At Eun-A’s house, Dong-Man thinks Eun-A should mention her past in We Are All Trying Here episode 12. She points out that he wouldn’t do that. He reveals his family was rich. They were a happy and harmonious family. His father failed the business. Property was gone overnight. His parents passed away. He didn’t know life could complete collapse in an instant. He thinks it’s meaningless to guard the stuff that his parents left.
Dong-Man reveals he has put the household goods into the warehouse over the past 20 years. They need to pay a hefty rent each year. Eun-A can tell that he cannot let go of those memories. But he thinks the memories are proof of his family’s past achievements. He says that he has no one to rely on without the proof. He thinks he will find a way to let it go after his life improves slightly. He will throw away the household goods. She asks him if it was the toughest time in his life. After all, he never mentioned it.
Dong-Man returns home. Jin-Man is snoring. Dong-Man decides to achieve some results. The next day, Dong-Man gets a denture. He goes to the hospital when Eun-A is picking Su-Ja up from the hospital. He helps Eun-A carry her bag. Outside the hospital, Jin-Man arrives with a car. Su-Ja and Eun-A get in the car.
Su-Ja is surprised that the two strong men helped her move stuff. She’s very happy. She returns home. She opens the window. She thinks the home is the best. Dong-Man meets Jae-Yeong at the cafe. He puts the bill on the table. He tells him that dental fillings are expensive. He did partial dentures not dental implants. He will go to get dental implants after he earns money. He asks him to send the money to him.
Dong-Man receives the money from Jae-Yeong. He tells him that Eun-A has two brothers. He will be over if he dares to bully the girl. His film career will be ruined in an instant. Dong-Man and Jin-Man leave the cafe. He says goodbye to him.
At Kopark Film, Hye-Jin breaks into Gyeong-Se’s office. She asks him for the synopsis of episode 5 and episode 6. But he asks her to knock at the door before she comes in. She guesses he worries that he will be caught when he plays games. He talks back that he didn’t play games. She notices that Jeong-Min isn’t there. He says that she and the writer decide to write the script separately. She asks him why he does that. He asks her if she thinks it’s fine that he and the writer work face-to-face.
She asks him to listen to her carefully. She shouldn’t have yelled at him like that. She apologizes to him. It was rare for him to be in such good form. But it was messed up by her. She should say it after he completes the script. But she threw a fit. She asks him not to care for her. He continues to write the script with the same enthusiasm. She offers to get a divorce at that time. She knows he cannot go for it when she watches him. He will be limited to be a man who shouldn’t question morality. Some couples can accept each other’s emotions. They even give support.
But they’re not that kind of relationship. Everyone knows heartless women can write. Heartless men can direct. If he cannot abandon his upright side, he won’t make it. She’s not sure if she can do it. But she just spoke out the idea. Because she wants to give him freedom. She asks him not to be tied up by her. He might be in a lot of pain right now. But breakup is the natural result. She thinks he should cut open the watermelon.
Dong-Man goes to the set. He’s told that the movie will be made after two years. He calls Jun-Hwan. He complains it to him that he wishes he will make the movie tomorrow. He thinks he will waste the entire year. Jun-Hwan asks Dong-Man if he cannot wait a year since he has waited 20 years. Dong-Man yells at his friend. He tells him that he cannot wait. He doesn’t know when Kang-Sik will bring trouble. He wants to complete the movie before the guy does it.
Dong-Man eats with Jin-Man at home. Jin-Man suggests that Dong-Man should practice being since he’s a human. Dong-Man yells at his brother. He asks him not to drink.
In the evening, Dong-Man meets Ki-Ri and Seung-Tae at the base. Ki-Ri brings up that Gyeong-Se’s movie is about to start filming. But Dong-Man thinks the guy won’t succeed without Hye-Jin. Hye-Jin shows up. He hits Dong-Man with the toy hammer. She threatens him that he’s over if he goes to see the actor on his own. She asks Gyeong-Se to go upstairs to write the script. He gets up from the bench. She’s surprised that Dong-Man didn’t know Gyeone-Se was there when he badmouthed him.
Gyeong-Se tells Dong-Man that the strained relationship will be over one day. He wants to know their endings. He wanted to put an end on it. But he didn’t know what to do. He felt terrible and wanted to cry. He dreams that he drags him to the age of duels every night. All past grievances can be put to rest once and for all in the age of duels. He didn’t understand why someone would risk his life for such a little thing when he watched the foreign movie. He wants to risk his life right now.
