Liar Game

Even though Dongho had protective sunglasses on, Joon was still able to tell that he was lying about being Betrayor X. When he told Sunhwa that Joon held the key to their victory, he also instructed her to use her powers of likability to get through to Joon where he couldn’t, since Dongho would always be on guard with him.
So Sunhwa won over Dongho’s trust when she tended to his wounds from Siwon’s right hook, and he became shy, puppy-like putty in her hands. She was able to get him to admit that he wasn’t Betrayer X (he just let people think what they wanted).
When he asked her how she knew, Joon had intervened by revealing that Miryo/Mihye was the true Betrayer X. They’d formed a team between the three of them, and agreed to split the winnings between them. That’s why, in the end, Dongho said his answer would be no in order to fool his non-teammates into trusting him.
Eight suitcases of money are brought in according to the contract Joon drafted with his teammates, while Mihye is dragged out of the room for going insane and given a violence warning just like Siwon -the bulldog.
But Seunghyun gets an emergency page that causes them to halt filming. It’s Director Kim, demanding that Mihye’s contract still be honored even though she used a nickname—after all, they permitted her to enter the show as Miryo, so why can’t she have signed the contract with that name?
PD Dasom is fiercely protesting the move on her end, because neither her or Seunghyun want Director Kim to have a plant in the first place, much less one he bends the rules for when he wouldn’t otherwise.
Director Kim tries to calm things down when Seunghyun mentions bringing his lawyer in, claiming, “This is entertainment!” And though he griped about literally anything that could’ve caused a negative public reaction before, he fully intends to cover up any backlash regarding Mihye, Of course.
Mihye is barely saved from Siwon’s wrath when Seunghyun reappears on the monitor to announce that the “producers” have agreed to hold Mihye’s contract valid. He hides it well, but his disdain for this decision is evident.
Sunhwa asks what that means for Dongho, since they’d planned to give Mihye’s winnings to him. The other teammates balk at the idea of splitting their share again…
…But before Sunhwa can offer to share her personal earnings with him, Joon hands his suitcase to Dongho. He’d already promised to give him his share when they made their initial agreement.
Siwon seems ready to rip Mihye’s head from her shoulders when she’s called back to the courtroom for the reinstatement round, but she’s able to calm him down when she tells him she’s going to save him. How/why?
Mihye all but skips into the room to collect her earnings, and gives just a portion to Siwon. Seunghyun then announces that the nine people with prize money will get to play in the reinstatement game.
To get there, they have to pass all the eliminated contestants who desperately beg to be picked for reinstatement. Since Sunhwa can’t easily ignore their cries, Joon takes her by the wrist to lead her away.
After Mihye uses her wiles on a staff “oppa” to learn that one contestant will be eliminated in the vague reinstatement game, Sunhwa asks Joon to spare some time for a talk.
They end up outside a gas station, where Joon actually smiles at the sight of Sunhwa stuffing her face with instant ramen. He wouldn’t let her treat him to a meal even though she offered, so it’s cute that all he’s having is a tiny yogurt drink.
When he asks her what she wanted to talk about, Sunhwa says it’s actually a question. “I thought of it when I saw those people begging to be saved,” she says. “Why are we doing this? If we all agreed to share the prize money no matter who wins, there’d be no reason to fight or be in debt. Wouldn’t everyone be happy?”
Just when it seems like Joon is about to compliment her for thinking of the greater good, he doesn’t. He’s ready to leave the conversation, but Sunhwa can’t help asking why he doesn’t think her plan would work.
He tells her that if there were ten people just like her, maybe it would work—otherwise, if even one person were to betray the group, or if anyone even suspected a betrayal, it’d all be over. And the person who’d bear the brunt of it would be the person who wanted to trust the others the most, which they both know would be her.
“Isn’t that a way to win? By trusting one another instead of fighting and suspecting each other? Why are you always so pessimistic?” she asks.
“If it were that easy, would the world be the way it is?” Joon fires back. “Would people even gather to watch such a senseless show?” Sunhwa argues that’s why they should try, because they could be the ones showing other people what it means to trust one another.
He still says no, and claims that her kind of thinking will put her into debt before she even reaches the reinstatement game. “Why don’t you trust people?” Sunhwa finally asks. “You said you have to doubt others in order to trust them. Do you even want to trust people?”
When she asks why he’s in the game when he’s not in it for the money, Joon roughly pulls his arm from her grasp and tells her it’s got nothing to do with her. Furthermore, it’s none of her business.
Daniel calls Sunhwa to celebrate her win, and seems to be shipping her and Joon as he tells her to stick to him from now on. But he’s in for it with his boss, who knows all about how much money Sunhwa won, and beats the living crap out of Daniel for acting like her knight in shining armor instead of her debt collector.
Even though he was just threatened with losing his job and is now black and blue, Daniel still acts the same when he shows up to Sunhwa’s house that night. He doesn’t let her know that anything’s gone wrong, or that he’s in trouble because of her. Awww.
He does pay special attention to the way she secures her suitcase of money to the dresser with nothing more than a bike chain before hesitantly bringing up the debt she still has with his boss. Shouldn’t she, y’know, maybe try to pay off some of the interest with her winnings?
Everyone knows that the money in her hands isn’t actually hers to use, since she’ll have to pay back the broadcast company if she’s eliminated from the show. But in Daniel’s mind, she can afford to pay them back slowly, since they’re unlikely to charge her almost fifty percent interest like his boss is.
She nods off before he can finish his thought, leaving Daniel nervously staring at the briefcase. Don’t do it, Daniel! Don’t do it!
While Seunghyun drinks alone and Joon walks alone, Daniel steals away with Sunhwa’s money. But Joon suddenly turns around, as if his spidey-senses are tingling…

Notes

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