[Current Drama 2024]Black Out/ Snow White Must Die, 백설공주에게 죽음을- Byun Yo Han, Go Bo Gyeol, Kim Bo Ra-Fri& Sat

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MBC's mystery thriller Black Out scored 5.7% (nationwide and metropolitan) for episode 7, rising to the highest ratings of its run so far. The K-drama, though being on a streak of single-digit viewership, has set new personal records every week. Black Out is now halfway through its course of airing. 

 

When and where to watch the K-drama Black Out?

Episode 8 of Black Out will air on September 7 (Saturday). The K-drama is available to stream on Hulu.

 

https://mydramalist.com/article/bad-memory-eraser-sees-ratings-improvement-good-partner-continues-with-double-digit-viewership

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Black Out: Episodes 7-8

by mistyisles

Things take an (even more) grim turn this week as long-buried evidence surfaces, causing certain people’s masks to slip and revealing just how horrible they’ve been all along. Our protagonist is slowly gaining allies, but the people who ruined his life haven’t come this far just to let him expose their atrocities without a fight.

 

EPISODES 7-8

 

According to Jung-woo’s old teacher, he and his friends were inseparable in high school. But they all split up just before his trial: Geon-oh to study abroad and Byung-mu and Min-soo to military service. Now that Geon-oh has returned, the reasons for that all-too-conveniently timed separation finally come to light.

It starts with him giving Jung-woo Bo-young’s backpack. They’re interrupted by Byung-mu and Min-soo’s fathers — sent by Chief Hyun to collect Geon-oh — but Jung-woo and Geon-oh manage to hide 1) Bo-young’s cell phone and 2) one of her old textbooks before being attacked. And I do mean attacked — in the end, both Jung-woo and Geon-oh are knocked unconscious, and the older men carry Geon-oh and the backpack away.

 

Fortunately, Sang-cheol happens to call Jung-woo not long after, and gets him taken to the hospital. Curiosity piqued, Sang-cheol spends all night searching the premises, where he discovers Bo-young’s cell phone. But don’t worry — this doesn’t lead straight into yet another cycle of him putting all the blame on Jung-woo, because the last video Bo-young took on that phone happened shortly before her death, and Jung-woo’s not in it. Bo-young, Byung-mu, Min-soo, and Geon-oh were all drinking at the warehouse that night, and when they ran out of alcohol, Geon-oh left to grab more.

The video alone doesn’t reveal what happened next. But remember that textbook Geon-oh frantically hid at Jung-woo’s house? Tucked inside is the only article of clothing missing from Bo-young’s skeletal remains — her underwear (yes, unfortunately this means exactly what it sounds like). Sang-cheol and Jung-woo work together to get DNA samples from each of the so-called “friends” for testing. Byung-mu is the hardest of the bunch to sneak a sample from (he didn’t become a cop for nothing), and when Sang-cheol picks up the results from the lab, Byung-mu follows and T-bones his car in an (ultimately futile) attempt to keep him from telling anyone. Why? Because both Byung-mu and Min-soo’s DNA match the DNA found on the underwear.

 

Elsewhere, Min-soo confesses (under threat of having his face smashed in by Jung-woo’s hammer) that a petty argument with Bo-young that night bruised Byung-mu’s fragile ego and the two took turns sexually assaulting her as revenge. Thanks to Sang-cheol’s quick thinking, Min-soo and Byung-mu are both swiftly arrested.

 

Byung-mu in particular is finally showing his true despicable colors. When Sang-cheol interrogates him, all he does is whine about how hard he worked to become a police officer. To Jung-woo’s face, Byung-mu admits scornfully that he always resented Jung-woo’s popularity and privilege, adding that Bo-young deserved what happened because she defended Jung-woo instead of him (hence the bruised ego).

