This is the Recap & Review for Netflix Korean drama The World of the Married: Episode 9. Chairman Choi’s wife is surprised that Sun-Woo wants to join the women club, and tells her that there are many people who want to replace her.
The World of the Married: Episode 9 Recap & Review
Note: From here on out there are specific plot spoilers for The World of the Married: Episode 9.
Sun-Woo says that she knows it and she wants to develop the club. Chairman Choi’s wife thinks Sun-Woo wants to take the bull by the horns. But she tells Sun-Woo that it’s not a good idea to get others involved in a family feud. She refuses to take anyone’s side, and asks what she will do after joining the club.
Da-Kyung lifts her hand and votes Sun-Woo. She holds out and welcomes Sun-Woo. Sun-Woo shakes hands with Da-Kyung and thanks her. Da-Kyung walks in the restroom and asks Sun-Woo what she wants to do. Sun-Woo says that she does it to warn Tae-Oh. She thinks he will be careful if he knows that she joined the club.
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Da-Kyung thinks her husband doesn’t have a reason to do so. Sun-Woo tells Da-Kyung that her husband is stalking her. Da-Kyung laughs, and Sun-Woo tells her that it’s the truth. Da-Kyung thinks Sun-Woo needs to get counseling, but Sun-Woo thinks Da-Kyung doesn’t know Tae-Oh, and she doesn’t want to fight. She says that she’s just telling her what she doesn’t know.
Sun-Woo tells Da-Kyung to stop Tae-Oh crossing the line. She walks away, but runs into Ye-Rim. Ye-Rim asks Sun-Woo what she wants to do, and tells her to stay quiet. Sun-Woo rejects it.
Hyo-Jung thinks Da-Kyung lost her mind to let Sun-Woo join. She mentions she spent so much time and effort on the women club, and she doesn’t want people to badmouth about her marriage. Da-Kyung scolds her mom and tells her to think about what others would think.
Da-Kyung gets a call from Tae-Oh who asks for a date. Yoon-Ki meets with Sun-Woo and tells her not to suspect Tae-Oh just because he once dropped by when she weren’t home. He thinks she should wait for the investigation results, and wants to stay at her place for a while. She laughs but sees Tae-Oh and Da-Kyung.
Tae-Oh wants to change the place. Da-Kyung asks Sun-Woo if she feels uncomfortable. Sun-Woo denies. So Da-Kyung sits down with Tae-Oh. Yoon-Ki asks Sun-Woo if she wants to try the wine. She rejects it, and he grabs her hand to comfort her. Tae-Oh notes it and stares at the two.
Da-Kyung asks Tae-Oh if they should join the two. He doesn’t reply her and asks her what she wants to eat. Tae-Oh runs into Yoon-Ki and tells him that Sun-Woo doesn’t like the place. Yoon-Ki reminds Tae-Oh that Sun-Woo isn’t his wife anymore.
Da-Kyung asks Tae-Oh if he is upset that his ex-wife is dating. He denies and reveals he doesn’t want to see Sun-Woo. Da-Kyung thinks Yoon-Ki and Sun-Woo are in love. The car passes through Tae-Oh’s car, and he blames the driver. Da-Kyung thinks Tae-Oh did so because his ex-wife is seeing another man. She says that he keeps making her sensitive.
Yoon-Ki holds Sun-Woo’s hand and tells her that he knew it when he started to like her. He tells her not to act she is fine, and asks her to take his hand. Sun-Woo brings the snack to Joon-Young, and he asks her what Yoon-Ki told her. She tells him not to worry about it as Yoon-Ki won’t tell it to her. He asks her why she keeps staying with Yoon-Ki. She explains that they’re colleagues so that they should work together.
Sun-Woo gets a call from Tae-Oh who blames her for leaving Joon-Young alone. She tells him that she will take care of it. He thinks he should take Joon-Young if she remarried, and she asks him why he called her. He tells her to stay away from his wife, and she thinks he worried that she will tell his wife what he did to her.
It flashes back. Yoon-Ki tells Sun-Woo to shake her previous marriage off and start anew. But she mentions Joon-Young had a hard time to accept the divorce and his dad’s second marriage. So she cannot do that.
Tae-Oh intends to go out. Da-Kyung asks him where he wants to go. He says that he will drink with a friend. Je-Hyuk flirts with the girl in the bar when he drinks. Tae-Oh arrives and wants to drink with Je-Hyuk. Sun-Woo takes a look at Joon-Young, and she goes out after her son falls asleep.
The girl gives Je-Hyuk the snack for free. Tae-Oh thinks the girl is Je-Hyuk’s new girl. Je-Hyuk denies and thinks she is being so nice just because he spent a lot. Tae-Oh laughs and thinks Je-Hyuk slept with the girl. Je-Hyuk asks Tae-Oh if the movie set construction goes well. Tae-Oh tells Je-Hyuk that he will invite him to the groundbreaking. Je-Hyuk thinks Tae-Oh has succeeded. But he mocks him for living off of a woman.
