Welcome to Samdal-ri Episode 8 Recap and Review: A Search for Ko Mi-ja!
Welcome to Samdal-ri Episode 8 brings devastation to Sam-dal and Yong-pil when Mi-ja goes missing during her dive. But before we dive further into what happens today, let us remind you of the previous episode. Episode 7 began Sam-dal’s journey to find herself, although funny, the journey ends in tension.
Directed by Cha Young-hoon, Welcome to Samdal-ri (웰컴투 삼달리) is a rom-com starring Ji Chang-wook, Shin Hye-sun, Seo Hyun-chul, Kim Mi-hwa, Yang Kyung-won, and Baek Hyun-joo alongside other cast members. The show will have 16 episodes and be broadcast on JTBC in the Saturday-Sunday slot at 10:30 PM KST time slot previously occupied by Strong Girl Nam-soon. Welcome to Samdal-ri episode 8 has a run time of 71 minutes.
-Welcome to Samdal-ri Episode 8 Recap Contains Spoiler-
Welcome to Samdal-ri Episode 8 Recap
Memories and anger rush back to Sang-tae when he sees Yong-pil with Sam-dal, making the latter rush back home in fear. Mi-ja sees what has happened and tries to console her daughter while Yong-pil asks his father if he still resents her, to which Sang-tae says yes. Elsewhere, Mi-ja struggles to hide her condition from her daughters.
Meanwhile, Hae-dal wonders about how her daughter called her aunt the day before and shares her concern with Jin-dal who tells her that Ha-yul may have not liked what happened. The next day, Mi-ja keeps worrying about the situation with Sang-tae when she comes across Yong-pil on the way to work.
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He sees her worried self and asks if he has made her angry and she denies the same before the two head to her work. Yong-pil changes the buoy cover for Mi-ja while Sang-do is annoyed by the gossip among the other divers who can’t stop talking about Sam-dal and Yong-pil. Soon, the ladies head off to dive while Yong-pil leaves for work, however, a wave makes Mi-ja sink as she struggles to come back to the surface due to her chest pain.
This alerts the others when Sam-dal arrives there while on a walk with Sang-do. She is surprised and worried by what happened to her mother and complains to her to go to the hospital and stop diving. Later, her mother secretly leaves some of her catches in front of Yong-pil’s house which is thrown away by Sang-tae.
Elsewhere, Dae-young tries to meet Jin-dal again and finally comes across her while she is on a walk with Hae-dal and Ha-yul. However, seeing Ji-chan there, Ha-yul calls Jin-dal mother which comes as a shock for the two. Later, she tells him that Ha-yul is her niece and it would be better for him to leave before her parents catch him.
Dae-young tells her that he was happy when he saw her but she reminds him of the mess that he needs to deal with which was created by her. Right then, her father appears and she rushes him away, while elsewhere Sam-dal gets hold of a diary containing information about a person suffering from a heart disease.
She suspects her mother is sick and asks Yong-pil about the same when her father doesn’t give her an answer. Yong-pil doesn’t reveal anything and Sam-dal gets distracted by her friends who see them walking together. They ask about what they have been doing together when Eun-u’s eyes fall on the pamphlet in Sam-dal’s pocket.
They find out about the event and push her into taking part while Gyeong-tae brings out the picture she once took around the island. This shocks Sam-dal as she contemplates taking part in the event. Yong-pil tells her that he will be waiting for her to go for registration the next morning and Sam-dal shows up.
Welcome to Samdal-ri Episode 8 Ending
The two make their way to Yong-pil’s office where he leaves her to finish the registration while he gets to work. However, the changing winds and the divers in the sea surprise him as he begins looking through various charts. They soon find an abnormality in the weather and the divers too begin coming back to the shore.
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However, Mi-ja experiences pain in her chest and falls into the sea bed which shocks the others. Yong-pil sees that something has happened and makes a quick call to send an ambulance to their aid. He also tells him about Mi-ja being a heart patient which is overheard by Sam-dal who is made to rush to her mother.
Meanwhile, Yong-pil makes calculations to find Mi-ja while one of the divers runs to Mi-ja’s house to tell her daughter about what has happened. The two rush to the seaside while Sang-tae also hurries when he sees the ambulance and the women running. Everyone arrives at the seaside looking for Mi-ja whose whereabouts are unknown.
The epilogue shows the day when Mi-ja lost her friend, Yong-pil’s mother, who was taken away by the sea. It was a devastating day where rain poured in full force, drowning their tears and sorrows.
Welcome to Samdal-ri Episode 8 Review
Another look into the past leaves us thinking that maybe it is Mi-ja who is the target of Sang-tae’s resentment, and the burden is left to be borne by Sam-dal and Yong-pil. This episode throws another ray of light on their past which once again catches our curiosity.
On the other hand, our little cupid Ha-yul’s efforts seem to be going in vain as her mother and aunt are unable to understand what she has been doing. Meanwhile, Sang-do’s efforts are making our hearts break because we all know that he can never be what Yong-pil is to Sam-dal.
This has been another episode filled with ups and downs, along with just the perfect amount of comedy and intensity that makes us keep watching the show.
What do you think about this episode? Let us know in the comments below!
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