King of High School: What Were They Thinking?
Episode 1:
High Points: We see Min-suk in the
preview playing Businessman and then taking off for school. He's a
hockey ace who fights with the opposing team (his friends, Merry and
Pippin, have to haul him away), is absently benign to the stalker
girl with a crush on him, and tender with his senile grandpa who
steals chocolate. He meets a drunk girl eating popcorn who borrows
his phone.
What were they thinking? What episode
was that preview from? It can't be literal because he couldn't really
change clothes in the revolving door a la Superman. Is it just an
impression, and not a peek at the future, like the similar scene at
the beginning of Queen Inhyun's Man? And what about Hyung? He calls
his dad to say he's coming that day, after having been gone eight
years, and then suddenly changes his mind. His luggage was on the
plane, but he doesn't come. What did he find out?
Episode 2:
High Points: Torn between hockey and
subbing for Hyung, Min-suk ditches the bus and jumps the gate. When
he calls his friends later, Pippin thinks fast and calls him “Mom”
to fool the team captain. He meets the elf-prince director and has to
fake knowing about the company, and comes across Popcorn-girl and has
her fetch food just to see if she remembers him. (no) Stalker-girl
follows him to work and chases him up the stair where he holds
Popcorn's mouth shut with one hand while keeping Stalker out the door
with the other.
What were they thinking? Elf-prince
seems a little jumpy. He's probably been beat up. He flinches when
CEO Dad waves his glasses too close. CEO Dad seems harsh anyway. It's interesting that Min-suk
trusts Hyung and is following orders and keeping things secret from
Dad, even though Dad seems perfectly trustworthy.
Episode 3:
High Points: Min-suk's routine of
showing up at school, jumping out the window after roll, and going to
meetings and inspections at work takes its toll and he collapses at
home. Stalker-girl threatens Pippin and Merry to find out where he
goes. He gets sympathy only from Grandpa, who cutely plays cat's
cradle with him. He discovers that Popcorn has a crush on Elf-boy
and makes them both annoyed by throwing them together, not knowing
she was already rejected. He gets stuck with doing a presentation and
only arrives in time from his hockey game by riding a freight cart up
to the stage and making a dynamic entrance.
What were they thinking? Hyung sent in
money for hockey, so he's still alive. We get a flashback to the
first time Popcorn-girl saw Elf-boy. It was at a movie theater, and
he was crying. She thought it was the movie, but it was likely his
private life getting to him.
Episode 4:
High Points: Merry and Pippin follow
Min-suk to work. Elf-boy sees them so Min-suk claims they are selling
something and throws them out. That evening he tells them the truth,
and they go on a high-spirited shopping spree with his company credit
card. A rival company's boss takes them drinking and Min-suk's dad
gets to feed them hangover soup the next morning and hit them upside
the head. Elf-boy accuses assistant manager Sam Gamgee of selling out
to the rival, but Min-suk defends him until it is proved that the
problem was hackers. Stalker gets appendicitis.
What were they thinking? Popcorn-girl
dreams of bungee-jumping and the rope coming loose, and the next day
she is fired. Is there an element of paranormal to this drama? How
big a part will it play?
