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Unveiled Lee Do-hyun's 'Big Picture'
The popularity of JTBC's Wednesday-Thursday drama 'Bad Mother' knows no bounds. It is the result of the synergy between director Shim Na-yeon and writer Bae Se-young, who completed a well-made healing comedy with warm and delicate eyes, as well as the actors' passionate performances that make viewers laugh and cry every time.
The ratings are also skyrocketing every day. It broke its own record of 10.6% (Nielsen Korea, paid households in the metropolitan area) and maintained its 1st place for the 8th time in a row. The audience rating of Target 2049 also exceeded 3.2%, taking first place in all channels for three consecutive episodes.
In particular, in episode 9, which aired on the 24th (Wednesday), the past history of Kang Ho (played by Lee Do-hyun), which was hidden in a veil, was revealed, leading to an explosive reaction. Through the SD card found by Youngsoon (played by Ra Mi-ran), the 'Big Picture' of revenge Kang-ho prepared for 15 years before the accident was revealed. Kang-ho, who decided to walk the path of a judge that was destined from birth, became a cold-blooded prosecutor for revenge. It all started with the death of his father, Hae-sik (played by Jo Jin-woong), but in the end, the fact that it was revenge for the life of his bad mother, Young-soon, who was thoroughly ruined by it, aroused sadness and pity. With Youngsoon now aware of the dangerous revenge, attention is focusing on whether Kang-ho will be able to regain his memory and defeat Tae-soo (Jung Woong-in) and Wu-byeok (Choi Moo-seong). So, we looked back at Kangho's revenge timeline, which adds to the curiosity about the next direction.
# Law student Lee Do-hyun's awakening to reality! Searching for clues in pig farm fire and father Cho Jin-woong's death
Kang-ho, who grew up in the frame of a bad mother, Young-soon, became a law student. However, it was neither his will nor his choice, so he could not explain why or why he came to law school. It was an unexpected incident that awakened him. He was caught up in a dispute over the sexual manipulation of a student with a mother who is an incumbent judge and preferential treatment for scholarships. Something began to wriggle in Kang-ho's heart, who had awakened to a reality where there was no such thing as justice and fairness. 'I knew that day. Why and why did I have to come here to this law school? Following the narration, "What do I have to do from now on?", he uncovered the past incident that led to the unfair death of his father, whom he had never seen before. However, it was not easy to obtain investigation and trial records at the time. As his mother Youngsoon said, “Once you study hard and become a judge and prosecutor, no one can ignore or bully you”.
# "I finally met my father" Suspicious circumstances found in records stained with lies and manipulation
The moment he became a prosecutor that he so longed for, he was able to check the trial records directly in the archives room, and went to the detective who had been ignoring him as if he was annoying and confidently asked for the investigation records. Kang-ho's prediction that 'there will surely be a beginning of the twisted fate of my mother and me at the end of this' did not go wrong. He went to see Sang-cheol (played by Son Sang-gyu), who had overturned his testimony during the pig farm fire case trial. It was clear that everything from arson to murder was done by the wall, but he said he couldn't help it because of threats and intimidation. Even the death investigation record of Hae-shik was even more shocking. Resistance marks that were not found in the scene photos appeared in the autopsy photos. Kang Ho questioned the truth to the detective in charge of the case at the time. And it was revealed that it was the order of the prosecutor Tae-soo, who was on the side of Hae-shik, not Woo-byeok, who had a courtroom battle, and made Kang-ho's vengeance boil.
# Choi Moo-seong did it, Jung Woong-in hid it?! Intentional approach of Lee Do-hyun, a cold-blooded prosecutor who joined hands with 'evil'
Kang-ho, who knew the truth of the incident, narrowed the distance with the two 'evil' Tae-soo, Woo-byeok. In order to destroy them like his parents did, he had to dig deep into them. First, Tae-su's only daughter, Ha-yeong (played by Hong Pi-ra), became the target. After breaking up with Mi-joo (played by Ahn Eun-jin), the lover of her destiny, she approached Ha-yeong by pretending to be a coincidence. It was for the same reason that he voluntarily took on the 'Woo Mi-jeong incident' involving Woo-byeok's grandson, Jae-min (Yoo Jeong-hoo). In the meantime, a decisive figure who would shake the plate of revenge appeared. It was Soo-hyeon (played by Ki Eun-se), my mistress with Tae-soo's child. It was a presence that held back the political moves of Tae-su, the influential presidential candidate. Kang-ho, who aimed at this point, decided to become each other's helper with Su-hyeon. Instead of protecting Soo-hyeon and the child from Tae-soo, he secured Woo-byeok's confidential data and Tae-soo's paternity test paper. The end of the meticulously designed revenge seemed imminent.
# Even Ramiran turned a blind eye to the dangerous revenge! The last letter he left before the accident, what about after that?
Genetic test results have become a powerful weapon. It was good news for Woo-byeok, who was worried that Tae-soo, who would become the next president, would turn his back on the Woo-byeok group. Kang-ho, seeing through the precarious relationship between the two, used this as an excuse to ask Woo-byeok to accept him as his adopted son. The right wall to protect the company was the leader, the leader who had to protect the vote would get the strong, and he himself would get his father. In the end, Kang-ho formed an alliance with Soo-hyeon and a false promise to get rid of the child. As much as he held the fatal secret of Tae-soo, he was concerned about the danger to himself, and declared that he would cut off the relationship with Yeong-soon, dreaming of a more perfect revenge play. What was even more surprising was that Kang-ho, as if foreseeing what would happen to him, left the last letter and SD card for Young-soon. What was the next step of the revenge that Tae-soo and Ha-yeong stopped due to an intentional accident, and I look forward to the remaining 4 episodes more than ever.
Kim Seo-yoon, staff reporter seogugu@tenasia.co.kr