He has enough the feeling that going in circles. He prefers to get it done once and for all. He realizes why he made him so unhappy. Because he’s like that he has a sixth sense. He focuses on his sore spot. He knows his weakness clearly. He smiles. He stabs it hard. If he’s someone with a broader perspective, he would smile with him. But he cannot do that. It really gets under his skin. Everyone risks his whole life to prove that he’s an upright person. But Dong-Man always ruins everything.
His sharp tongue is like a broken blade. It keeps stabbing the person. Dong-Man explains it to Gyeong-Se that he was just kidding even if he badmouthed him. Gyeong-Se knows the guy will continue to do so for fun. He will keep bleeding because of his fun. Gyeong-Se tells Dong-Man that he knows he looks down on him. He offers to put an end to it. He asks him if he wants to go on a trip together. He offers to take a three-night, four-day trip. Just the two of them. They spend the four days to speak out the things that they cannot get it out of their heads to each other. They will see who will completely defeat the other side.
Gyeong-Se won’t hold a grudge if Dong-Man does so. He begs him. Dong-Man is flustered to run out of the base. Gyeong-Se chases Dong-Man. Dong-Man tells Gyeong-Se that he just fixed his tooth. He points out that it wasn’t first time that someone badmouthed him. It wasn’t first time that he heard someone said that he was the director who didn’t have a signature work. He’s just unhappy that the words was said by Dong-Man. A person who doesn’t debut.
Dong-Man asks Gyeong-Se if people who aren’t doing well cannot badmouth others. He’s just afraid that he will be defeated by the loser like him. He asks him not to pick on people of lower status. Focusing on the people in front of him.
Dong-Man walks away after he won. But he checks his watch. He finds out that he regrets it. He comes back. He apologizes to Gyeong-Se. He says that he tried his best to control himself not to badmouth others. He wants to change the habit. But it’s not simple. There’s only one way to let them make up. He must debut. They must be on the same level. That way, he won’t deny what he says. He won’t misunderstand him as well. They were great when they were nobody. They were full of energy. They stayed up late together to complain terrible directors. They were on their knees in such a way to watch “Dancing Through Life”. They cried each other they watched it. They felt a bit down for several days after they watched “The Perfect Match”. He wants to bring them closer together. He wants to become just like him. But he wants to become different from him.
Mi-Ran arrives at Ms. Hong’s company. He tries to apologize to Ms. Hong. But Ms. Hong asks Mi-Ran to admit that Hyeon-U never liked her. Mi-Ran prefers to be beaten. Jeong-Hui shows up. She tells Ms. Hong that she’s a fool. Her career will be ruined. She persuades her to continue to show up on screen. Ms. Hong says that she will consider it. She tells Jeong-Hui that her daughter didn’t apologize well. Jeong-Hui points out that Mi-Ran cannot act. So Ms. Hong will never get the apology scene that she’s satisfied with.
Jeong-Hui tells Ms. Hong that Mi-Ran will stop an public event in the coming year. She won’t attend overseas promotion of the play to avoid to get in touch with Hyeon-U. Jeong-Hui asks Ms. Hong if she has other requirements except Mi-Ran’s apology. She tries to leave. Because she came when she filmed.
Ms. Hong brings up that Mi-Ran isn’t Jeong-Hui’s biological daughter. She persuades Jeong-Hui to cut ties with her husband and stepdaughter. So she can go to take care of the biological daughter who she has ignored. Ms. Hong tells Jeong-Hui that she will post the CCTV for her. Jeong-Hui asks the girl to do that. She says that she has watched the CCTV many times. She mentions Ms. Hong was petty. She thinks she knows Hyeon-U likes to flirt with actresses. After she heard that he and Mi-Ran had a rumor, she wronged Mi-Ran to be a crazy woman.
Jeong-Hui says that she met every actress who Hyeon-U flirted with. They said that they would take their side once the matter came to light. She tells Ms. Hong that her biological daughter is better than her. She won’t rely on anyone to seek support.
At XimFit, Eun-A meets the psychiatrist. She asks her why she cannot get rid of the unpleasant feelings. She doesn’t want to write a story like that. The psychiatrist asks Eun-A what makes a story feel authentic? She tells her that it’s feelings. When she identifies the feelings that the watch shows, what’s her feelings? Eun-A says that she doesn’t feel as strong anymore. The psychiatrist tells Eun-A that negative feelings are easy to be handled once it’s identified. At least, negative feelings won’t continuously expand. It will fade away as her feelings change. The power of story will fade as well. Eun-A has enough practice. She can notice feelings even if she doesn’t use the watch.
