![]() The idea of the money is tempting when the only things written on Da-jung’s calendar are due dates for bills, but she doesn’t let herself entertain it for long, and resolves to return the money to its owner… somehow.īut that doesn’t mean she can’t enjoy it just a little bit, since it’s not every day one gets to sleep on a pile of money. ![]() Speaking of dollar bills, Da-jung looks positively terrified as she pours out the contents of the grandma’s bag in her cramped apartment to count out the total: Five hundred million won, or half a million dollars. Because while people may lie, money doesn’t. To illustrate his point, Do-young unmasks himself for the camera and grandly gestures to the cubic ton of dollar bills just waiting for the right contestant. Meanwhile, mysteriously dapper television host KANG DO-YOUNG ( Shin Sung-rok) introduces his show with a worldview not too dissimilar from the never-trust-anyone teacher by saying how the aim of his show is to unveil people’s true selves by pitting them against an enormous sum of money. That entire bag is filled with stacks and stacks of cold hard cash. She does, and is not expecting what she finds: Money. Long minutes tick by, and though the grandma doesn’t reappear, Da-jung still faithfully waits with her bags, even when the friend she was in such a hurry to meet calls to ask what’s taking so long.ĭa-jung tries to explain her situation, but her friend is much more flippant about Da-jung’s sense of social responsibility-if she’s so worried the grandma left something important, why doesn’t she check the bag? We all know what it feels like to be in her shoes.Īs they near the destination(-ish), Da-jung agrees to watch the woman’s bags while she goes to the ladies room. She’s just as lost as the grandma is when it comes to the directions written down on a torn calendar page, though she helps to wheel the grandma’s large bag without complaint. ![]() ![]() Hapless and hurried, NAM DA-JUNG ( Kim So-eun) finds herself at war with her conscience when she so badly wants to ignore the kindly grandmother asking for directions, but finds herself doubling back anyway. As they converge on him, he stares dead ahead at the writing on the wall: Never trust anyone. “I killed someone,” he says, before the police burst through the back doors to arrest him. The students-who had no idea this was his final lecture-whisper confusedly amongst themselves as the teacher turns his back to them and places his hands behind his head. This, he says, is what he wanted to impart to his students in his final lecture to them. It only takes one minute and a little math for the teacher to tally enough lies to prove his point, which he repeats in English: “So, never… trust… anyone.” Judging by their numbers, they aren’t taking any chances. Meanwhile, the police are out in force to catch a man who’s slipped out of their grasp one too many times before. Each time he catches a student in a lie, the tally counter goes up, and up, and up. Things like whether they’ve cheated on exams, or stolen money-and instantly, the teacher is able to pinpoint who isn’t being forthcoming by studying telltale changes in their behavior when avoiding the truth.Ĭlick. He poses questions that can be answered by a simple yes or no, and in this case by a student raising their hands if the statements spoken apply to them. According to him, the average person will hear two hundred lies in a day-and when his students don’t believe him, he sets to prove it with a tally counter in hand. Why, he asks? Because humans are natural born liars. That’s what a bespectacled schoolteacher writes on the board for his class (in English) as he translates for added emphasis: “Never trust anyone. ![]() You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. It’s just good television.Īudio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. That’s maybe one of my favorite things about this premiere, aside from nearly everything else: It all just works. Liar Game premiered earlier this week on cable channel tvN, boasting an intriguing premise, solid production team, and a winning combination of cast members I wouldn’t have necessarily pegged for a perfect storm of success the minute they came together–but everything comes together with a surprising level of aptitude. 134 OctoJanuLiar Game: Episode 1 by HeadsNo2 ![]()
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