Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 4 of 25, 21, the hit K Drama on Netflix starring Kim Tae-ri as Na Hee-do and Nam Joo Hyuk as Baek Yi-jin. We discuss:
- The songs we featured in this episode: Go by DOKYEOM and Sinin in the Rain by Shin Min Yong.
- How we love Kim Tae-ri’s acting in this episode.
- How Coach Yang’s training regimen, while tough, almost sadistic, is paying off for Na Hee-do.
- How the relationship between Na Hee-do and Baek Yi-jin is changing and we start to see a hint of something developing between them.
- How Baek Yi-jin is really struggling because he can’t land a job.
- The hilarious but awkward scene in Seung-wan’s house when the five young people catch all the loaches and Seung-wan’s mom makes them all soup.
- Ko Yu-rim’s fury at Na Hee-do because she thinks Na Hee-do has been putting pine drinks in her locker. We also learn about her close relationship with her dad and her insecurities about whether or not she’ll ever win a gold medal again.
- How we get a hint of what happens in the future during a conversation between Na Hee-do and her mother in the present day. Her mother mentions that she saw Baek Yi-jin last month, letting us know that Na Hee-do and Baek Yi-jin are not together today. We also get a sense that Na Hee-do’s relationship with Ko Yu-rim will change.
- Our favorite lines from this episode.
- The Korean snack shops that feature so prominently in Korean shows.
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