 

But Min-soo maintains that they didn’t kill Bo-young, and that brings us back to Geon-oh. Geon-oh is too distraught to coherently explain everything that happened, but he does state, repeatedly, that Jung-woo went to prison in his place, that “it” (whatever it was) was a mistake, and that he wants to turn himself in. But Chief Hyun isn’t about to let that happen. He padlocks Geon-oh in his bedroom, and not for the first time, either (looks like Bo-young wasn’t the only one who grew up with an abusive father). After Jung-woo breaks him out and leaves him in Seol’s care, Geon-oh takes off on Seol’s scooter in search of more alcohol to numb his guilt. Jung-woo only finds him again because Geon-oh mistakes a random highschooler for Bo-young and falls at her feet sobbing and begging for forgiveness.

Chief Hyun, thinking his son is safely imprisoned contained at home, examines the evidence. To his relief (and mine, honestly), none of it points to Geon-oh — quite the contrary, in fact. So Chief Hyun gives Sang-cheol full rein to investigate and charge Byung-mu and Min-soo for their crimes. After their fathers grovel and pledge unconditional obedience, however, Chief Hyun and his lackey manage to spin the narrative into a neat little closed case that still names Jung-woo as the murderer.

 

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On 9/7/2024 at 7:53 PM, lebeaucouple said:

 

@lilyphenix Welcome you to join us and share your views if you are still watching this drama 🥰 

Thanks for the tag! I have been really enjoying the drama, though it is crazy how everyone except his mom and the new police officer in town, seem like they could be the culprit. For sure, they all have something to hide, from the parents to the kids...

I am watching episode 8 now, will have more to share at some point.

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@joccu  very frustrated to see these two police officers, the chief one and his subordinate, Kim Hee-Do, always twisted their words. 😡

 

Currently there are still missing pieces that need to fill up the gaps. I am eagerly waiting for them to reveal more - 5 more EP to go. Surprisingly Choi Na-Kyeom was there in the warehouse that night shown at the end. I thought it was Jian woo's father.

 

I can understand why Choi Na-Kyum could be the mastermind because she was a very quiet and reserved person who had always acted like an "observer" during her school days. Under normal circumstances, when an accident or quarrel occurs, someone must stand up to stop the fight and provide opinions and suggestions. Obviously she did not give good suggestions to those guys, she probably offered to help drive Jung-Woo's car to move the body. Let's see.

 

I must say that all of Jung Woo's old friends and their parents are cruel and selfish and typically showcase the dark side of human beings. I am sure all of them would pay for their price eventually....Very sad for Jung Woo....

 

Did you watch the drama, "Your Honor"?

 

 

 

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Byun Yo Han's "Black Out" Rises to Its Highest Ratings

by Lily Alice, September 14, 2024

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MBC's mystery thriller Black Out rose to its highest ratings of 6.5% (nationwide) and 6.4% (metropolitan) for episode 9. However, despite consistently setting new personal records each week, the K-drama continues to maintain its streak of single-digit ratings.

 

 

When and where to watch the K-drama Black Out?

Episode 10 of Black Out will air on September 14 (Saturday). The K-drama is available to stream on Hulu.

 

https://mydramalist.com/article/byun-yo-han-s-black-out-rises-to-its-highest-ratings

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Black Out: Episode 9

by mistyisles

 

In the wake of a new tragedy, everyone scrambles to find someone to blame. The good news is that decade-old lies are being exposed one by one; the bad news is that each truth unearthed reveals yet another person complicit in the horrible events that were once blamed on our poor protagonist. But the best news? He’s not alone anymore, and his new ally isn’t one to let any criminal, no matter how well-defended, off the hook.

 

 
EPISODE 9

 

Thanks to Chief Hyun’s selfishness, Geon-oh is dead, and his suicide note (plus a partial confession that Chief Hyun throttles out of Byung-mu) reveals a few more crucial keys to the puzzle. Geon-oh had returned to the warehouse just after Byung-mu and Min-soo assaulted Bo-young. In his panic over realizing what his “friends” had just done, he’d startled her. She fled down the stairs, tripped, and hit her head. When Geon-oh tried to call for help, the other two stopped him. They were all interrupted by a fourth person, but we don’t get to see that part just yet — though we do get a few more clues sprinkled throughout the episode. Not least of which is that Chief Hyun made an appearance at the warehouse sometime during that night’s events, and that Geon-oh’s note urges him to tell the truth for once.

