After moving to the US, the Captain starts dating a woman named Sofia Mori. In The Sympathizer, Sandra Oh plays Sofia.
When the Captain contacts a professor who taught him in college, Professor Hammer, the professor agrees to sponsor him.
The professor introduces him to his secretary, Sofia Mori, who will act as the Captain’s boss. Sofia is a Japanese American who was born and raised in the United States.
Like the Captain, she does not overlook the fact that Hammer is a racist, but unlike the Captain, she does not indulge him with a genial smile.
Falling in love with the Captain
Sofia is one of the few who can see through the Captain’s polite smiles and carefully crafted answers that conceal his true feelings.
It is clear to Sofia, who is much older than the Captain, that the Captain has a talent for making others think he agrees with them without uttering a word.
The realization first strikes her when she overhears him speaking to a journalist, noticing that despite his perfect performance, there is a side of him that is not friendly and polite.
Her conclusions are further confirmed when the Captain is asked to recite a list of his Oriental and Occidental traits at a gathering, and he subtly ridicules the idea.
The two of them get a chance to talk at the gathering. The Captain shares his embarrassing stories with her, but Sofia still senses that the Captain is hiding something.
Eventually, they sleep together and soon after, they fall in love with each other. When the two of them confess that they are getting emotionally attached, Sofia makes it clear that she only believes in free love.
As an independent woman, Sofia has always done things her way, and she is unwilling to change, regardless of her feelings for the Captain.
Sofia’s relationship with Sonny
The Captain and Sofia’s relationship is short-lived, as the Captain soon gets involved in the making of a Hollywood film.
Sofia and the Captain never officially break up, but he does not contact her for months after he leaves.
During his absence, Sofia grows close to and falls in love with Sonny, an ex-classmate of the Captain with whom the Captain never got along.
As she starts dating Sonny, she does not visit the Captain in the hospital after he nearly loses his life. The Captain receives a rude shock when he returns home and sees her with Sonny.
Heartbroken and jealous, the Captain has a hard time moving on from Sofia. He ends up killing Sonny not just because of the General’s orders but also because of his relationship with Sofia.
Sonny, who was working with the Captain to expose Ned Godwin’s link to the General’s army, had told Sofia about their partnership, despite the Captain’s warning not to involve Sofia.
Due to this, Sofia figures out that the Captain is responsible for Sonny’s death. Disappointed in the Captain, she wonders what turned him into a murderer.
However, Sofia does not reveal the Captain’s crime to the police. In fact, she provides him with an alibi and simply asks him to leave, cutting all ties with him.
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