Strong Woman Do Bong Soon Episode 1 Recap

Strong Woman Do Bong Soon, one of the most anticipated drama for the quarter one 2017, premiered last Friday with a bang, an impressive 4.0%. With Park Hyung-Sik’s proven acting rising from the messy pot of Hwarang, Park Bo Young’s proven record for delivering and not cute Ji Soon, what’s not? All we are waiting for is an engaging plot. Please be good… from start will end.

Episode 1 Recap :

Drama started with a high schooler sitting at the back seat of a bus, holding a bouquet of flower. As the bus drives through the roads, a tyre bursts causing it to lose control. The driver is unable to stop the bus as its brakes has malfunctioned. Just as it is about to ram into a mother and child, it came to a halt.

The high schooler gets up from the floor and saw someone from the rear window – a petite girl wearing a pink hoodie standing behind the bus. She seemingly has something to do with the bus stopping. She walks away and just as she’s about to turn and reveal her face …..

IT WAS A DREAM of Ahn Min Hyuk (Park Hyung Sik), the high schooler we saw on the bus, now the CEO of Ainsoft. His dream was disturbed by a phone call and a digitally distorted voice is on the other side threatening that he will hurt him if Min Hyuk continues to sell his game – Albertine Chronicles.

Annoyed and half-asleep, Min Hyuk cursed the blackmailer “It’s alright if you will just threaten me, but at least let me get some sleep. You need to threaten the person when he is fully conscious to make your threat scary!” The threatening words continue but Min Hyuk hangs up before he can finish. He seemingly tries to fall back to sleep and within seconds, jumps up totally awake and cursing.

Next morning, we seen Do Bong Soon (Park Bo Young) at her home, staring at her computer, trying to type her resume. Her resume is rather sparse and she narrates how she had jumped from jobs to jobs since graduated from high school. She is Do Bong Soon who lives in Do Bong-dong in Do Bong-gu.

Then she told the story of how super strength is pass from generation to generation of female in her family. It was listed in her family’s “Chronicles of Power” that the person will lose her power if she abuses it. Mama Bong Soon used to be a weightlifting fairy of Korea. She abused her power by pawning the gold medals she won, spending vigorously on shopping, bullying and threatening the street kids. One day, she lost her power and was unable to lift up a barbell. She was crying alone in the training room when future-Papa Bong Soon approached and the consolation became a littleeeeee steamy. Next we see her giving birth to twins – Bong Soon and her younger brother, Bong Ki. Bong Soon inherited the super strength since born.

Bong Soon continues to narrate how she has to hide her super strength to avoid the possibility of abusing it (and losing it). She however, dreams of making her own computer games with herself as the heroin, by taking game designing class. The class instructor tells the story of none other but our Min Hyuk, who made fortunes with the creation of Albertine Chronicles. So rich that he only needs to work one day in a week and spends the other days “having fun”.

Cut to Min Hyuk “having fun” on his hover board, hovering around in a public park. He notices a man wearing mask and all black trailing him. He gives chase while cursing (haha his cursing face is hilarious) but the man slips away. Min Hyuk then drives back while calling his secretary, asking him to find a personal bodyguard for him ASAP.

Min Hyuk is driving while Bong Soon is on her bicycle. A bus full of primary students came to a halt because a lorry is blocking the road. The driver asks the gangster to remove the lorry but was beaten up. Bong Soon passes by and tries to call police when the gangster leader (Master Woo Reuk) appears from behind, takes her phone and throws it onto the ground. Bong Soon is upset that her phone screen is now damaged and demanded the man to compensate. The man starts to get physical.

MH’s car also halted at the same spot. He saw Bong Soon getting slapped and is calling a police unaware what are happening behind him. Bong Soon lost her control and slaps the man, sending his tooth flying. More gangsters appear. All the gangsters were either beaten or thrown far far away. Min Hyuk turns around and unable to believe what he had just witnessed. Somehow, Bong Soon appeared to stride in slow motion in his eyes.

Everyone ends up in the police station, including the school kids. In Guk Doo (Ji Soo) ‘s team is handling the case. Bong Soon is pacing outside the police room, sprays some breath freshener and practicing sweet talks, while Min Hyuk watches from a distance. She goes into the room and it’s obvious that she admires Guk Doo like a god.

Guk Doo is taking Bong Soon’s statement while she watches him lovingly. When he reads out the gangster’s statement against her, she looks embarrassed. He doubts her ability to beat up all the men but since there’s no other witness, she might be charged for violence. Min Hyuk barges in, claiming to be the witness. He defends Bong Soon by saying that the school kids (who are witnesses too) watched too much movie.

When asked about how did the gangsters got hurt, everyone watch him in suspense until he confidently answered, “They fought among themselves”, causing uproar. LOL! An older police man decided to wrap the case as he does not think it make sense.

Min Hyuk’s secretaryman arrived to fetch him. Bong Soon is off the hook but is unappreciative when Min Hyuk demanded a thank you from her. As she walks away, Min Hyuk notes that she’s rather sexy, to the surprise of the secretary. Even when she’s riding away, Min Hyuk looks like he’s ready to melt.

Next day, Min Hyuk walks into his office building, telling his secretary how strong and interesting Bong Soon is. He seems like a good boss greeting everyone on his way and complimenting his staffs.

Cut to a coffee shop with their specialty walnuts. Papa Bong Soon is mending his shop when Mama Bong Soon walks in and demanded all the money earned be given to her. He tries to hide some money in pocket but was caught. Bong Soon arrives and receives nagging from her mama for being jobless and asks her to find a dumb rich guy to marry.

