We spend the first half of the show watching the members celebrate the World Cup for the Korea vs Russia game. It seems that the producers mixed in new footage with old to make it seem more current and perhaps bring in more ratings.
It was really nice to see all of South Korea come together for the game, the country is very nationalistic but not in a overly prideful way (like America) and it seriously almost brought tears to my eyes. As we all know, the game ended in a tie.
After that we switch back to old footage of Bom in the Philippines, and Kang Joon and Min Woo going to meet Dong Wook at a photoshoot. While there, I kept noticing that Min Woo has some type of inferiority complex towards Kang Joon. It was evident at first when the show started, but now 8 episodes in, we can really tell that it's bothering him. Kang Joon always gets praise (he's realllllly cute, but he's got the babo image) while Min Woo occasionally get's the Oh yea you're handsome too but Kang Joon...And so at the photoshoot, he kept asking staff members who would they choose between the both of them to shoot a pictorial. And then, at the BBQ party, Min Woo gets jealous of the attention Kang Joon is getting after the announcement of him being a special MC on Inkigayo, he admits to being jealous. After they clean up, he tells Kang Jun that he felt disappointed in him for not introducing his friends to him. He's having to share his blankets with them that his parents personally made so the least Kang Jun could do was introduce his friends. I agree with Min Woo although, if he really felt some type of way about it he should've just introduced himself but in Korea, it's more polite for the younger people introduce themselves first. I think this is petty and that the producers wanted something juicy so they egged this on. Now it's awkward...
We also learn about Ga Yeon and her family situation so it's nice to see that everyone is opening up to each other more. Nana too shares her concerns. Nana and Soo Hyun go out to eat and for basically public recognition. Nana has been receiving numerous negative comments online about her behavior on tv. Nana has always gotten scrutiny but it's even more so now because she is not always respectful towards her seniors. She talks informally to them sometimes. And she can be narcissistic in certain ways. But I do think it's all just her personality. I don't think she intentionally means to act the way she does sometimes, however she does need to reflect. Other than that, I really like Nana, she's pretty and makes things interesting when she's not being rude.
This was a nice episode. They're all getting to know each other well (except So Ra and Seung Woo who don't speak to each other PERIOD). I can tell that the producers are desperate and are putting stuff together to make it interesting. It's nice without the forced lovelines but this can only go so far. Eventually this show will become completely scripted because someone has to win the couple trip (it might honestly just be Se Ho and Dong Wook). Next week they're bringing Baekhyun from EXO bc the producers are DESPERATE FOR RATINGS!
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