[EPISODE HIGHLIGHT] Scent of a Woman, episode 1

Episode 1 of the new SBS drama ‘Scent of a woman’ aired on 23rd of July, it moved very quickly, everything we knew before about the story were all laid out in this episode.  Whatever happens next will be interesting to find out.

It is a long waited drama for me and Kim Sun A did not disappoint me.  Though this drama had its funny moments, but Kim Sun A acted her roles very well.

Her character Lee Yeong Jae, is a woman who struggles with her life.  She is the type of woman who works really hard but yet not being recognized for her hard work, instead she is bullied at work. However she takes it all in, until one day she is told there is a 3cm tumor in her gallbladder.  She decides to call it a quit, take the courage to find her own happiness.

Kim Sun A takes the viewers with her in her lowest moments, she swallows her tears when life is unfair, and then decides enough is enough.  I applauded her performance in this episode, she was the center of the story plot and she was able to carry the story.

Lee Dong Wook’s character, Kang Ji Wook appeared briefly in this episode.  He came in the scene as the president of the travel agency where Yeong Jae works.  Behind all the glamour, he has his own struggles.  He is engaged to Im Sae Kyeong (by Seo Hyu Rim), an ambitious woman, only cares about money and their relationship is based on money.  Sadly, this is his life and what he is expected to do.

This two lost souls will meet in Okinawa in the next episode as their journey starts.