Dal Po finds out that In Ha has the shingles and she worries it is contagious. Dal Po can’t believe she is still only worried about that. The doctor reassures her that is not usually contagious for adults and she will be fine soon after the medicine. In Ha starts to fall asleep but even in her delirious state, she grabs onto Dal Po’s coat before he can leave.

Dal Po sits by her as she sleeps, holding her hand. He caresses it, noticing the button he gave her on her necklace.


In Ha wakes up a bit, asking her “uncle” if he is there. Dal Po assures her that he is and she mutters again that she has a lot to say to him.

Again she wakes up, calling him “Dal Po” and saying she has a lot to say to him. Dal Po assures her that he will listen to it all later, just sleep now.


She does. She wakes up feeling better and rested. She notices they are holding hands and surprised, she pulls hers out. This doesn’t wake Dal Po up, however, so In Ha brings her pillow closer to him and watches him sleep. Mirroring Dal Po that night at the dorm room, we see In Ha watch him happily, savoring this stolen moment to feel all that she feels for him. She presses two fingers to her lips and brings them slowly to his forehead. She doesn’t touch him, only slightly floating his fingers over his hair.



Dal Po suddenly wakes up and this scares In Ha out of her bed. She falls to the ground and runs out the hospital with no shoes or coat. Dal Po chases after her, carrying her things, and finally gets to her to stop outside in front of the hospital.

It’s freezing cold, but In Ha finally gets to say what she kept on saying she want to tell Dal Po. She defends herself, explaining how her Pinocchio syndrome would not let her just report on the diet death story as it was so she had to find out more and got the right story. It’s her syndrome that got the better of YGN! Dal Po stares at her shoeless feet and agrees with her. Yes, she was right and he was wrong. He apologizes for what happened during the debate.

This quick and easy admission throws In Ha off a little but she continues on, finally getting to say what was pent up inside. He told her that day that she had no right to become a reporter since she doesn’t know the weight of her words. Well, he doesn’t either! Dal Po agrees again.

In Ha then exclaims she was happy to see him fail after he looked down on her like that but she hiccups. Ah, it’s a lie. In Ha has to confess, then, that she was worried about Dal Po and it annoyed her how much she was worried about him.

Dal Po bends down to put In Ha’s shoes on her. He tells her he is listening so In Ha continues. “I was worried because I couldn’t see you. I was worried you were hurt and blaming yourself.

In Ha’s shoes now on her feet, Dal Po puts her coat around her. In Ha keeps describing how annoyed she was with the fact that she was worried about him. In Ha walks away from Dal Po a bit, her back to him now. She stamps her feet in frustration, aggravated that she can’t get rid of her feelings for him.

Dal Po reaches out for her, but once again, he can’t touch her.

Her back still to him, In Ha asks Dal Po to forget what she said again. She knows he must be tired of her and thinks she is pathetic. She explains, “I’m not in my right mind right now because it is so cold.”


Dal Po suddenly walks up right behind her and embraces her tightly. He explains, “It’s cold. I’m not in my right mind either because it’s cold.”



Jae Myung has come by MSC and he approaches Il Joo and cameraman Lee Joo Ho who are going out to work. Jae Myung points to the poster of Cha Ok and In Ha in front of the station and asks if the woman next to Cha Ok is also a reporter. He gets an affirmative. He also learns that Cha Ok and In Ha are mother and daughter. This adds another layer of shock for Jae Myung.


Before Lee Joo Ho leaves, he looks at Jae Myung again, finding his face familiar. He can’t place from where though.

It’s a new day and In Ha is back at the Han River police all recovered. Yoo Rae is completely envious that In Ha got to wash her hair. In Ha notices Dal Po coming down the hall so she hides again (crawling away like a crab) and Dal Po sighs, which Beom Jo notices.

Later, Beom Jo asks Dal Po if he and In Ha are still fighting. He tells Dal Po that he is acting dangerously- one of the other reporters noted to Beom Jo that the way Dal Po looks at In Ha isn’t like how a uncle looks at his niece; it’s like how a man looks at a woman.

Dal Po doesn’t want to hear things like this from Beom Jo anymore so he comes straight out and admits it- “I like her as a woman. Is that wrong?” Beom Jo has no answer.



Dal Po tries to pull his own aegyo with Chan Soo to get more information about the container fire murders. Chan Soo lies that he is closing this case and he hasn’t found anything from the phone records. Dal Po doesn’t believe him so off by himself, he writes down the numbers he memorized before. He recognizes one as the bumper guy- the owner of the truck he left his number to be contacted for compensation for the dented bumper. Dal Po calls the number and Jae Myung picks up.