Jeong-Hui arrives at Choi Film. Dong-Hyeon takes Eun-A into the meeting room. He introduces her as one of the producers to Jeong-Hui. He says that the girl has some good ideas. He believes that she will be helpful. Jeong-Hui asks Eun-A if she still goes against that she plays the role. Dong-Hyeon explains it to her that Eun-A wants to consider it. She asks him to tell the writer that she has no right to reject her. She wrote pretty well as a rookie. But it cannot quite be called a masterpiece.
She apologizes to Jae-Yeong. She explains it to him that she’s not sure which part was written by him. But he should listen to it. She takes out the script. She reveals she went back to seriously count how many times “Going Crazy” showed. She points out that a hollow play requires an actress to hold up with over-the-top acting. Those scenes that should have been designed well and gradually unfolded. It simplifies to a single instruction. Why the actress should go crazy to act the sloppy script. The content looks insightful. But there are quite a few points that have been glossed over. As long as the sham is taken off, there’s nothing under it.
It’s not the time that they should talk about if the protagonist should be set to female. Eun-A tells herself that her mother’s words cannot kill her. She takes a look at Jeong-Hui.
In the evening, Gyeong-Se meets Jeong-Min outside the base. She says that it’s fine. She tells him that she was very happy to work with him. She thought she was a pretty good writer after he was happy with her writing and ideas. She enjoys writing again like a girl. She says that it’s cruel to be a writer. She can only fight alone from the very beginning. She cannot take anyone’s honor. He apologizes to her. She asks him to take all the credit. He shouldn’t share it with anyone.
Gyeong-Se returns to the company. Hye-Jin asks him why he fired Jeong-Min. He tells her that he did it because he doesn’t want to share credit with the girl. He wants to write the script alone. All the praise and criticism will only belong to him. Nobody will praise the script if she and Jeong-Min write the script together. He tells her that he will let her see how heartless and despicable he is. He enters her office. He tells her that he was wrong. He offers to aim for the third place. He returns to his office. He tears up.
The next day, Eun-A and Mi-Ran are outside the shoe store. Mi-Ran asks Eun-A why she doesn’t wear high heels. Eun-A says she thinks it’s too rude. The sound of heels catches the eye. But Mi-Ran wants to catch the eye. She never saw Jeong-Hui wearing shoes except high heels. She would use the sound of heels to intimidate others. It changed the atmosphere at the venue in an instant. She exuded a commanding presence that she was going to win. So nobody is her rival. Mi-Ran admires the point of Jeong-Hui. After she’s aged, she will take care of the woman. It’s like Eun-A takes care of her grandma.
Mi-Ran reveals Jeong-Hui said that her biological daughter was admirable. She wants to be admirable. She turns around. She notices that Eun-A is crying. Eun-A confesses it to Mi-Ran that she’s Jeong-Hui’s biological daughter. She apologizes to her for not telling it to her early. Mi-Ran is shocked. But she hugs Eun-A soon. Jeong-Hui is in the car. She feels relieved that she didn’t raise Eun-A. Eun-A became a good person.
On the set, Kang-Sik reads Dong-Man’s script. He calls Dong-Man. He agrees to make his movie. Dong-Man is happy to thank Kang-Sik. But Kang-Sik asks Dong-Man to be ready for it.
Dong-Man packs his stuff at home. He tells Jin-Man that he will be busy. He will call him every day. Jin-Man asks Dong-Man about his life goal. Dong-Man says that he wants to live a life full of humor. Jin-Man tells his brother that he passed.
Dong-Man’s movie begins filming. Jin-Man attends a meeting. He tells his fans that he likes welding more than writing poetry. He returns home. Eun-A and Mi-Ran are waiting for him. He guesses Dong-Man got the two girls to confirm if he drinks. Mi-Ran tells Jin-Man that they helped him look for his daughter after knowing his story. She received a message from Finland. She hands over her cell phone to him. He takes a look at his daughter’s photo. He cries.
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Jin-Man begins to write poetry again. Hye-Jin calls Eun-A. She tells her that Dong-Man has a nervous breakdown. There was no scene smooth filming. The crew lost faith in Dong-Man. Over the past few days, Kang-Sik was directing the filming. Hye-Jin doesn’t know how to handle it. On the set, Kang-Sik beats Dong-Man. Dong-Man pulls himself together. He continues the filming.
Dong-Man’s friends watch Dong-Man’s movie at the theater. Gyeong-Se cries. At the base, the people have a gathering. Gyeong-Se tells Kang-Sik that he likes Dong-Man’s movie very much. But he’s told that the protagonist is him. He and Dong-Man become friends again after they were on the same level. Eun-A looks at her boyfriend with love. Dong-Man wins the best director award. He thanks Eun-A for her accompanying.