The suspense of ‘Good Competition’ is getting more and more intense.

Episodes 5-8 of the STUDIO X+U drama ‘Good Competition’ (Planned by: STUDIO X+U / Produced by: YLAB FLEX, STUDIO X+U / Directed by: Kim Tae-hee / Scriptwriter: Kim Tae-hee, Min Ye-ji), which aired from the 17th to the 20th, depicted the relationship between Yoo Je-yi (played by Lee Hye-ri) and Woo Seul-gi (played by Jung Soo-bin), which goes back and forth between trust and suspicion as they experience various incidents. Seul-gi, who thought that Jay had approached her with intentions and was wary, eventually decides to trust him again by taking Jay‘s hand when he offers a helping hand in a desperate moment.

Seul-gi finds out that her father Woo Do-hyeok (played by Lee Won-jae) died at the hospital where Jay’s father Yoo Tae-joon (played by Kim Tae-hoon) was hospitalized. This is because Jay approached her because he thought he needed her to settle the case, and she began to suspect Jay.

The crack that arose as she gradually opened her heart to Jay‘s good intentions shook Seol-gi’s psychology greatly. In the midst of this, the midterm exam approached, and Seol-gi tried to obtain the prescription medication she had relied on when studying at the orphanage. However, it was difficult to obtain the medication without a prescription, so she even had to find an illegal route.



While obtaining the medication, Seol-gi unexpectedly meets Jay, and a new secret is formed between the two. Jay says that if Seol-gi takes the medication and does better on the midterm exam than he does, he will tell her why he had the information about Seol-gi, and Seol-gi, who had no other choice, decides to accept.

Seol-gi, who woke up, took first place in the entire school on the midterm exam, tied with Jay. However, the top 20 students in the entire school were given free health checkups, and Seol-gi was afraid that the checkups would reveal that she had been taking medicine. That‘s why Seol-gi decided to hold Jay’s hand once again. Jay promised Seol-gi, who knelt down and said, “I‘ll do anything,” and promised her safety, and said, “I’ll think about what I ask you to do a little more carefully.”

At the same time, Jay honestly told Seol-gi that he had gotten information about her from his father‘s office. Through this process, Seol-gi came to trust Jay a little more, and the two became close again.

However, after that, active behind-the-scenes work began surrounding the truth about those involved in Do-hyuk’s death. Tae-joon tried to get Do-hyeok‘s cell phone that Seol-gi had through Joo Ye-ri (played by Kang Hye-won), the queen of gossip at Chaehwa Girls’ High School, but in the end, it was Jay who ended up getting the phone.

Jay found a suspicious video in the cell phone that Tae-joon used as evidence to blackmail Do-hyeok. It contained a shocking video of Jay‘s missing older sister Yoo Je-na (played by Chu Ye-jin), and the tension was maximized when Je-na appeared in front of the shocked Jay. In addition, Kim Beom-soo (played by Kim Sang-ji), who had taken drugs and lost his mind, swung a knife and stabbed Seol-gi. Unexpected events unfolded one after another, increasing curiosity about the next episode.

In this way, ‘Good Competition’ maximizes immersion with unpredictable developments that do not let up for a moment and the characters’ meticulous psychological warfare. In particular, the complex relationship between Jay and Seol-gi, who go back and forth between suspicion and trust as they experience various events, makes it impossible for viewers to take their eyes off of it. Also, the process of characters with different goals being entangled in one incident is interesting. The tangled relationships of characters with different goals, the growing sense of crisis as hidden truths are revealed, and the variables that could explode at any time provide intense suspense and captivate viewers.

Meanwhile, STUDIO X+U drama ‘Good Competition’ is released every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at midnight on U+tv and U+mobile tv.

Choi Yoon-na, Donga.com reporter yyynnn@donga.com

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