Some time later, Hyun Gyu gets a call from Dal Po, who is reporting back to him about what he is doing now. He is meeting up with one of the people on Moon Deok Soo’s phone records. This person could be an accomplice or know where Moon Deok Soo is right now. Hyun Gyu thinks Dal Po is overstepping his boundaries and doing something a detective should be doing. Plus, he is supposed be on his mawari, not investigating a case. But Dal Po has to hang up because the bumper guy is calling.

Angry, Hyun Gyu tells Gyo Dong about what Dal Po is doing. Gyo Dong sees nothing wrong with what Dal Po is doing.

At the Han River police station, Chan Soo gets a notification that Moon Deok Soo’s cellphone location has been picked up again. Chan Soo rushes over to that location.

At YGN, Gyo Dong is impressed with Dal Po after learning about what he is up to. He remembers his conversation with Dal Po from before- his answer to Dal Po’s question about returning to be a reporter. Gyo Dong knows Dal Po is asking if he will be able to handle being a reporter. Gyo Dong answers that it’s too early for Dal Po to ask.


“You will be coming across a lot of stories and cases, some which are more serious and harder to find the truth for than the diet death case.”

Dal Po is on the phone talking to the bumper guy, describing what he is wearing. We see Jae Myung walking toward Dal Po and they see each other. They start walking towards each other and as Dal gets closer, he starts to recognize this bumper guys as his brother.


Gyo Dong: “Cases in which you can’t make a choice or judgement, cases you can’t even imagine.”

Jae Myung has reached Dal Po. He introduces himself- “I am Ki Jae Myung.”

Gyo Dong: “Scary cases in which people can live or die based on whether you report or not. When you come across those types of cases, ask that question again.”


Dal Po asks for his name again. Jae Myung answers with a smile, unable to recognize his brother, Ha Myung- “I am Ki Jae Myung.” He holds out his hand for a handshake.

Gyo Dong: “Will I be able to handle it?”

Dal Po hesitates before he takes it. What does he say his name is?

Jae Myung asks for his name and Dal Po finally answers, holding the hand of his brother, “I’m Choi Dal Po.”

End of episode 7

Jonnii's Comments....

Comment:

This week’s episode is titled ” A Frog in a Well.” It’s the episode where Dal Po learns more about himself and journalism. He jumps out of his well and sees the bigger world. It’s an episode of personal revelations and growth. It’s also an episode for In Ha to finally get a win.

I can’t tell you how much I loved that scene where Dal Po has to face himself and his actions in the debate room, and the way the survival debate was worked into the scene. During the survival debate, I had found Dal Po harsh and unforgiving to In Ha but I could understand him and even side with him, knowing how a Pinocchio and a reporter destroyed his family. Yes, I agreed that In Ha didn’t know the weight of her words, and I never questioned whether Dal Po knew that weight too.

His outburst at In Ha during the debate was driven by anger, hatred, and first-hand experience. He thought he knew exactly how words can hurt and how much power a reporter can have after his first-hand experience with his family’s destruction. But Dal Po learned this episode that he was too confident and hasty, and that he is also subject to the perils of the politics and demands of journalism.

Dal Po’s pain inside that room as he faced himself and his own criticism was three times more than it could have been- enhanced one fold because he knows exactly how the daughter felt to hear such a false report about her mother, enhanced again because his outburst had been at In Ha, and enhanced one more time because he also now knows exactly how In Ha felt, hearing him yell at her like that.

While Dal Po learns what it is like on the other side of the delivery of words, Beom Jo learns about it’s power too- the good part of it. With the report, the daughter was able to get a liver transplant!

It is so refreshing to watch a drama where there is no obvious villain. Aside from the factory men who lied about Ha Myung’s dad, everyone is an approachable character, even Cha Ok. She is easy to hate, yes, but she is not a caricature. She is complicated and motivated by things we have yet to understand or see. Actually, Gyo Dong feels more flat to me because his character just seemed to be placed there to contrast to Cha Ok and he is but a vessel to store all of Dal Po’s secrets and insecurities. But due to the magnetic way Lee Pil Mo plays him, I am enjoy seeing him on screen. I really appreciate the way he and the actors play their characters so sincerely and earnestly, making me enjoy every second of the drama. That’s not too easy with so many side characters.

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In Ha gets her own stolen moment this episode, mirroring Dal Po’s from the previous episode. I am so used to dramas being written haphazardly that watching a drama with a story planned out and with themes running throughout and plot lines following through, I’m almost moved to tears. I feared that so many k-drama writers had forgotten the art of cohesion as they struggled with live-shoots and other deteriorating standards. I’m glad to see in Pinocchio that this art is still alive and kicking.

