King Of High School Episode 3

Min Suk takes on the responsibilities of an ace hockey player and a company Director. He scores goals and dominates presentations. Jin Woo gets his project stolen from him and is showing second-lead style hate towards Min Suk. Meanwhile, the school friends start getting even more suspicious and Soo Young continues to deal with her Jin Woo-induced depression. A solid, funny episode that gives us lots of awkwardness, comedy, and heart.

King Of High School Episode 3

Min Suk manages to avoid discovery by Yoo Ah for a little bit longer after she gets carried away by security. Hilariously, when Min Suk is desperately holding both the door and Soo Young, Jin Woo glances over curiously and then just continues walking. Like holding your colleague’s mouth and a rattling door are normal occurrences at the office.

Unfortunately, Min Suk misses another hockey game, they end up losing, and the whole team gets punished by the coach. Min Suk’s sunbae is not pleased and punches him right in the face, which gives him a pretty ugly bruise on his lip. I suspect angry sunbae will become an even bigger problem in the future.

Dad informs Min Suk that his hyung has paid for his school fees like normal. Min Suk is surprised and concludes that his hyung must be alive. No, really? He vents his frustration to a picture of the two of them and angrily puts it face down. A second later, though, he stands it back up. Awww, even if he might seem angry at his hyung sometimes it seems like he really loves him.

I like the nightmare scene, in which he starts by playing hockey and scores a goal. He begins making his classic victory pose but the row of adult spectators only boos him. He’s confused and then looks down and instead of his hockey uniform he’s dressed in a suit. He wakes up when the audience throws something at him.

The next day he arrives at school only to say his name for role call and then jump out the window to go to work. His friends are very suspicious of what he’s been doing all the time. The scenes when he goes in the elevator dressed in his school uniform and comes out in a suit are great; they make for cool and fast shots. A sequence of scenes of Min Suk going in and out of work and school is shown. He looks like he’s more familiar with switching between the two but it’s seriously wearing him out.

Soo Young continues to be adorably awkward. Things between her and the Director are still uncomfortable. She tries to psych herself up and stop acting so afraid. I love that she imagines herself doing it first, all confident and assured, and then when she actually goes over to the Director, she’s completely embarrassing.

Jin Woo coldly replies to her and Min Suck joins the two of them on the elevator. Min Suk keeps needling poor Soo Young about her crush and Jin Woo continues to inexplicably compliment Min Suk on his handsomeness. Not sure why that’s a thing.

Back at the Retail team office, Team Leader intervenes whenever Min Suk is told about work and handles it himself. Min Suk sulks adorably when Team Leader tells him not to think or do anything, but just sit in his chair. Of course he doesn’t listen, and accidentally comments out loud during a meeting. The President hears him and Min Suk stutters his explanation about why he likes Director Yoo’s idea. But he’s then asked to give the presentation about the project, much to the frustration of the Team Leader and Managing Director.

Soo Young is asked to help finish the presentation and the other female co-workers are disappointed that they didn’t get that alone time with the new Director. They practice late into the night and Min Suk keeps making Soo Young follow his every whim since she’s his subordinate. It’s too cute how he basically pokes her and pulls her pigtails. I could not stop laughing when he maneuvered her and Jin Woo into the same car and then pretended to have forgotten a meeting, meanwhile giving Soo Young a thumbs up. He is one subtle matchmaker.

Soo Young’s serendipity backstory was incredibly sweet. Her love for Jin Woo was born from destiny and romantic movie expectations. Now it’s as if she’s learning that love is nothing like the films we watch, and destiny is nothing more than wishful thinking. I really want Jin Woo to show a little more compassion and understanding towards her situation.

Poor Soo Young’s day has just been terrible. Managing Director had her carry a heavy package all the way upstairs and then back down. She knocked over and stepped in dirty water. Min Suk continued to play jokes on her and put her in another uncomfortable situation with Jin Woo, who basically rejects her again. But instead of being docile and passively accepting all of Min Suk’s teasing and jokes, she sets the record straight with him. He finally realizes that Soo Young had been rejected and he’s been unknowingly humiliating her. Min Suk is suitably ashamed of what he’s done.

Wednesday is both hockey game and presentation day for Min Suk. In the morning, he plays the first game in the competition, but can’t catch a break with time. The referee gets injured, his opponents keep knocking him down, and the game goes into overtime. He ends up having to leave early to go to the presentation, but not before tying the game. Arriving just in time, and rolling into the room on a cart, he gives a successful and memorable presentation by being energetic and fun.

The success is celebrated and he apologizes to Soo Young. However, she’s stubborn and he ends up insisting she punch him and get over it. Bad idea, Min Suk, she actually does punch him, and pretty hard too. They spend the night drinking and talking, agreeing to become friends. Soo Young’s ugly drunk habits make a reappearance. She starts crying loudly and wailing about Jin Woo; Min Suk tries to help get her up but she bites his hand in response. Nice one, Soo Young.

Yoo Ah the stalker gets Min Suk’s friends to find out what he’s been up to lately. The episode ends with the two of them in the lobby of Comfo, seeing everything.

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