MAN TO MAN -- EPISODE 11

Do HaandSeol Woodecide to head out for ramen, confounding the agent tailing them.Mr. Jangaccepts the deal with Seung Jae, in return forCongressman Baekand the Baek Infantry, then tellsSeol Woothat he intends to recover the third carving. After sussing out whenRobert Yoonwent,Seol WoopumpsDo Ha's dad (with liquor) for info onwherehe went.Mr. Jangreleases info onCongressman Baek.Seol WooandDo Hahead to a cathedral, using the Bible verse as a code word to get the priest to open up aboutYoon. He figures out thatMr. JangandDongHyunare the traitors. Our agent also uses the QR code on the package he picked up, a secret message telling him thatChairman Victorobtained the Myanmar statue and that Songsan Group is behind all of this.Mr. Jangmeets withSeol Woo, and decides to retire the agent with bullets to his chest. He plunges into the river, his fate unknown...

Except that it is known. The drama's not over, and he's the main character. So he can't die. He's got what they call "script immunity." Now, he could get shot in the end, or die from some terminal disease or a car crash, but not this way. Not yet. He has to figure out what's going on and take down the bad guys. Then, and only then, can hediesettle down and have a normal life.Mr. Seodid that, so maybe, just maybe, there's hope.



Do Hais starting to annoy me again. She totally did what I was hoping she wouldn't do -- began acting like a lovestruck teen. Argh. So the fact that she was just starting to deal with his distant nature and realize that what was going on was just part of his cover, she totally does a 180. I mean we still have strong characters in other dramas who had a guy to go home to, so it's not like this is some revolutionary concept. So this begs the question: what happened to the strong, stubborn, take no poo girl we met in the opening episodes?

Mr. Jangdisappointed me. I know it seems likeSeung Jaehad him over a barrel career-wise, but what happened to the man of honor that that so attracted his girlfriend to him? What happened to integrity? And why get rid ofAgent Kthat way? Was he complicit inAgent Y's murder, as well? I was hoping he would manage to turn things around and get the upper hand, but no -- he's seduced and jaded by material things as much as anychaebol.



Seol Wooneeds to lighten up. Seriously. When you have a girlfriend (and that really seems to be where this is going) spontaneity will go a long way. His stoicism made for good comedy in the beginning, but they're starting to humanize him and make him realize that his agent shtick is a shell, and he does have feelings underneath. I'm hoping that we can see him smiling and holding hands and doing all the couple things that we normally see.

So they figured out there's a traitor in their midst, but why did they figure that it was the prosecutor unless everythingSeol Woowas wrong? SinceMr. Jangseems to be the mole, then this is a foregone conclusion. I'm not sure if we'll see the prosecutor again, but I'm hoping that they're wrong and he's not complicit. He always seemed pleasantly grumpy, and he made me laugh most times. He also knowsSeol Wooin a way that few others can.



This was better than the last episode, mainly because we're finally getting somewhere. The plot kept stalling the last episode, and not in a good way. I can understand that you want to make room for the romance, but also you want people to keep watching. At least this time around we had some tension, and the ending blew me away (along with our ghost agent). So looking forward to the next one!

Score

Plot..........................9
Performance............8
Pacing.....................9

OVERALL..............8.6