Je-Hyuk tells Tae-Oh that his ex-wife are pretty good. Tae-Oh is furious to beat Je-Hyuk. Ye-Rim takes Je-Hyuk home, and she notes that he was hurt. He tells her that he ran into Tae-Oh. She brings the water to him, and goes to take ointment.
It flashes back. Tae-Oh asks Je-Hyuk if he lives happy with his wife. He tells him to be nice to Ye-Rim, and thinks he shouldn’t get a divorce. But Je-Hyuk points out that Tae-Oh got benefits because of divorce. Tae-Oh thinks Je-Hyuk should change his mind before it’s too late. He says that the only thing that’s left are children when they get older.
Je-Hyuk tells Ye-Rim that he wants a baby, and thinks it’s harder to her to have baby as he is selfish. She tears up, and he hugs her. Da-Kyung tries to help Jenny go downstairs at home. She sees Tae-Oh sleeping on the couch. Sun-Woo has a meeting with the doctors at the hospital. She scolds Myung-Sook for giving the overtreatments to the patients. Myung-Sook brings up Joon-Young’s consultations. But Sun-Woo doesn’t want to talk about it.
Myung-Sook returns to her office. She calls Tae-Oh. She blames him and she reveals Ji-Cheol didn’t make a move. He arrives at the hospital and he promises to resolve the problem when he runs into Sun-Woo. He visits Ji-Cheol and he asks him about the his decision regarding the position of the associate director. But Ji-Cheol reveals he plans to meet Chairman Yeo separately. He adds that Sun-Woo asked him to do so.
It flashes back. Sun-Woo drinks with Ji-Cheol at a bar. She reveals she’s going to go to see Chairman Yeo. He reminds her that he won’t give up the donation. He admits that he prefers to let her be the associate director. We return to the present. Tae-Oh walks into Sun-Woo’s office. He thinks she cannot change anything. He reminds her that Chairman Yeo wants to get rid of her as well. She shows the killer’s photo to him. She knows he sent the killer to her house. He persuades her that she will be over if she continues to stay in the city. She drives him out of her office.
Tae-Oh leaves Sun-Woo’s office. He calls In-Kyu and he blames him for making a mistake when he arrives at the parking lot. But In-Kyu asks for his money. Tae-Oh gets in his car. He reveals In-Kyu was caught on CCTV. He refuses to pay In-Kyu and he threatens to kill him if he contacts him.
In-Kyu sees Hyun-Seo working outside. She turns around when he runs away. She sees him. Da-Kyung visits Ye-Rim. She tells her that she wants to be her friend. But Ye-Rim rejects it for guarding Sun-Woo. She tells Da-Kyung not to trust her husband.
Da-Kyung walks out of Ye-Rim’s house. She turns around and she takes a look at Sun-Woo’s house. She drives away. Ye-Rim sees Da-Kyung off from the window of her house.
We go to the school. Hae-Kang lost his pen. Joon-Young passes by. The classmate asks Joon-Young if he lost anything. Joon-Young denies it. No-Eul overhears it. She pays attention to Joon-Young. Joon-Young stains himself with the pigment in the drawing class. He tells the teacher that he wants to go to restroom. The teacher agrees to it.
Joon-Young goes to the classroom. He takes out the pen from his locker. We learn that he was the one who stole Hae-Kang’s pen. Joon-Young goes to tennis court. He throws away the pen. No-Eul catches him. But he thinks she doesn’t have evidence.
Zoe calls Je-Hyuk when he’s having a meeting with the colleagues. He goes to his office. He blocks her. She receives a message from him. He tells her not to see each other. Joon-Young leaves the school. He receives a message from No-Eul. She threatens him that she will tell Hae-Kang the truth if he doesn’t confess it to Hae-Kang. He sees her and he walks through her. Someone takes photos of Joon-Young.
Sun-Woo is going to leave her office. She receives a delivery. She opens the delivery. She’s startled by the dead bird. She opens the letter and she sees her son’s photo. Tae-Oh receives his son’s photos as well. He calls In-Kyu and he asks him why he sent his son’s photos to him. In-Kyu hangs up.
Sun-Woo leaves the hospital. She calls her son. He doesn’t pick up her phone. Joon-Young doesn’t pick up Tae-Oh’s phone as well. It makes the father nervous. Ji-Cheol goes to the restaurant to see Byeong-Kyu. The two learn that Tae-Oh and Sun-Woo don’t come.
Sun-Woo goes to the academy to look for Joon-Young. She runs into Hae-Kang. She’s told that Joon-Young didn’t come with Hae-Kang. She gets a call from Tae-Oh. She tells him that she’s going to report police. She hangs up. Ji-Cheol and Byeong-Kyu wait for Tae-Oh and Sun-Woo at the restaurant. Byeong-Kyu thinks something happened to Tae-Oh and Sun-Woo.
Sun-Woo goes to the police station. She reports to the cops that her son is missing. The cops begin to look for the kid. Tae-Oh arrives at the police station. He witnesses it. He leaves a message to In-Kyu. He asks him for a talk. Sun-Woo looks for Joon-Young at a internet cafe. Tae-Oh looks for his son on the street as well.
