This is the Recap & Ending for Little Women K-Drama: Episode 1. In-Joo and In-Kyung sits on the floor in the kitchen. They feel happy for buying their sister In-Hye a birthday cake. In-Hye returns home. In-Joo and In-Kyung show up from the table.
Why Hee-Yeon Runs Away from Home with the Cash?
Note: From here on out there are specific plot spoilers for Little Women K-Drama: Episode 1.
In-Joo wishes In-Hye a happy birthday and sings birthday song for her when In-Kyung holds the birthday cake. In-Joo wears the hat for In-Hye when she smiles. In-Hye blows out the candles. Mom Hee-Yeon returns home when the girls are preparing the dinner.
Hee-Yeon introduces the restaurant owner to her daughters. She locks the door after the man left. She reveals the man gave her the vegetables. In-Kyung is happy to join her mom. In-Joo thinks her mom should buy the vegetables herself. She mentions the man buy her beef.
Hee-Yeon scolds In-Joo. In-Kyung points out that In-Hye doesn’t like to eat the vegetable. But Hee-Yeon insists on cooking the food for In-Hye. In-Joo asks In-Hye about her birthday wish. In-Hye reveals she wants to get a nose job. The families are against it because they think In-Hye’s nose is beautiful enough.
In-Hye tells her families that she wants to get a noble nose. In-Kyung mentions In-Hye wanted to go to Europe. In-Hye denies it. In-Joo hands over the envelope which contains cash to In-Hye. In-Hye is happy to tell her sisters that she likes the birthday gift very much.
Hee-Yeon takes away the envelope from In-Hye. She takes out the cash from the envelope. She questions In-Joo why she told her she has no money when her father had an accident. In-Joo tells Hee-Yeon that they have paid off the debts.
Hee-Yeon thinks In-Hye shouldn’t go to Europe because she’s just a high school student. It makes In-Hye want to give up the plan. In-Kyung mentions they did something when In-Hye got into the high school. But Hee-Yeon thinks In-Hye got into the high school because of the charity case. In-Joo is furious to take back her money.
Hee-Yeon’s words hurt In-Hye deeply. In-Hye complains that she got into the high school because she studied hard. In-Kyung tries to comfort In-Hye. But In-Hye ignores her sister. She chooses to sleep. In-Joo wakes up in the morning. She reads the letter Hee-Yeon left. She learns that Hee-Yeon took the money and ran away from home. Because Hee-Yeon wants to live for herself.
In-Joo is furious to tell In-Kyung to throw away the kimchi. She joins In-Hye and comforts her that they have a terrible mom. In-Kyung is furious to tear up the letter. In-Hye tells In-Joo that she didn’t expect that she will go on a trip.
It makes In-Joo tear up. In-Kyung tells In-Hye that they will help her achieve the dream. But In-Hye rejects it because she doesn’t want to give her sisters any hard time. In-Joo visits Bo-Yeon. She asks her for the prepayment because she think she worked hard for the company. Bo-Yeon rejects it. She’s furious to walk away.
Hyeon-Ji brings the gift to Bo-Yeon for her wedding anniversary. Bo-Yeon is happy to tell Hyeon-Ji that she’s going to buy her meal. She leaves the office with her. In-Joo thinks Hyeon-Ji laughed at her when she asked her for the salary. She wishes to eat with someone.
Why Hwa-Young Gives Her Shoes to In-Joo?
In-Joo asked Hwa-Young to eat with her. Hwa-Young rejects it because they’re outcasts. In-Joo wonders why she’s a outcast. Hwa-Young mentions the backgrounds of other colleagues. In-Joo realizes that her school was terrible and she got a divorce.
Hwa-Young intends to lend the money to In-Joo even if her father needs money as well. In-Joo tells Hwa-Young that she wants to repay her. Hwa-Young mentions In-Joo helped her when her mother passed away. In-Joo smiles. She sees the number on Hwa-Young’s arm.
Wan-Gyu watches the footage of In-Kyung. He finds out that she cried when she covered the news. He scolds her and walks away. Ma-Ri runs into In-Kyung in the restroom. She thinks she cried because she grew up poor. In-Kyung gets a call from Hye-Seok. Hye-Seok mentions In-Kyung’s mother asked her to take care of In-Kyung and her sisters. She thinks she needs money. She asks her to have breakfast with her.
In-Joo tells In-Kyung that Hye-Seok is good at using money to make people give in. In-Kyung reveals she felt uncomfortable when she lived with Hye-Seok. She thinks she dislikes rich people. In-Joo tells In-Kyung that she’s a rich girl because she bought the ice cream only rich people can buy. She feels regret for leaving Hye-Seok’s house. She thinks she would be the heir of Hye-Seok if she didn’t do that.
In-Joo intends to marry a rich man. She tells In-Kyung that her ex-husband isn’t rich. She believes that she will marry a rich man because she had learned from her previous lesson. She tells In-Kyung that she will make her and In-Hye not worry about the money. In-Hye paints Hyo-Rin in her room.
Hwa-Young walks In-Joo. She wonders why she dresses in such a style. She tells her that men don’t like the style. In-Joo trips. She takes a look at her shoes. She complains to Hwa-Young that she only wore the shoe two times. Hwa-Young takes out the shoes from her bag. She gives the shoes to In-Joo.
Hwa-Young takes off her clothes. She wears the clothes on In-Joo. She hands over her shoes to her. She tells her to wear the shoes. In-Joo finds out that the shoes are super comfortable after she wore them. Hwa-Young tells In-Joo that the shoes are Bruno Zumino.
In-Joo asks Hua-Young to take a look at her clothes. She thinks she looks rich. Hua-Young pinches In-Joo’s shoulder. She tells her to go to do some yoga. She takes her to the restaurant. In-Joo thinks the meal is very expensive when she eats with Hua-Young. But Hua-Young tells In-Joo not to ask about the price. Because she came to pretend to be rich.
The waiter brings the food to Hua-Young. In-Joo notes that the waiter knows Hua-Young. Hua-Young leaks that she came to the restaurant with Hyeon-Min. In-Joo wonders why Hua-Young didn’t tell it to her. She claims that she would rip off Bo-Yeon’s mouth if she knew it.
Hua-Young tells In-Joo that she doesn’t care for it when she’s told that people thought she slept with a rich man. Hua-Young knows the three women spread her rumor. She sends the money to In-Joo. She hands over the papers to her. She tells her to sign it.
The woman greets In-Joo in the restroom because they have same shoes. She reveals there’re only three pairs of shoes in Korea. In-Kyung goes to Hye-Seok’s house. The parrot greets In-Kyung. In-Kyung smiles at the parrot. Hye-Seok notes that In-Kyung looks sullen. In-Kyung tells Hye-Seok that she’s not suitable for her after she sat down.
Little Women K-Drama: Episode 1 Ending
Episode 1 of Little Women ends with In-Joo rejecting to help Hyeon-Min. She leaves the resignation letter on the table. She leaves his office. She sits on the bench and wipes off her tears. In-Kyung is punished because she was found to drink when she worked.