Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 11 of Crash Landing On You, the hit K Drama on Netflix starring Hyun Bin as Ri Jyeong hyeok, Son Ye-jin as Yoon Se-ri, Seo Ji-hye as Seo Dan and Kim Jung-hyun as Gu Seung joon. We discuss:

• The songs we feature during the recap: Here I Am Again by Baek Yerin and Let Us Go by Crush.
• In the first half of the show, Se-ri is trying hard to adapt to North Korea. In this episode, Captain Ri and the ducklings are trying to get used to South Korea.
• Cho Cheol Gang is now in South Korea and she’s clearly after Se-ri. 
• Se-ri can’t believe her eyes when she finds Captain Ri on the sidewalk. The hug they give each other makes it clear that they are home in each other’s arms. Now, Se-ri knows that Cho Cheol Gang is after her.
• If Captain Ri has one talent, it’s his ability to find Se-ri. Knowing just her neighborhood, he found her in Seoul!
• Although Se-ri lies to Captain Ri and tells him that everything is fine with her family, she has to eat her words when Yoon Se-Hyeong and his wife enter her apartment and threaten her if she tries to get in the way of him becoming Chairman.
• Se-ri takes Captain Ri shopping for some amazing clothes and a hot haircut. He was so handsome before; now he’s downright debonair!
• The reference to the Korean folk tale of Heungbu and Nolbu.
• How the ducklings have been dropped into Seoul and they are exploring fried chicken and a South Korea spa.
• With Cho Cheol Gang convicted, Mr. Cheon says he and Gu Seung Jun are in danger. Mr. Cheo gets taken by some men, leaving Gu Seung Jun alone and without a place to stay.
• Gu Seung Jun gets a phone call from Seo Dan, whom he picks up and who offers him use of her apartment in the border village.
• How both Captain Ri and Seo Dan’s mothers ultimately care about their children and want them to be with someone they actually love.
• Yoon Se-Jun and his wife tell Se-ri’s mother that Se-ri was in North Korea. Even worse, Yoon Se-Hyeong knew about Se-ri and didn’t do anything about it!
• The village ladies risk a lot to see a shaman, who tells the women that they are all in trouble because their husbands are in trouble.
• Captain Ri’s battle with the thugs and his epic cat and mouse game with Cho Cheol Gang to save Se-ri.
• In the epilogue, we realize that Se-ri and Seo Dan had also met while in Switzerland.
• Our favorite K Drama elements, especially Captain Ri protecting Se-ri at personal cost to himself, the Subway product placement (finally!), and a new element: clamping a hand on someone’s mouth.
• The actresses who play the village ladies; we love them!

References

• Frequency of households ordering delivery food in South Korea in 2023
• Nordstrom may try to take the company private again
• South Korea’s obsession with fried chicken explained
• The tale of Heungbu and Nolbu
• Report on North Korea from the US Commission on International Religious Freedom