Perfect Family Episode 1 & 2 Recap: “Perfect Family” is a mysterious teen drama about Seon Hui, who is adopted by people who seem to be perfect on the outside. One day, a new transfer student, Su Yeon, comes to Seon Hui’s school, and the ideal life of Seon Hui is disrupted as Su Yeon and Seon Hui used to be the best of friends in an orphanage growing up.
Seon Hui has some skeletons in the closet, and it seems Su Yeon has joined this school to take revenge on Seon Hui for ruining her life. Envious of Seon Hui’s life, Su Yeon tries to control Seon Hui’s life, and disputes between the two become life-threatening for Gyeong Ho (Seon Hui’s best friend). Episodes 1 & 2 of “Perfect Family” just aired, and they have established the basic premise and the conflict the show addresses.
This article contains spoilers.
Perfect Family Episode 1 Recap:
The episode opens with Seon Hui coming home from school and realizing she needs to give her friend Su Yeon a math workbook. As Seon Hui heads out, she sees Su Yeon going to Gyeong Ho’s house, so Seon Hui waits outside. Gyeong Ho has a surprise inside the house for Seon Hui. But Su Yeon thinks the arrangement is tacky. Seeing Su Yeon’s response, Gyeong Ho thinks Su also has a crush on Seon Hui.
Seon Hui decides to leave the house, but she hears yelling from inside and rushes in to find Su Yeon holding a knife fighting with Gyeong Ho. When Seon Hui tries to stop Su Yeon, Su Yeon shows her partly burnt head and says her life was ruined because of Seon Hui and tries to stab Seon Hui. However, Gyeong Ho comes in the way and is stabbed. Later, Su Yeon comes home drenched in blood and tells her mother that she thinks she has killed Gyeong Ho.
How do Seon Hui and Su Yeon know each other?
In a flashback to a month ago, Seon Hui came to school happy and met Gyeong Ho. They got inside the school with their other friend, Hyeon-U. The teacher introduces Su Yeon to the class as she has transferred schools. Subsequently, she talks to Seon Hui as if they have known each other before. However, Seon Hui does not remember Su Yeon. Su Yeon says she probably mistook Seon Hui for someone else. After that, Su Yeon starts observing Seon Hui and her friends and notices the way Seon Hui does her hair. Meanwhile, Seon Hui’s father, Choi Jin Hyeok, receives the Excellent Person of Korea award and takes pictures with his family.
Later in school, Gyeong Ho gives a swan pendant for Seon Hui’s birthday. Su Yeon watches the interaction from afar. After Seon Hui leaves, Hyeong Ho tells Hyeon-U that Seon Hui has rejected his proposal to date. In class, after all the students leave, Su Yeon brings out a box of matchsticks and asks Seon Hui if she still can’t remember Su Yeon. In a flashback, we see Seon Hui and Su Yeon when they are little kids, and some boys bully Seon Hui. Fortunately, Su Yeon comes to her rescue. After that day in the orphanage, Su Yeon and Seon Hui are inseparable. Furthermore, Su Yeon teaches Seon Hui how to use a matchstick. The friendship between the girls will be broken as some people are willing to adopt Su Yeon, and she will leave the orphanage soon.
Why does Su Yeon hit Gyeong Ho?
Back in the present, Su Yeon tells Seon Hui that she could not be adopted because she got hurt. Moreover, Su Yeon wonders if she was adopted and if she would have been happy like Seon Hui. Hence, Seon Hui tells Su Yeon she will help her on that journey. Since Su Yeon is watching Seon Hui and her friends, Su Yeon asks Seon Hui for the swan pendant Gyeong Ho had given her to celebrate their rekindled friendship.
On the basketball court, Gyeong Ho tells Hyeon-U that Seon Hui does not have time to date because of her busy schedule and that she will only think about dating in college. At first, Hyeon-U says worrying things. However, in the end, he comforts Gyeong Ho. That night, Seon Hui asks her father’s suggestions to talk to Su Yeon as she seems to need help understanding Su Yeon.
Meanwhile, Su Yeon is in trouble as the grocery store where she worked is shut down, and she hasn’t been paid for the month. At school, Su Yeon asks Seon Hui for money to buy supplies without realizing she is wearing earphones. When Seon Hui asks her what she has said, Su Yeon gets offended. However, Su Yeon agrees to help Su Yeon the next day.
Gyeong Ho sees the interaction and is annoyed. At home, Su Yeon lives with an older girl from the orphanage. She expresses her desire to quit school, but her roommate encourages Su Yeon to graduate. The next day, Gyeong Ho gives money to Su Yeon and asks her to stop bullying Seon Hui. Infuriated, Su Yeon punches and kicks Gyeong Ho to the ground, asking Seon Hui if she thinks Su Yeon is a beggar.
How did Su Yeon get a burned scalp?
As Su Yeon storms off from school, two girls from the school ask her if Su Yeon wants to be friends with them and also take care of Seon Hui. However, Su Yeon tells them they yap too much and says she doesn’t need friends. The next day in school, Gyeong Ho apologizes to Su Yeon and tells her he misunderstood her. After the conversation, Su Yeon asks to go to the commissary. Su Yeon realizes Seon Hui has asked Gyeong Ho to apologize to Su Yeon. Later, Su Yeon sees Hyeon-U and asks him if he likes Su Yeon, but he refuses. Su Yeon can see right through him. Furthermore, Hyeon-U tells Su Yeon that Seon Hui’s father is a lawyer and Gyeong-Ho’s father is a famous painter, so he is way below their class as his parents are dry cleaners.
