5 Tropes We Ate Up In Episodes 5-6 Of “our Universe”

Episodes 5 and 6 of “Our Universe” really leaned into nan rom-com tropes and clichés that make watching K-dramas truthful nosy and comforting.

They’re nan benignant of moments each longtime K-drama instrumentality knows by heart: catching a acold aft getting caught successful nan rainfall and nan caretaking conception that follows (a vessel of h2o and a towel are perfectly required), nan classical slip-into-his-arms, and emotion triangle shenanigans.

But while these moves person been done before, “Our Universe” gave them their ain rotation alternatively than making them consciousness for illustration boring c copies. Things conscionable deed a small different erstwhile you’re juggling agency drama, a funny toddler, and unresolved feelings pinch some your leader and your co-parenting roommate.

Read connected to spot if you caught these 5 moments successful episodes 5 and 6 of “Our Universe” that are quintessentially K-drama:

Warning: episodes 5 and 6 spoilers ahead!

1. The lost-and-stranded broadside quest

The show has a small search‑and‑rescue infinitesimal successful nan woods past week, and it starts pinch a camping travel that Hyun Jin (Roh Jeong Eui) and Woo Joo (Park Yu Ho) are invited to by a neighbor. After nan caller infirmary scare and nan doctor’s proposal to support Woo Joo’s intelligence health, Hyun Jin thinks it will beryllium bully for him to get extracurricular and beryllium astir different kids.

At this time, Hyun Jin and Tae Hyung (Bae In Hyuk) are erstwhile again connected rocky position ever since her manager, Yoon Seong (Park Seo Ham), recovered retired astir their surviving statement successful a somewhat embarrassing scenario. But their fights seldom past long. Because she feels bad astir really it each played retired and her hiding nan truth, she invites Tae Hyung on to mend their relationship.

The camping travel puts them connected bully position again, but it doesn’t last. The miscommunication trope strikes: Tae Hyung overhears Hyun Jin talking astir really awkward things person been surviving together, and it sounds for illustration she’s almost relieved he’ll beryllium moving retired soon. He only catches nan worst portion and leaves earlier she gets to each nan bully things she really says astir him.

This fuels different statement betwixt nan two. Hyun Jin proceeds to locomotion off, and it isn’t agelong earlier it is acheronian and they haven’t heard from her. As it truthful happens, Hyun Jin was connected nan telephone erstwhile she went down a way that wasn’t meant to beryllium taken and must person gotten mislaid and fallen on nan way.

After immoderate moving astir and astir having a bosom attack, Tae Hyung finds Hyun Jin coiled up connected nan crushed pinch a insignificant limb injury.

As if things couldn’t get worse, it instantly starts storming, truthful nan 2 find speedy shelter and hold retired nan rainfall earlier returning to camp.

The hunt and rescue was speedy and without superior injuries, but it decidedly showed Hyun Jin conscionable really reliable Tae Hyung is. If they’d been holed up together a small longer, it wouldn’t person been nan worst point for their relationship, but all’s good that ends well.

2. The rain-cold-care arc

Tae Hyung is truthful utilized to being near connected his ain that he says he is good and tells Hyun Jin to conscionable spell retired and proceed pinch her normal plans, though she leaves very worried astir him. It’s connected this time that she has plans to meet pinch Yoon Seong for a activity point that is really much for illustration a date.

As his acold worsens, Tae Hyung unconsciously ends up waiting for her to return home. He thinks he’s been near unsocial again erstwhile he wakes up to spot Hyun Jin has already been by his side.

It’s astatine this constituent that Tae Hyung yet realizes his feelings for Hyun Jin. And he really breaks a K-drama trope by not waiting to show her. Tae Hyung confesses successful specified a elemental and honorable way, and it feels very on-character for him. It astir apt caught viewers disconnected guard, conscionable for illustration it did Hyun Jin.

3. The acheronian alley scare

Getting followed by a creepy feline successful a acheronian alley is practically a K‑drama genre request astatine this point, and it’s a container past week’s episodes checked.

If young big life and parenthood weren’t already scary capable connected their own, astatine nan co-parents’ flat complex, location has been a man targeting women surviving alone. He’s been said to tail them successful nan dark, and location was a break-in astatine their spot conscionable nan different day, truthful nan threat is real, and it’s close.

Tae Hyung, being nan reliable, softly protective feline he is, tells Hyun Jin to caput location connected clip and debar wandering astir alone, but she fails connected time one.

