syndrome, if she has even half of her mom’s reporting skills then she’ll be fine.

Reporter Kim snarks that Cha Ok isn’t all that either as she steals hoobae’s tips and sensationalizes her news reports for ratings. He suddenly changes his tune and whips out a welcome banner as Cha Ok walks out of customs and both reporters rush forward to welcome her home. Reporter Lee bits back his bile to see Reporter Kim do an about face and brown nose Cha Ok.

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Dal Po is giving Grandpa a back rub when Grandpa whips out a picture of the daughter of the nearby pizza store owner. He hears Dal Po recently broke up with his girlfriend and wants to introduce him. Dal Po claims he’s already gotten another girlfriend and says her name is Hye Sung and she has a lovely voice, is very kind and smart. He’s basically describing Lee Bo Young’s character in I Hear Your Voice LOL.

Dad reminds Dal Po that he described the last girlfriend the exact same way. In Ha thinks her uncle likes the same type of girls who has a nice voice and is very kind and smart. She fixes Dal Po’s hair and suggests that he clean up his style and get some new clothes otherwise he’ll keep getting dumped by girls. Dal Po doesn’t care because a girl who dumps him for his looks isn’t one he wants anyway. Grandpa beckons In Ha over and confirms that from her perspective all girls will think Dal Po looks really dorky and dumpy.

Dal Po brushes his teeth while watching In Ha get ready to head out for her final network interview. He asks what network it is and she tells him it’s MSC (where her mom works) and asks that Dal Po keep it from her dad. She texted her mom already about getting a final interview with the network and wonders if she’ll see her mom today? In Ha asks Dal Po’s advice on picking an outfit that will make her look smart but he just walks away.

In Ha finds Dal Po in the parking lot moving cars aside so he can pull his taxi out. She asks the suit makes her look smart but he snarks back that she looks stupid. He can’t believe she thinks she’s been texting her mom all these years. In Ha is sure she has because if it wasn’t her mom’s number then the person on the other end would have texted back that it’s the wrong number. In Ha makes excuses for her mom never responding to her texts for 10 years such as being too busy but Dal Po baldly explains that In Ha’s mom either wants to make it clear to In Ha that she wants to cut ties or she doesn’t care.

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In Ha claims her mom was too busy these last few years being a network reporter sent to Washington DC on assignment. Dal Po can’t believe Washington DC doesn’t get cellphone coverage and In Ha is near tears asking why both her dad and Dal Po want to paint her mom as such a terrible mom. Ugh, maybe because that’s exactly what she is? Dal Po doesn’t want In Ha having hopes about her mom, the higher the hopes the greater the disappointment.

In Ha doesn’t think it’s hoping because she knows her mom and she can’t stand Dal Po insulting her mom without any basis. Has Dal Po ever met her mom before? Dal Po doesn’t answer so In Ha continues that she is only trusting what she sees just like she trusted Dal Po 8 years ago. Dal Po claims the two instances are different but In Ha sees it as the same. When their classmates blamed Dal Po without evidence and she believed him, in the same way she’ll have faith and believe in her mom.

Dal Po gets into his taxi and remembers how In Ha stood up for him in front of their high school classmates. He starts his car and his GPS is a girl’s voice called Hye Sung (also Lee Bo Young’s voice cameo). Dal Po asks his Hye Sung GPS what he should do?

In Ha’s dad rushes out to work and finds Dal Po’s wallet on the ground. He opens it and notices a picture of In Ha tucked inside one of the slots. Grandpa urges him to hurry up and bring it to Dal Po before he leaves for work. In Ha’s dad looks down from the balcony to call Dal Po and finds him standing there staring at the angrily departing In Ha. He looks down at In Ha’s picture in Dal Po’s wallet again with concern.

Oh boy..... This us a good whole episode in detail.... A good read actually.

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Reflections On Ratings of Dramas in Same Time Slot

Mr Back
AGB National 11.2% (-2.1%) 8th
AGB Seoul 12.8% (-2.6%) 4th

Pinocchio
AGB National 9.4% (-0.4%)
AGB Seoul. 10.9% (+0.1%)

King's Face
AGB National. 7.1% (new)* / no info

Pinocchio in the internet rating is #1 ................28%

Cr: Ravaire



My Note:

The point to note is that the leaders in this slot Mr Baek has lost some audience as indicated by the drop in the percentage. The Kings Face is much below.
I infer from the chart that the audience not already invested in any drama are deciding which drama to settle down with.

I honestly feel that it's encouraging because Pinocchio gained the audience. Also the internet audience is way higher in rating for Pinocchio. The buzz factor that will bring curious audience to watch Pinocchio along with the quality of the drama itself WILL make Pinocchio the leaders of their time slot.

Call me an eternal optimist or an avid fan but these are my sincere and honest views....

[HanCinema's Drama Review] "Pinocchio" Episode 3





The theme this episode is how to deal with the shattering of obviously hopeless dreams. The opening doesn't even have any real tension. We know that Dal-po is dreaming, he knows that he's dreaming, but gosh, wouldn't it just be wonderful if the first two episodes were only a mere hallucination? Unfortunately that's simpy not how it works. And ultimately it's In-ha that bears the brunt of that, as she convinces herself that Cha-ok really is a loving mother who's been out of contact for justifiable work reasons.

This episode is really a good case study in how dramas can be compelling even if they're predictable. "Pinocchio" is still setting up the premise. It won't be until next episode that either Dal-po or In-ha are able to get down to any actual reporting. This whole time the drama's just been character building, and to decent affect. We know exactly where every one of these people stand in regards to greater motivation. For Dal-po to actually spell this out explicitly to Cha-ok thus comes off as quite satisfying.

Also, in stark contrast to the histrionics of the tragic backstory, the way this episode sells Cha-ok's journalistic attitude is actually reasonably persuasive. She quite literally lies or engages in some form of dishonesty all the time- just in the service of establishing the generally truthy of nature of news, but that's OK. At the same time, it's obvious malarkey. Consider Cha-ok's test at the job interview. It's an inherently false conflict that assumes there's only one way to get the job done- her way, and anyone who comes up with another plan must be doing it wrong.

Now this is a villain that deserves to face the full brunt of Dal-po's intellect. The guy certainly has his amusing moments working as a taxi driver, and Dal-po could probably very easily spend the rest of his life doing this work happily. But then, that's what makes the emotional argument here so compelling. Dal-po is willing to put himself at risk just to help In-ha out. And also get revenge against the woman who ruined his life but let's be honest here. Without the In-ha element, he wouldn't take the risk.

This all makes for a very strong statement on the value of family- and how that's determined by more than just biology. In-ha gets more meaningful support from Dal-po than she'll ever get from her mother. For that matter, In-ha gets more meaningful support from a complete stranger than she'll ever get from her mother. These are all very interesting themes- the only snag being the way the writing fits in a couple of improbable coincidences. But I can accept that as long as the story stays this compelling.

Review by William Schwartz



My Note: a very analytical review of the drama by a person who rarely praises in his reviews. I would like to add to this that the story comes through as compelling due to excellent writing , directing and acting. Shinhye and LJS are acting superbly laying foundation for a wonderful chemistry that we begin to see already.

Shinhye, I feel maybe playing her best role to date not because she did not act well before but simply for the first time I feel she gets the chance to show her true potential and she leaves me spellbound by her performance. It grabs me in a tight hold until I keep waiting for the next scene where she will appear. She has shown brilliant acting in just 3 episodes and I cannot wait for more.

This is the first time I find myself replaying the episodes repeatedly.....