allkpop TV Guide: Nice Guy Ep. 2

Official Synopsis: Betrayed by his girlfriend Han Jae Hee (Park Si Yeon), Kang Ma Roo (Song Joong Ki) uses Seo Eun Gi (Moon Chae Won), an heiress who has lost her memory, to exact his revenge.

Ratings: MBC‘s ‘Arang and the Magistrate‘ (starring Lee Jun Ki and Shin Min Ah) retained its first place position as it achieved a 14.5% rating, its highest rating ever. Meanwhile, KBS‘s ‘Nice Guy‘ achieved a 9.9%, slightly dropping from its previous day’s broadcast. SBS‘s ‘To the Beautiful You‘ (starring SHINee‘s Minho and f(x)‘s Sulli) achieved a 5.8% rating and came in last place.

Recap of Ep. 2:Although Jae Hee screams at Ma Roo 을 중단 operating on Eun Gi, he shoots her a furious glare before continuing to operate on Eun Gi. After confirming that Eun Gi will be 잘 until the plane's landing, Jae Hee stumbles out of the 영역 shaken by the unexpected 만남 with Jae Hee.

After landing in Korea, Ma Roo is pestered by Jae Gil (Lee Kwang Soo) and his 질문과 comments on Jae Hee. Abandoning him , 길거리에서 Ma Roo reminiscences 그의 과거에 관해서 with Jae Hee, from첫 encounter 어렸을 때 when he hid Jae Hee from 소년 to a 길거리 음식 date. Meanwhile, Eun Gi is at the hospital, 열심히 노력하고 although 는 여전히 recovering from the plane incident. Suspicious about Jae Hee and 의 관계 with the doctor on the plane, she plants a spy 이후 Jae Hee takes out 10 억 won from the bank.  

Jae Hee visits Ma Roo의 집 with gifts, when she comes 에 a fight with Jae Gil involved. As 남자가accuses Ma Roo of 만나고 seducing 아내를, Jae Hee is shocked at Ma Roo의 현재 situation. Jae Gil reveals that Ma Roo earns 동생의 hospital fees and 아버지의 debt by swindling 돈을 from women. After Ma Roo returns 병원에서 with 동생, Cho Co ( Lee Yoo Bi), Jae Gil confesses that Jae Hee had visited and hands him the envelope with money, which is Jae Hee’s payment of her debt to Ma Roo. After realizing how much she gave him, Ma Roo runs out to search for Jae Hee but misses her.

Meanwhile, Eun Gi waits for Jae Hee and interrogates her on the 10 million won she gave to Ma Roo. Trying to give excuses at first, Jae Hee ultimately lies and tells Eun Gi Ma Roo was blackmailing her about knowing Eun Gi’s crime with drugs.

Eun Gi flashes back to her ex-boyfriend, Kim Jung Hoon (Danny Ahn), begging Eun Gi to take the blame for him for having drugs. Eun Gi calls her ex and confesses, “It wasn’t because of the company that I took the blame for you for having the drugs. It was because I loved you that much. You bastard.”

Later 식사 중에, Eun Gi lets Jae Hee know that she contacted 경찰 on her behalf to arrest Ma Roo for blackmailing. As Ma Roo returns from dropping 돈을 off at Jae Hee's house, he's greeted by 경찰 who arrest him on the count of blackmailing. Ma Roo의 여동생 인 Cho Co, begs Ma Roo 그녀와 같이 있어야, ignoring his pleas 빠져 the rain for her health. Bursting with 분노, Ma Roo tells her that she can just죽을 in the rain 경우에 she wants.

Ma Roo meets with Jae Hee in the police station, in which Jae Hee confirms that Ma Roo blackmailed her. Ma Roo stays silent throughout the whole interrogation, only thinking in his head, “Since I know better than anyone else that noona and I are from different worlds, I was planning to send you to the place you love.” Ma Roo spends the night in jail and returns to his home, only to find out that his sister is hospitalized after spending the night in the rain. As he looks over his sister at the hospital, his face hardens when remembering his sister’s accusations towards Jae Hee.

Eun Gi is riding her motorcycle when she gets caught up in a race with Ma Roo. Eun Gi loses control of her bike and she grabs a branch to keep from falling. Her hand slips on the branch, but Ma Roo catches her hand just in time as he recognizes her from the airplane.

kdramacrazy’s Thoughts:

[ Note : This post reflects the opinions of the author, not necessarily those of allkpop ]

What fills the melodramatic storyline with 많은 potential for 존재 unique is the layered characterization. With a secretive and 어두운 과거 haunting 세 main characters, the journey of just traveling 을 통해 their transformations 으로 their present personalities will be an engaging ride. The directing 은 enhances that with the sparse 잘 placed flashbacks: 충분한 to keep us with 이야기 but still shrouding 의 대부분을 hte어두운 secrets. Eun Gi, who 이미 loved for her feisty personality, has a 어두운 history 너무 with her sacrifice for 그녀의 사랑. Her 관계는 with Ma Roo 것 become 훨씬 더 fascinating and complicated, not only because they 모두 sacrificed 을 위해 몸을 their first 사랑 but because of the contrast in 현재의situation. Ma Roo lost all his dreams and is losing 그의 여동생 because of his sacrifice, while Eun Gi 보인다 have it all with her chaebol status. With Eun Gi's painful 과거 not only 사랑 but also with her mother, the amnesia will play an interesting role in Eun Gi's character because the writer did설정하지 a dynamic character like Eun Gi 하고 trash all the details with amnesia. And then how will this amnesia play with the relationship 사이의 Jae Hee and Eun Gi? Because they absolutely detest 서로 right 지금and we all know Eun Gi would 아주 쉽게 work with Ma Roo 를 데려 Jae Hee 다운.

And for Ma Roo's revenge, 있지만 we 남았다 to think that the catalyst was 동생의 failing 건강, I hope 뭔가가 존재 more to that. Something hidden in Ma Roo의 과거, his five years in prison. If Ma Roo's 이유는for his revenge is 그의 여동생 or his difficult 재정 situation or even 있기 때문에 Jae Hee is ignoring him, then it contradicts everything the drama has built up to 이 시점. Ma Roo's willingness to send 를 Jae Hee 가슴에, his 제의를 to 을 the blame, and 침묵 during the prison time. All the 힌트 dropped, it means that Ma Roo's revenge is propelled by 이상의 무언가 his first 사랑, Jae Hee. And that what's 만드는 this drama 더욱 different from the 많은 melodramas that base revenge on 하나의 reason, from '부모' murder' to 'cheating 남편'. In addition, basing revenge on “첫사랑” is 뿐만 아니라 a has-been plot, but the reason for the revenge 가 있어야 understandable for the viewers, making the revenge 가 더 engaging. Like 많은, I 했어요 annoyed and didn't understand/like Ma Roo for abandoning 그의 여동생 to 처리 Jae Hee (he 수even 이라는 Jae Gil 도움을 earlier on 전 leaving). Yes, we know 사랑이 for Ma Roo is all consuming and사랑이 is blind, but we've seen that 많은 times 전에. So here's to 기대 that the writers don't 에 정차 love to create Ma Roo's revenge.

And here, smile when you can before we start our emotional roller coaster.