Hearing this, Su Yeon is annoyed and says if dry cleaners kids can’t date, then orphans like her don’t have a chance to date. That night, Su Yeon decides to tell Seon Hui about how she got hurt and takes her to an alleyway. Seon Hui is shocked and scared when Su Yeon takes off her wig. Su Yeon tells Seon Hui that treating burns is expensive, so no one adopts her. She got burned just one day before the day of her adoption, and the reason is Seon Hui. The previous night, Seon Hui was playing with the matches and didn’t put out the fire, causing the whole building to catch fire. Su Yeon couldn’t get out in time. Soon, Seon Hui was adopted.
Perfect Family Episode 2 Recap:
The episode continues as Su Yeon blames Seon Hui for her miserable life. Still in shock, Seon Hui tells Su Yeon that she had assumed Su Yeon was adopted and didn’t know she was in the hospital because of a mistake she made. Furthermore, Su Yeon tells Seon Hui about the misery she felt after her scalp was burned. Now, Su Yeon is upset and tells Seon Hui that she will make Seon Hui pay for her misery. Soon after the incident, Seon Hui was adopted. That night, Seon Hui remembered her father’s advice and wrote a letter to Su Yeon.
Will Su Yeon and Seon Hui reconcile?
The next day, Su Yeon finds a letter from Seon Hui, in which Seon Hui expresses how she feels and asks to be friends like before. After reading the letter, Su Yeon is moved. But the moment is interrupted as two girls start asking about Su Yeon’s wig and her relationship with Seon Hui. Annoyed with them, Su Yeon beats them and tells them that if they harm Seon Hui, she will kill them. Later, Su Yeon thanks Seon Hui for the letter. That night, as Su Yeon walks home, the girls Su Yeon beat up bring two boys to bully Su Yeon. They start hitting and slapping Su Yeon, but luckily, Gyeong Ho arrives at the scene and protects Su Yeon.
When the bullies question if Gyeong Ho is Su Yeon’s boyfriend, he casually says maybe. Su Yeon takes it seriously in her mind. Later, Hyeon-U joins them and makes sure Su Yeon reaches home safely. Seon Hui, Hyeon-U, and Gyeong Ho are taking pictures in school the next day. Su Yeon offers to help and takes a photo with Gyeong Ho. After school, Seon Hui takes Su Yeon home for a meal, and Su Yeon leaves home satisfied.
Who kills Gyeong Ho?
The next day, Su Yeon overhears Gyeong Ho telling Hyeon-U that he intends to confess his love to Seon Hui again, to which Su Yeon gets angry. In class, Su Yeon yells at Seon Hui, telling her not to listen to anything Gyeong Ho has to say and that if she listens to him, their friendship is over. After school, Seon Hui and Su Yeon leave early. But Gyeong Ho catches up and tells Seon Hui that he wants to tell her something.
So, Seon Hui makes excuses and refuses to meet him that day. As Su Yeon and Seon Hui reach Seon Hui’s house, Su Yeon apologizes for yelling at Seon Hui and part ways. Later, Seon Hui realizes she needs to give Su Yeon a workbook and rushes out. Seeing Su Yeon getting inside Gyeong Ho’s house, Seon Hui waits outside for Su Yeon.
Su Yeon is annoyed by the surprise Gyeong Ho has planned for Seon Hui, and they fight. Hearing the noise, Seon Hui rushes inside to see Su Yeon’s burned scalp and a knife in her hand. Still resentful for her ruined life, Su Yeon runs towards Seon Hui to stab her. But Gyeong Ho comes in between and gets stabbed instead. Afraid and confused, Seon Hui comes home and tells her mother that she has killed Gyeong Ho. However, her mother does not believe Seon Hui is capable of doing anything like that. Furthermore, Seon Hui’s mother tells her daughter that she will take care of the situation.
Perfect Family Episode 2 Ending Explained:
Will Seon Hui confess to the police?
Seon Hui wants to turn herself in. But her mother stops Seon Hui. After giving Seon Hui a change of clothes, she mixes a sleeping tablet in the milk so that Seon Hui can sleep. The following day, everything seems normal in Seon Hui’s house. Seon Hui is surprised to find her mobile and workbook on her desk.
Moreover, Seon Hui cannot understand how calm her mother is under these circumstances. As the family sits for breakfast, they hear the news that Gyeong Ho’s house is burned down, and the whole family has died. The detectives on the scene figured out that the fire started in Gyeong Ho’s room because of cigarettes and thinners.
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Outside, they see Su Yeon and try to walk towards her. But Su Yeon sees the detectives and runs away. The detectives then decide to question people who are close to Gyeong Ho. At school, Su Yeon is afraid and tries to call Seon Hui. However, she does not answer the calls, so Su Yeon starts running towards Seon Hui’s house. In Seon Hui’s house, Eun Ju (Seon Hui’s mother) knocks on Seon Hui’s door, asking if she is asleep. Seon Hui is crouching, tormented by the horrors of the previous night, along with the buzzing sound of her mobile because of Su Yeon’s call. In the epilogue, Jin Hyeok and Eun Ju meet Seon Hui and ask if she would like to be their daughter.
Seon Hui’s family seems so eloquent and perfect, but they seem to have a sinister side to them. Mainly because to save Seon Hui, Eun Jun sets Gyeong Ho’s house on fire, killing Gyeong Ho’s parents as well. Seon Hui wakes up to the reality of seeing her mother for who she is. At the same time, Seon Hui blames herself for Gyeong Ho’s death even though she didn’t kill him. This is probably because of Su Yeon, who constantly tells Seon Hui that her life is ruined because of Seon Hui. Now, the detectives suspect Arson and Su Yeon present at the crime scene, which will make things complicated for Su Yeon and Seon Hui, especially if Seon Hui decides to confess to a crime she has not committed. Knowing Su Yeon, there is a chance that she will blame everything on Seon Hui to take revenge.
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