Start-Up Week 5: A Drunken Dream?

Start-Up has hit the NUMBER ONE in the weekly ratings in Netflix for Filipino subscribers. Though, I'd like to lament how the "better shows" (at least, for me) like Voice, You're All Surrounded, or Pride and Prejudice don't get that much love from Filipino viewers. Anyway, it seems to be getting more and more cliche for Suzy Bae to get drunk. Did the Korean viewers think Maaya Uchida getting drunk in Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger was funny that Suzy had to get drunk too? This week's episodes focus on risk management and demo day. Not to mention, the cliche love triangle based on a misunderstanding.

I would confess that I'm vying for Dal Mi and Ji Pyeung more than I'm for Dal Mi and Do San. Granted, Do San is someone who feels out-of-place in this world due to his unusually high intelligence. Some people would wish they had Do San's intelligence until they realize he can't easily fit in. Also, no surprise, Dal Mi discovers that Ji Pyeung has been writing to her under the name "Do San" which creates the double Do San crisis. Do San was hired by Ji Pyeung for a crazy reason. Ji Pyeung also has feelings for Dal Mi. It's really a confusing mess when you think about it.

What also happened this week was the two estranged sisters Dal Mi and In Jae. Well, In Jae did get adopted by a wealthy CEO after her mother remarried. Dal Mi, being the grandma's girl, chooses to stay with her father. An incident reveals that perhaps the sister instinct doesn't die after all. Dal Mi protects In Jae from an angry employee even when the two are estranged after the divorce. What's interesting is that In Jae is more concerned with creating her own success than to be in the instant jackpot caused by her adoptive father.  

What's interesting to know is that Do Dan is starting to move towards a new direction. He's starting to feel his purposeful failures aren't doing him and his friends any good. However, there's still that love triangle going on between the guys. It's really something when you consider how Do San is now determined to really get Samsam Tech fly. But can the love triangle come in the way of the success that Samsam Tech wants to achieve?