Following are this week’s synopses of shows on KBFD TV, which televises Korean dramas with English subtitles.
Weekly Update
Man Who Sets the Table
Episode 47;
Episode 48 (Sun)
Today, 6:40 pm.: Mr. Kim, who holds the key to the truth about SC Group is kept captive. Ru Ri sets out to rescue him, putting herself in danger’s way. Tae Yang, desperate to come up with money, seeks Chun Ok’s assistant only to be turned away.
Today, 7:45 pm.: Shin Mo gives ultimatum to Young Hye that she needs to put her seal to the divorce papers if she plans to go on a business trip with Se Joon.
Racket Boys
Episodes 8 (Mon); Episode 9 (Tues)
Monday, 7:45 p.m.: The summer season competition is finally here. Can Hae-kang defeat Blondie as planned? Meanwhile, Yoon-dam and Han-sol enters their mixed doubles but someone is there to shake them up. Can the two win their mixed doubles?
Tuesday, 7:45 p.m.: The Racket Boys have the opportunity to install wifi if they can win the team match but a mishap results in an injury. Will the boys be able to pull off a win and get their wifi? Will Hae-kang go back to playing baseball again?
Phoenix 2020
Episodes 97 &98 (Wed); Episodes 99 &100 (Thur)
Wednesday, 7:45 p.m.: Ji-eun gets cold feet on her way to the wedding and gets out of the limousine. As she sits alone on a bench contemplating what to do, Sang-beom happens to walk by… Sang-bum and Ji-eun have a tearful reunion and he persuades her to go to the wedding. She insists that he should walk her down the aisle and they show up at the wedding together much to the surprise of Jung-min, Ji-eun’s family and the guests.
Thursday, 7:45 p.m.: Jung-min and Ji-eun finally have the wedding, but when Sang-beom walks Ji-eun down the aisle, Jin-sung walks out of the ceremony in anger. Eun-joo is furious that the wedding finally happened and plans more schemes to get Jung-min. Eun-joo stages an accident at Jung-min and Ji-eun’s home while helping Ji-eun prepare a housewarming dinner. She steals the files Jung-min has on Choi Myung-hwa’s illegal activies but refuses to give them to Choi.
Penthouse III
Episodes 3 (Fri);
Episodes 4 (Sat)
Friday, 7:45 p.m.: The Herapalace residents are back in the units again. The men get together to scheme up plans to amass wealth again. Meanwhile, everyone wants to find Logan’s companion who disappeared when Logan died. Soo-ryeon is confronted by someone she’s shocked to see.
Saturday, 7:45 p.m.: Joo Dan-tae has an unexpected visitor at a most inopportune time. Who is Baek Joon-ki? Meanwhile, Soo-ryeon starts to suspect Oh Yoon-hee knows something about the missing $10 billion.
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Jeff Chung is general manager of KBFD TV. This column offers synopses of the dramas playing throughout Hawaii. Chung can be reached at 521-8066 or jeffchung@kbfd.com.
