Angel Eyes Episode 1

Honestly, I've not heard anyone talking about this show. I go into it not knowing what it's about or who is in it.

 

 

We get a brief glance at two different, yet happy, families. A daughter and mother are driving along a mountainous road as they call Dad on the cell phone. (Dad appears to be wearing a lab coat so he must be a doctor.) The other family is sitting down to dinner and that Dad is whining because he's not getting what he wants to eat.

 

Mother and daughter are driving through a tunnel when - Holy Hannah, the mountain just collapsed on them! I was not expecting that.

 

Other Dad gets a phone call and must quickly leave home. Oh, Other Dad is a firefighter. He's part of the emergency response team going into the collapsed tunnel. Do I need to fear for his safety as well?

 

The Jaws of Life (at least that's what we call them here) are freeing numerous victims from their mangled vehicles. Firefighter Dad is leading the charge when he sees more huge cracks developing in what's left of the ceiling. He orders everyone to quickly evacuate. He's about to head out himself when he discovers the dazed Daughter crying for her mother. Daughter is handed over into the care of another firefighter as Firefighter Dad valiantly stays behind to try and free Mother.

 

Mother comes to just as Firefighter Dad frees her from the wreckage. He's helping her stumble down the tunnel when suddenly a car explodes which causes the fragile tunnel ceiling to pour down upon them.

 

And this is just the first six minutes of the show!

 

Time passes. Teenager Park Dong Joo, son of the late Firefighter Dad, is riding his bike and delivering... I don't know what he's delivering. He stops to watch Yoon Soo Wan, daughter of the late Mother, as she's standing out in her yard reciting something about the constellations. She doesn't see him from where she's standing, but we learn later that she can't see him at all.

 

At school we learn that Dong Joo is at the top of his class. His teacher tries to talk Dong Joo out of becoming a mere firefighter. With excellent grades like his, Dong Joo is meant for medical school.

 

Speaking of medicine, we see that Soo Wan's father hasn't recovered from the death of his wife. He's a mess.

 

Dong Joo's class gets to go on a field trip to the observatory. He sees that Soo Wan is also there and he thinks this is the perfect time to finally break the ice. Or not. Coward. Soo Wan is the one giving the presentation to the class. The speech she was reciting in her yard is the same one she's giving now coinciding with the video being played.

 

And now it's Cosmos with Neil Degrasse Tyson.

 

Oh no, Soo Wan didn't push the right button so the video isn't in sync now with her speech. Dong Joo quickly crawls over to her podium and whispers to Soo Wan about her mistake. She pushes the remote control and we're back on track again. After the show is over, Dong Joo hangs around thinking maybe now he'll break the ice. Soo Wan walks right past him.

 

Dong Joo is in the men's bathroom when he's shocked by Soo Wan walking in. He's too surprised to say anything (or finish zipping up his fly) as she washes her hands and walks back out.

 

Later at home, Dong Joo's mother is dancing around. He thinks it is because of his excellent report card but it's also because his younger sister, Hye Joo, is now going to be able to have her surgery. What surgery, you may ask. I dunno. She wears a cap on her head like that adorable little girl in Two Weeks so I'm going to guess she's got cancer.

 

Things aren't so happy for the Yoon clan. Doctor Dad, still a mess, confesses to a friend he can't go home because today is his dead wife's birthday. All alone, Soo Wan blindly puts candles on a cake.

 

Early in the morning, Dong Joo is back out making his deliveries of I Don't Know What. When he reaches Soo Wan's house, she's just leaving it. There's a spectacular meteor shower going on and she wants to see it (even though she can't). Once again she walks right past Dong Joo without acknowledging him.

 

Oh no, it's the White Truck of Doom! Look out, Soo Wan! Dong Joo grabs her just in time and pulls her out of the way. (You know, for a moment there I got the feeling Soo Wan knew the truck was coming and she purposely didn't move.) Only now does Dong Joo realize Soo Wan is blind. Only now do I learn it is porridge he is delivering. (Really? They have porridge delivery in Korea?)

 

Dong Joo, trying to understand her world, blindfolds himself and tries to go about his everyday business like she does.

 

Another day he helps Soo Wan to ride a bike by herself. (She doesn't know he's put training wheels on the bike.) Soo Wan invites him to watch a movie with her. As they eat pumpkin porridge (ick), he describes what is happening on screen. (I'm reminded of the Australian flick, Proof. Ah, my Russell Crowe days.)

 

Dong Joo is inspired to take Soo Wan to the movie theater where he works. She gets to listen to the movie while he works the concession stand. Suddenly the fire alarm goes off! Dong Joo fights the tide of people as he tries to get back into the theater where Soo Wan is. Only she's no longer there. She's stumbling around a hallway where the fire is.

 

Finally the sprinkler system kicks in and puts the fire out. Soo Wan sinks to the floor which is where Dong Joo finds her. And now it's time for the obligatory piggy back ride as he carries her out to the street. He takes the soaking wet Soo Wan to his house where his mother - well, mother's her; helping Soo Wan wash and change into some dry clothes.

 

Soo Wan, so used to living alone since messy Doctor Dad has issues, enjoys the warmth and camaraderie of the Park family. The kids - well, she's twenty so she's not a kid - continue to date. Soo Wan agrees to be Dong Joo's girlfriend. You know what that means, don't you?

 

Soo Wan is a cougar.