Name: Trolley episode 3
Director: Kim Mun-Kyo
Released: 2022-12-26T18:30:00

‘Trolley’ episode 3 sees the family deal with a grim development related to Joong-Do’s recent political actions while Hye-Joo tries to get closer to Soo-Bin.

Recap

Seung-Kyun commits suicide before the police can detain him, leaving a note wherein he calls Joong-Do a murderer. The news eventually reaches Joong-Do’s office and while it comes as a great shock to him, his team gets on working to contend with the oncoming media response.

Thankfully for Joong-Do’s career, most of the public favour him, with the general consensus being that Seung-Kyun deserved the grim fate for doing what he did. However, it exacts a heavy toll on Joong-Do and worries Hye-Joo, who learns of it as well.

Meanwhile, Hye-Joo and Soo-Bin bond a little before heading out to for the latter’s drug test. Soo-Bin takes an interest in what Hye-Joo does for work, and later goes for the drug test.

She’s also frequently alarmed whenever she’s alone in a street, looking with worry and caution at strangers, evidently fearing for a certain someone who might be threatening her for something.

Woo-Jae, meanwhile, works hard to assist Joong-Do in his speech and lends him his coat when the Assemblyman’s coat gets ruined by the egg that Seung-kyun’s mother throws at him. It’s too much for Joong-Do, who can’t cope with the fact that he drove a man to suicide.

Joong-Do goes to meet Hye-Joo who tries to comfort him a bit as she embraces him, thinking back on the days when they met and fell in love. She also reminisces how she’s never doubted her husband’s heart towards others.

Meanwhile, a new subplot involves a woman named Ki-Yong and her estranged mother who she’s come to Yongsan to meet. Her old mother seems to have a bitter history with Hye-Joo.

Review

‘Trolley’ episode 3 reveals why the title of the series is what it is, and it has to do with the classic ethical dilemma called the “Trolley problem.”
The episode sets up and reveals what the ultimate plot point of the show is going to be, with most probably a moral philosophy quandary playing a huge role in the development of characters and story.
The episode does a great job showing the turmoil within a household that deals with the repercussions of familial as well as political crises.