Lee Junho chose people over money, choosing Jin Sun-kyu. The reckless courage of the office worker who responded to a vicious loan shark with a palm stamp heated up living rooms.
On the 25th, the tvN weekend drama "Typhoon Family" (directed by Na Jung Lee and Dong-hwi Kim, written by Hyun Jang, planned by Studio Dragon, produced by Imaginus, Studio PIC and Tree Studio) episode 5 recorded a nationwide household average rating of 7.1%, a peak of 7.9%, a metropolitan household average of 6.6%, and a peak of 7.7%, topping all channels including terrestrial networks in its time slot. (Based on paid platforms integrating cable, IPTV and satellite / provided by Nielsen Korea)
When their home went to auction, the mother and child who spent a night at Typhoon Family—Kang Taepung (Lee Junho) and Jeong Jeong-mi (Kim Ji-young)—were discovered the next day by section chief Oh Mi-seon (Kim Min-ha) when she went to work. She led the homeless pair to her home. Compared with an ApT., it was shabby and cold, but it was full of the warmth of people living there. Though she grumbled to her sister, the sensible younger sister Oh Mi-ho (Kwon Han-sol); a grandmother who loved her family though her memory had faded (Kim Young-ok); the mischievous youngest Oh Beom (Kwon Eun-seong); and even the dog Mija—though unfamiliar, in this warm space the two could catch their breath and lean on each other for a while.
Meanwhile Taepung and Mi-seon paid an advance to Subak and stepped up efforts to find a market for the safety shoes. They discussed together where these shoes might be needed and planned to visit job sites such as construction companies. Taepung's face brightened for the first time in a while as he practiced business manners with Mi-seon—how to hand out a business card, how to shake hands. Together they worked hard toward the day's subheading, "our paradise."
But paradise slipped away again. Waiting for Taepung, who had gone to Busan in high hopes to pick up the goods, was an empty factory with not a single pair of shoes in sight. Park Yoon-chul (Jin Sun-kyu), the Subak boss they had trusted, trembled in fear with a face that had been badly beaten. It was then revealed that Subak was headed for bankruptcy and that Yoon-chul, who had even borrowed from private loan sharks, had been unable to repay his debts and had lost Taepung's advance and all of Subak's inventory.
It was his mother Jeong-mi who steadied Taepung's broken heart when he returned empty-handed. Seeing her son slumped at the alley entrance, she thought of the husband she had helplessly let go without even saying that she had hoped otherwise, and she vowed to protect her son. So she embraced Taepung, saying, "You won't go hungry. If it's hard, you can lean on mom." Taepung, who had been pretending to be fine, confessed honestly, "I'm scared because both the goods and the money are gone," and finally shed the tears he had been holding back in his mother's arms. The comfort between the mother and son, who became each other's strong support, moved living rooms.
Taepung rose again. Through Jung Cha-ran (Kim Hye-eun), the owner of Busan Hongshin Sanghoe, he learned that the loan shark involved with Yoon-chul was the notorious Ryu Hee-gyu (Lee Jae-gyun), who offered to return Taepung's 500 pairs if he brought 5 million won. Taepung looked into emergency loans for small and medium-sized enterprises, but there was no source of funds, and just as he was at his wits' end, Mi-seon added her own money to the savings she had received from boss Kang Jin-young (Sung Dong-il) and raised 5 million won.
Taepung went down to Busan again to find the safety shoes. Despite Cha-ran's warning, "He's not a normal guy. Don't say anything; just give him the money and take the goods and leave," Taepung collected the 5 million won. He witnessed Yoon-chul collapsed on the blood-soaked factory floor, fighting for his life, and could not give the money his father and Mi-seon had precious saved to such inhuman people. Taepung's father left a bankbook note for him saying, "What matters is people. They are more fragrant than flowers and more valuable than money." Following that lesson, Taepung chose the person, Yoon-chul.
Taepung threw down a gamble to Ryu Hee-gyu, saying, "Sell 7,000 pairs of safety shoes and I'll give you 100 million won. Take the 100 million and disappear forever," even staking his body. At that moment, rival Pyo Hyun-jun (Mu Jin-seong), who had come to buy safety shoes on the orders of Taepung's father Pyo Bak-ho (Kim Sang-ho), found the situation interesting and willingly transferred his 6,500-pair order. Though it was a terrifying situation, Taepung did not flinch. Instead, with boldness he smeared ink over his entire palm and stamped it in the middle of the IOU, creating a powerful ending.
When Ryu Hee-gyu asked his name, Taepung, imprinting himself, replied, "No need to know my name. Just Typhoon Family, a company man," and his mad nerve and spirit raised curiosity to the highest level over whether that could lead to a sellout of 7,000 safety shoes and Yoon-chul's rescue. Typhoon Family episode 6 airs tonight (the 26th) at 9:10 p.m. on tvN.
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