Sun-Woo walks out of the internet cafe. Yoon-Ki calls Sun-Woo. He cares for her. She cries. She goes to a restaurant and she runs out of the restaurant. She calls her son when she runs away. Tae-Oh grabs Sun-Woo’s arm. He stops her. He asks her if she found their son.
She yells at him and she tells him that she will kill him if her son is touched. She gets a call from the cop who has found her son. She runs away with worry. Tae-Oh tries to join his ex-wife. But he gets a call from Byeong-Kyu. He turns off the phone.
Sun-Woo goes to the place. She sees Joon-Young with the cops. The cop reports to Sun-Woo that her son came to the place because he didn’t want to go to the academy. The cops leave. Sun-Woo scolds Joon-Young for skipping the class. He yells at her when he thinks he can do it one time.
In-Kyu bumps Sun-Woo from her back. He smiles at her and he leaves. Yoon-Ki joins Sun-Woo. Sun-Woo looks for In-Kyu in the crowd. The guy is missing. Tae-Oh arrives. He sees Sun-Woo, Yoon-Ki and Joon-Young together. He was used to be in the family. But he’s not anymore.
We go to the restaurant. Ji-Cheol persuades Byeong-Kyu not to let Myung-Sook be the associate director. He thinks the doctor isn’t good. He hints at him that Sun-Woo will do a job if she becomes the associate director. But Byeong-Kyu asks Ji-Cheol to consider Yoon-Ki.
Sun-Woo follows Joon-Young home. He returns to his room and he closes the door. She knocks at the door when she asks him to open the door. He blames her to report police. Yoon-Ki shows up. He asks Sun-Woo to leave the job to him.
He lets her go downstairs. He calms Joon-Young down. Joon-Young opens the door with tears. Yoon-Ki walks into Joon-Young’s room. Sun-Woo witnesses it. She sits on the couch and she remembers In-Kyu’s leaving. Yoon-Ki is gentle to put his hand on Sun-Woo’s shoulder. He brings her back to reality.
He reports to her that her son just had a fight with his friend. He comforts her that it’s just a little case. He persuades her to reduce her hours at the hospital. She rejects it because she needs to fight for her son. Someone rings the doorbell.
Sun-Woo has a fight with Tae-Oh outside her house. She disallows him to get into the house to see his son. She reveals In-Kyu threatened her with Joon-Young’s photo. She’s angry to beat him because she thinks he was the one who sent the person to threaten her. Yoon-Ki watches the couple’s fight in the house.
Da-Kyung goes to Tae-Oh’s company in the evening. Tae-Oh’s secretary Min-Ki is waiting for her. He hands over the card to her. He tells her that the stuff is in the drawer. She opens the door with the card. She walks into Tae-Oh’s office. She finds Tae-Oh’s phone from the drawer. She turns on the phone. She sees many Sun-Woo’s photos in the phone. She cries and she remembers Sun-Woo told her that her husband is stalking her.
Hyun-Seo is outside. Sun-Woo calls Hyun-Seo. She suggests her leave because she worries that In-Kyu will visit Hyun-Seo. But Hyun-Seo rejects it. She asks Sun-Woo not to call her again. She hangs up. In-Kyu brings the coffee to Hyun-Seo. He asks her about the call. She tells a lie to him that it was her roommate.
He tells her that he missed her. He asks her if she missed him as well. She reveals she felt sorry for him. He offers to get together. But she worries about their future. In-Kyu is happy to walk on the street after Hyun-Seo agreed to be his girlfriend.
Tae-Oh finds In-Kyu. He’s furious to grab his collar when he blames him for hurting his son. In-Kyu shakes off Tae-Oh’s hands. He asks him to pay him double otherwise he will report to police about what he did to his ex-wife.
Tae-Oh returns home. Da-Kyung blames him for missing his ex-wife. He claims that he wanted to get rid of his ex-wife. She chooses to trust him. Tae-Oh visits Byeong-Kyu. He explains it to him that he was absent because of his son.
Sun-Woo meets with Ji-Cheol. She promises not to hold up work for her son. But he persuades her to leave her son to her ex-husband. Sun-Woo visits Myung-Sook. She blames her for leaking that his son was in therapy. But Myung-Sook tells Sun-Woo to suspect Yoon-Ki.
Sun-Woo remembers Yoon-Ki persuaded her to reduce the hours at the hospital. She also witnessed Ji-Cheol asking Yoon-Ki if he knows Byeong-Kyu. She meets with Yoon-Ki. She asks him how did he treat her son. He reveals he decided to help Joon-Young after he noted that the kid looked anxious.
Tae-Oh meets with In-Kyu in the car. He throws the cash to him. But he didn’t pay him double. He asks him for the phone he called him. In-Kyu points out that Tae-Oh wants to get Sun-Woo. Sun-Woo takes the medicine at home. She drinks wine.
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Yoon-Ki meets with Byeong-Kyu at a restaurant. He reports to his boss that Tae-Oh and Sun-Woo love each other. Tae-Oh is driving on the road. Sun-Woo takes a look at the wedding rings of her and Tae-Oh on the desk.