Guk Doo is working late in police station and his colleagues are asking about Bong Soon. He told them that she was his schoolmate since elementary and they live in the same neighbourhood. Another police then notes Min Hyuk is the CEO of Ainsoft, son of a certain chaebol group.

In hospital, the beaten up gangsters are in agony while bitching about Bong Soon. The doctors are are talking about the injuries on the gangsters, wondering who could have beaten them to this state. Brother Bong Soon is amongst the doctors and he has inkling to who beat up the gangsters.

Flashback to young Bong Soon and Bong Ki were in a car crying. They were being kidnapped and when the criminal threatened to kill them, Bong Soon kicked off the car door and tried to escape. The criminal chase after them in his car and Bong Soon stopped (and wrecked) the car with single hand.

At home Bong Ki expresses concern to his noona whether she will lose her power due to this incident. Bong Soon worries all night. The next day she wakes up and checks her face in the mirror which looks fine. Then she tests her strength on a spoon and is relieved to still have her power.

Min Hyuk is practicing boxing and the thought of his stalker vexes him. He goes to work on his hover board again. Mr Secretary presented him with list of bodyguard candidates. Despite the credentials, he is not satisfied until he thinks of Bong Soon. He asks that his secretary to find Bong Soon.

His secretary goes to police station to get BS’s contact but was rejected flatly by Guk Doo, citing confidentiality and protocol. Min Hyuk is informed of the situation and he notes the police’s name is Guk Doo.

A woman dressed sexily in red is walking into a motel room where a man is waiting for her. Drug syringes and money are seen on the table. The ‘woman’ gave a sexy dance performance before arresting the man. The woman is none other than Guk Doo, arresting the man. Lol! He takes the handcuffs from his fake boobs.

The man is an assemblyman and Guk Doo gets berated by his superior. He was later transferred to another dept. Min Hyuk met with the chief police, who is a friend of his chaebol father, to personally get BS’s contact. He acted civil with the chief police and says that Guk Doo is a good police for following the rules.

Bong Soon was contacted and met the secretary about her employment as personal body guard for Min Hyuk. She is not keen until he reveals that Min Hyuk is the owner of Ainsoft. On hearing Ainsoft, which is her dream company, she agrees to meet Min Hyuk ASAP. HA!

Mama Bong Soon is with her ahjumma friends talking about opposing the redevelopment project of Do Bong-dong. A pretty ahjumma walks in and Papa Bong Soon is seething honey. She is Guk Doo’s mother who is also a successful author which Papa Bong Soon is a fan of. It’s apparent that Mama Bong Soon and Mama Guk Doo do not like each other, especially Mama Guk Doo lets slip of Bong Soon police station incident.

Mama Bong Soon rushes home to scold Bong Soon but Bong Soon is in good mood having found a job in Ainsoft. She cooks dinner for them and everyone needs mama to approve the food before they can tuck in. Bong Soon receives a call from Guk Doo, and she felt all sweet about it, rolling on her bed until she falls down. The whole house shakes, but the family continue with their dinner nonchalantly.

Next day Bong Soon meets with Min Hyuk at his office, with super good attitude, until Min Hyuk snides her for her ‘braveness’ in applying for Ainsoft game developmet dept before this. He further asks if she moved to Do Bong-dong because of her name. Bong Soon : “It’s not like Banghak-dong is full of people named Bang Hak, nor is Yeonhui-dong is full of people named Yeon Hui”.

When asked why she will like to work here. Her answer is simple :This is a good company. Min Hyuk immediately shakes her hand. Bong Soon has plenty of questions on her remuneration package; incentives, company cafeteria, yoga class etc etc. Min Hyuk freezes when she asks about ‘stop motion’, nervously thinking what is that (ego… ego…) until it was corrected as ‘stock option’.

Min Hyuk asks for an arm wrestling. He asks her to start first but she asks him to do it instead. He tried his best but can’t even move an inch. When Bong Soon starts, he hurts his hand and he pretends to be fine but his hand is shaking uncontrollably.

The secretary brings in the contract and Bong Soon signs on it. Secretary throws a questioning look at MH, which suggests he is doubting Bong Soon’s capability as bodyguard. Min Hyuk asks secretary (okay, I found this word hard to type so I will use hyung from now on) to have chicken fight with Bong Soon. Bong Soon asks for a helmet on hyung and Min Hyuk orders for jajangmyeon as the quickest way to buy a helmet – from the delivery guy. Hyung has the helmet on and attacks. Bong Soon nudges her leg slightly and sends him flying (slow-motion) onto the wall, making a dent. Poor guy..

EMT arrives to take hyung to the hospital but Min Hyuk asks Bong Soon if she got hurt, in banmal. He is going to use banmal since she is now officially his staff. Bong Soon discusses about the possibility of transfering to game development dept if she did well as hi bodyguard. Min Hyuk agrees.

At night, Bong Soon is walking the lonely streets to her home and sensing someone following her. She turns around but no one is there. She reaches home safely and later Guk Doo came to hand her an electric stunner. On another street, a woman is followed by a man in hoodie. She tries to run but was caught.

The next morning, the woman was found murdered and GD’s team are thrown into chaos with the case. Bong Soon walks into Min Hyuk’s office and saw a threatening graphic with the word “Kill” on his desktop screen. Min Hyuk walks in and reveals that he has been threatened and stalked by someone for two months. When Bong Soon prompts him to report to the police, he says he distrusts police.

The news were reporting on the homicide case and Min Hyuk looks intrigued. He then receives an anonymous call which he puts on speaker. It is another threat and both looks shocked on hearing it.