Hyun Jin accidentally falls dormant connected nan bus, forcing her to get disconnected astatine a different extremity and extremity up doing nan nonstop point she shouldn’t beryllium doing: stepping down a acheronian alley unsocial pinch a predator connected nan loose.

She feels personification down her arsenic she is walking, but correct earlier thing tin happen, Tae Hyung steps successful beforehand of her. Thankfully, what starts arsenic a scary infinitesimal ends successful a tiny one. Tae Hyung makes her committedness to telephone him erstwhile she’s successful need, and he’ll beryllium there.

4. The slip-and-catch

The K‑drama drawback reflex mightiness beryllium overdone, but really these 2 get location is ridiculous successful nan champion way. With nan predator lurking astir nan flat complex, Tae Hyung gives Hyun Jin a capsicum spray conscionable successful case. He plays it disconnected nonchalantly, but he’s intelligibly put a batch of thought into her safety. The problem is that neither of them really knows really nan point works.

One incorrect property and Tae Hyung ends up pepper-spraying himself successful nan eye. Cue nan 2 of them sprinting upstairs for illustration absolute clowns, trying to rinse it retired while Tae Hyung is dying from nan sting.

Once they yet get it each out, each that h2o connected nan level turns into nan cleanable setup for much chaos. Hyun Jin slips into Tae Hyung’s arms, and it decidedly stirred up immoderate feelings now that he’s openly confessed really he feels.

5. The emotion triangle

There person already been hints that thing mightiness beryllium happening betwixt Yoon Seong and Hyun Jin aft reconnecting arsenic co‑workers astatine BS Foods. They liked each different backmost successful college, but they ne'er made it to nan “let’s date” stage.

Their reunion feels for illustration a imaginable 2nd chance: Yoon Seong keeps sending very evident crush signals, and Hyun Jin’s effort to impressment him shows she hasn’t wholly fto spell of those aged feelings. But there’s besides Tae Hyung, who’s acting much and much for illustration a bully dada and, dissimilar Yoon Seong, he’s made his feelings for Hyun Jin crystal clear.

Now that Yoon Seong knows astir Hyun Jin’s surviving situation, each doors are unfastened for him to get person to her and scope retired nan competition.

Right aft nan camping trip, Yoon Seong ends up paying her infirmary measure for her limb injury, and they work together to drawback meal complete nan play pinch Woo Joo. After nan main repast goes well, Yoon Seong asks if Hyun Jin wants to spell for a 2nd information astatine a cafe, but she’s worried astir Tae Hyung, who was astatine this constituent sick from nan camping trip. Instead, she returns home.

With Tae Hyung’s confession and Yoon Seong being much forward, Hyun Jin has a batch to deliberation about. But there’s nary stopping this emotion triangle, particularly now that Yoon Seong’s squad is going to beryllium moving connected a task pinch Amy Chu (Jin Seo Yeon), whom Tae Hyung now useful for.

And because this show knows really to make timing portion of nan comedy, their first institution gathering is erstwhile an earlier misunderstanding decides to make a comeback. The broadside effect of Tae Hyung being astatine nan agency is that Hyun Jin’s coworkers quickly admit that he is nan “lobby guy” from nan viral agency clip erstwhile he amazed Hyun Jin astatine activity pinch Woo Joo.

The squad goes retired to meal for squad bonding, but that’s not precisely what happens for nan leads. Yoon Seong and Tae Hyung walk nan meal beautiful overmuch sizing each different up, and Hyun Jin is stuck successful nan middle. The full point ends successful a wholly unserious bowling face-off while everyone other is blissfully unaware of nan unspoken conflict taking place.

The petty rivalry is successful afloat swing, and it’s nosy watching these young adults beryllium a small foolish successful emotion aft weeks of Hyun Jin and Tae Young treatment from their nonaccomplishment and having to beryllium responsible co-parents astatine nan aforesaid time.

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Asya’s a BL-biased Soompi writer pinch a emotion of K-pop and each types of Asian dramas. Some of her favourite shows are “Psychopath Diary,” “Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice but to Kiss!,” “Light On Me,” “The Untamed,” “Go Go Squid!,” and “Cherry Magic!”

Currently watching: “Our Universe,” “Positively Yours,” “Undercover Miss Hong,” “Countdown to Yes,” “Dare You to Death,” “Peach Lover,” and “Duang pinch You.”
Looking guardant to: “Magic Lover,” “Mr. Fanboy,” “The Love Matter,” and “Be My Player Two.”