The stakes, the stakes...

The episode starts where the where ended – but I have read the novel by now till page 180 (of 599) which presented those “dreams” way earlier in the narrative. Wa thinks they are glimpses of “past” timelines that got reversed (by someone else). In the show, we so far have no explanation for them.

Upon awaking, Wa asks Vivi if she has ever have visions of her own future, and Vivi dispels Wa’s worries by claiming she did, showing her some drawings of it.

Then, Vivi's 16th birthday comes up – and Vivi want to go to a fan meeting for Johnny Kim. The tickets are expensive, but Vivi says she got it covered by her drawing job, she just needs her permission. This conversation is interrupted by Four picking up Wav or a date. Both Wa and Four invite Vivi to join them; it turns out that they are going to a shopping mall. This is an unusual experience for Wa and Vivi being poor, they stop at a clothing store that caught Vivi’s interest. Four ends up buying some clothes for them, which embarrasses Wa. They spend the rest of the day visiting the arcade and taking snapshots in a photo booth.

Upon their return, Four reveals that she overheard the previous fan meeting ticket discussion – and bought the ticket as a birthday gift for her. Now, Wa has no choice but to give Vivi permission to go. Then, Four invites Wa to her grandmother’s on Saturday – she says she probably won’t remember her afterwards, but wants to present to her her “special one” anyway.

We fast-forward to Saturday, which is also the day of the fan meeting. Wa has this nagging feeling that something will go wrong but lets Vivi go anyway. Then, she has to get ready herself – and Four does her makeup, which almost turns into sex again. But Four get interrupted by a phone call an has to do an errand for college quickly, leaving a severly flustered Jattawa. ?

Later, they arrive at Four’s Grandma’s house. She is friendly and seems lucid at first, but is stuck in the past, recalling an old dispute between Four and his father like it was yesterday. Then, her stepmother and stepbrother appear – Four thought they wouldn’t be here as well. This is going to be an awkward family dinner. Grandma urges Four to learn the ropes as the future head of the family company, but her stepmom say the next CEO will be her own son Film (which Grandma can’t seem to remember). Four insinuates that he is not his father’s son, that Wa claims that the Grandma has evidence to that effect. Stepmom reaction to that suggests that she herself already found and destroyed the DNA test results, so Wa reverses this part of the conversation, but tells Four of her suspicions afterwards. Four promises to find another way to prove that Film in not her father’s son – but her stepmom is eavesdropping on this conversation.

Then, Jattawa has so go pick up her present for Vivi – a Johnny Kim photobook from the store. She leaves Four to stay with her Grandma. Meanwhile, Vivi and her friend have collected the meet-and-greet ticket badges; another visitor wants to get such a badge as well, but he only has a standard ticket and is thus refused. He eyes the girls with obvious envy and will surely cause a problem soon. Meanwhile, Jattawa has returned home having picked up the present. She sees her sister’s sketchbook lying around and takes a quick glance – and soon realizes that there are no sketches that show Vivi past this date. She remembers her “dream”, and runs to the fan meeting, quickly telling Four where she’s gone. Vivi, at the meeting, gets a vision of someone assaulting her in the dark. Just as Jattawa arrives, she is assaulted by the guy from earlier who’s strangling her trying to get her VIP ticket. Before Wa can interfere, Four assaults the would-be robber with a swift kick, thus diffusing the situation.

Wa is furious that Vivi didn’t tell her she didn’t see her future past this day, but Vivi say she knows that her sister will always have her back, and that she can aways reverse time to hep her. Wa relents and just gives her a hug. Vivi then get another vision, or her unpacking the present – making it her first vision of her future past that date, Wa is relieved.

At this point I knew exactly how this would turn out – Vivi would get assaulted again, probably at home, propably before she turns 16 (as the present is already at home) and this time, the reversal for the day would either already used up, or ten minutes would not be enough.

But first, Wa and Four “resume” their date by eating Thai BBQ under the stars, with some playful banter that causes Wa to quickly panic, earning her the nickname “little bunny” in the process. ?

Meanwhile, Vivi and her friend had a great time at the fan meeting – but she can’t sleep over at her friend’s as previously planned; the mother will instead drop her off at the condo. So, she’ll be at home tonight, after all…

Wa and Four are also on their way home, Vivi has already arrived and looks at her present. She hears a noise and thinks her sister is back home, but the apartment is dark. Vivi looks around – and get assaulted just as it looked is her vision. Just as Jattawa and Four park the car, the assaulter can be seen leaving though the parking lot, so when Wa comes to her door, a bloody puddle can be seen outside. Wa quickly opens the door, but Vivi is lying on the ground stabbed to death – just as the clock turns midnidght. Wa reverses time to the maximum of ten minutes, and let Four drop her off in front of the building saving some time. As she reaches their hallway, there is no puddle of blood outside – but Vivi inside is just as dead as before. A devastated Jattawa cradles her dead sister and wants to go back in time again but can’t, just as Four arrives on the scene.

As I’ve seen the pilot for the show, I know that there must be some way to reverse this death. From said pilot, the main question’s remaining are:

1. How will Wa (or someone else) get to reverse time?
2. Why does Vivi always seem to die if Wa and Four get together?
3. Who wanted to kill Vivi, anyway?

Apart from that there’s also the inheritance issue for Four to solve – and there’s only two episodes left. I’ll be watching. ?

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