I have a hard time understanding something and I hope other readers can enlighten me on this a bit more. Why do you think Dal Po keeps confessing things to people suddenly? He seemed to tell Gyo Dong that he was Ha Myung when it wasn’t necessary and he also told Beom Jo that he likes In Ha in this episode. I can reason it out, but I’m not convinced by my own reasons and I am starting to suspect Dal Po just confesses so we can have the drama move along.

Which is it doing nicely. I didn’t think Jae Myung and Dal Po would meet this quickly. I knew that Dal Po would have to make a choice once day whether he can investigate and report on his brother’s crimes or not, but I didn’t think he would have to lie to his brother, keeping his identity a secret.

I thought we would spend the entire remainder of the drama with Dal Po investigating the container fire murders and separately finding his brother. It wouldn’t be until the very end when Dal Po would find out his brother is a murder and Dal Po would have to make a decision about telling the truth. I had assumed that the drama was mostly going to be about finding the truth not what one does with the truth.

Now with Dal Po meeting his brother under the suspicion that he might be involved in the case, Dal Po has to face early on whether he even wants to find out the truth if it is going to lead him to a situation where his brother is a murder. As Gyo Dong asked, will Dal Po be able to handle the truth?

This episode and the lesson Dal Po learned through the diet story misstep and the situation he is in now with his brother shows us that journalism isn’t just about finding the truth or peeling back the layers of the onion. It about how you handle the process and the results. It’s not “Here, I peeled this layer so on to the next one.” You have to make choices and judgements along the way -do you keep peeling? How far do you peel? What do you do with this layer of the onion that once peeled will show that your brother is a murder?

Source: Scattered Joonnii

Pinocchio Episode 7 Recap

Posted on December 3, 2014 by ockoala






There are so many macro elements I love about Pinocchio but this drama continues to delight even more with the small details that I’m particularly partial to. I love winter setting K-dramas with the cold contrasting with the growing intensity of emotions and so far the drama masterfully brings in the chilly outside world intruding on the formerly idyllic world of Dal Po and In Ha. After they left the island and landed in Seoul, becoming reporters is their first real foray into a more complicated worldview and with it their growing love-can’t love push and pull becomes even more heightened.

In Ha can’t help but still like Dal Po just like nothing Dal Po can do will end his love for In Ha, their fake family ties and her mother bedamned. That doesn’t mean they should just give it a go, their process of trying to hold back is what makes them so similar in how they both value family over budding romance. Dal Po goes home to Grandpa when he hits his first career speed bump while In Ha finds winning one round nothing to celebrate about if it comes at the expense of Dal Po. The case of the episode was a little ham-fisted but gets the job done and hammers home some excellent points to ponder, not to mention another chance for skinship.



Thoughts of mine:

In Ha and Dal Po didn’t make any significant inroads in this episode but did wash away the distance and awkwardness of the last two episodes. I’m glad they still mostly behave candidly when it comes to each other, whether it’s In Ha’s attempts to avoid Dal Po or the way he manned up to inform Bum Jo that he liked In Ha as a woman. The affection they have for each other remains tender with so much potential for passion down the road, bottled up tightly right now giving off this excitement of what might happen when either or both erupt. I appreciate Yoo Rae’s presence as an interesting side character without giving her the typical crush on the male lead, and Bum Jo’s interest in In Ha remains more concern and curiosity so he’s also not running the risk of being the clingy one-sided crush second male lead. His awe at learning how the real world works is amusing as is his doting mom and the way they approach menial tasks like clueless fairies stuck in the human world. The storytelling is the same way with moment of odd kilter surprises mixed with a charming understanding of how to emotionally rope in the audience.

Excrept only

Ratings for 3rd December

National:
Mr Baek-10.5%
Pinocchio-8.7% (-1.7)

Seoul:
MrBaek-12%
Pinocchio-9.6% (-2.5)

Cr: thao_2512



My Note: I definitely think it was due to MAMA award ceremony telecast. There is no way that a drama this good would slip so much in ratings otherwise. Otherwise...... The internet ratings would have gone down too. The reason for Mr Baek being higher is the audience......those from watching Pinocchio watched the award ceremony.
Don't worry everyone......tomorrow you will get to see the real ratings which will show Pinocchio as the leaders of their time slot.....

Was kinda disappointing tho..... ratings #s are killing me.

Although there was no aggressive or shocking details uncovered... Eps 7 is quite satisfying.... I won't attempt to explain further as @maris can do a better analysis.

Perhaps so with Joonnii, so with Ockoala. And I am sure there will be plenty more to fill in our curiosity.

One lighter moment is when grandpa and Dalpo went for


awww.... Wise man, our grandpa.

Pinocchio ep7 with Eng Sub....


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Episode 7 - eng subbed


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