While Chief Hyun stews on the tragic consequences of his choices, Na-kyeom tells Bo-young’s parents about Byung-mu and Min-soo. Interestingly, she tells them that evidence was found to convict both men of assault and murder. Even more interestingly, once Dong-min and Jae-hee rush off in tears to confirm her words, Na-kyeom’s own tears give way to a satisfied smirk.

 

The police are rushing to the warehouse when Bo-young’s parents arrive at the station, but Chief Hyun’s right-hand man KIM HEE-DO (Jang Won-young) stays behind to “set the record straight.” I’ve gone back and forth on what to think about this guy, but now I’m fully convinced he knows what really happened and is actively covering for Chief Hyun. Not only does he bend over backwards to pin the murder on Jung-woo and insist there’s no need to reopen the case, but he also has the gall to claim the sexual assault was somehow consensual. Bo-young’s parents handle that about as well as they handle hearing a similar argument from Byung-mu and Min-soo’s fathers (read: not well at all), and for once I don’t blame them one bit.

Speaking of those two fathers, they continue to spend a lot of time groveling. Even at Geon-oh’s funeral, they beg Chief Hyun to go easy on their sons and plead with Dong-min to accept monetary compensation in lieu of further investigation (Dong-min eventually accepts, and takes out his rage on Jae-hee when she accuses him of profiting off their daughter’s death).

Chief Hyun is disgusted by their audacity, but he has Assemblywoman Ye breathing down his neck, warning him not to let the case garner widespread attention all over again. Turns out, this isn’t the first time they’ve had this conversation — she was the one who ordered Chief Hyun to close Jung-woo’s case as quickly and quietly as possible. So, after Byung-mu and Min-soo are released from custody, Chief Hyun drives Min-soo out to the middle of nowhere and threatens him into throwing Byung-mu under the bus.

 

So where is Jung-woo while all this is going on? Well, he spends a good part of the episode unconscious in the hospital, having been hit by a car while chasing Geon-oh down for answers. As a result, Sang-cheol has to break the news to him about Geon-oh’s death a few days after the fact. He tries to do it gently (though he’s not very good at gentleness), and it’s a good thing he does it in person, because he then has to stop Jung-woo from running off and doing something rash. And oof, Byun Yo-han’s portrayal of being hit by a wave of shock turning to grief turning to rage is just masterfully done.

Sang-cheol also lets Jung-woo stay with him for the time being, pays his hospital bill, and lends him a change of clothes, and the two (finally!) put their heads together to re-examine the rushed investigation of eleven years ago. Right away, they identify three important scraps of information. The first is that none of the three boys present at the warehouse that night could drive, which means someone else must have helped them move Bo-young’s body to the abandoned school. The second is that whoever the driver was, they crashed Jung-woo’s car into a light pole in the process, and no photos of the damage were included in the investigation files. And finally, two shovels were included among the crime scene photos — but they weren’t in the car earlier that day, and they were removed not long after.

 

Jung-woo is in the middle of confronting Byung-mu about the matter of the driver when the police arrive to arrest Byung-mu due to Min-soo’s “confession.” As they drag him away, Byung-mu yells that Na-kyeom was the real mastermind. And there might just be some truth to that claim, because when Jung-woo questions her about it, she turns on the waterworks and tells him Byung-mu has been blackmailing her all this time… but a flashback shows us that she’s lying about going straight home that night. She was right there in the warehouse when Bo-young died.

I’m all for Byung-mu being punished — unlike Jung-woo, he deserves the betrayal and vilification — but it’s quite horrifying how quick these people are to identify a scapegoat and run with it rather than root out all the parties involved. Jung-woo was an easy target eleven years ago because of his memory blackout, and Byung-mu is an easy target now because he’s shown himself to be an undeniably awful person; meanwhile, all the other less-obviously-awful people carry on looking out for themselves and pretending to care about justice.

 

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