Visibility
Si-Woo sends her a message to meet up for coffee, but Ha-Kyung can’t help but feel like he’s trying to corner her. She decides to decline and continue her jog, but as she turns the corner, she collides with Si-Woo. He apologizes and they continue their run together. Episode 4 of Forecasting Love and Weather starts with the morning hazy, with visibility low all over town. Ha-Kyung happens to be out for her morning jog when a message from Si-Woo distracts her. She’s still hung up over the night’s events and specifically over whether or not they should stay colleagues and not dive into becoming lovers. Si-Woo sends her a message to meet up for coffee, but Ha-Kyung can’t help but feel like he’s trying to corner her. She decides to decline and continue her jog, but as she turns the corner she collides with Si-Woo. He apologizes and they continue their run together. ..
A 14 car pile-up on the highway is caused by the fog. The visibility was less than 10 meters at the time of the accident, so the forecasting team gathered together to debate over the best way to deal with this. ..
The news around the office spreads of Si-Woo being in the restaurant with a lady the previous night. He keeps a poker face though and refuses to divulge who it was he was with, chuckling nervously and claiming that they’re not serious yet. Ha-Kyung overhears and makes up an excuse to get Si-Woo back to work again.
Ki-Jun is distracted by the Ha-Kyung situation. In fact, his work is starting to suffer as a result. If that weren’t enough, Yoo-Jin shows and nags him over broadcasting the fog and being a more focal point of this.
Ki-Jun is flustered and tells her that he needs some time, eventually lamenting his entire situation when he’s on his own. To be honest, it’s hard to feel sorry for this guy. ..
Meanwhile, Ha-Kyung and Si-Woo discuss the fog in the Gangwon Province. Si-Woo talks back to her, pointing out his hands-on experience. He wants to break down the different areas and give separate warnings rather than a blanket high fog warning. Senior Director Um actually agrees with Si-Woo. ..
The night team is taking over and they need Si-Woo’s help to get things done. Naturally, Si-Woo takes some notes to help them out. ..
Ha-Kyung, though, continues to glance at Yoo-Jin as they’re walking out of the office. And who should be in the elevator on the way out? Yep, it’s Yoo-Jin.
“I would like to get a director’s opinion on an article I’m writing about the fog warnings,” she says. “Specifically, about how the fog is so sporadic that it’s difficult to actually greenlight fog advisories.”
Senior Um, a senior citizen, moves back in with his daughter and wife after years of struggling to connect with them both. He struggles to find a way to connect with them both and feels like everything is a struggle.
Um is struggling with the changes in his life and his relationship with his wife and daughter. But he’s grateful for the chat with his daughter, which allows him to gain some perspective on his situation. ..
That night, Ha-Kyung finds herself obsessing over Si-Woo, including looking at his photos and even messaging him. In her flustered state, she asks him to look up fog details from other countries too, which causes him to pull an all-nighter.
The other workers are convinced that the woman has been wasting their time on purpose, but there are bigger problems at hand.
The article in question is a damning assessment against the station and fog advisories. It calls them incompetent and says that they are not doing their job properly.
Korea’s budget is minuscule when compared to other countries with fog advisories in place. Ha-Kyung tells her to fact check properly in the future. ..
Ki-Jun arrives at the table and tells his girlfriend that he’ll take care of this. And by taking care of this, he gives her a full accounting.
That night, Ha-Kyung heads back to see her mum but things take an awkward turn when she admits she’s signed up to a dating service, determined to try and get her a decent man. It’s the final straw and Ha-Kyung leaves, telling Mrs Bae she’ll only return after she’s deleted her data and taken her profile down.
Ha-Kyung rings Si-Woo and asks him for help with the translation of the UK date. She rings so often that eventually he decides to just head over with pizza.
The thing is, the two have decided to date in secret, keeping things behind closed doors. Those moments we’ve seen through the episode of the pair butting heads and being confrontational have just been a front for them being together.
Ha-Kyung races out of her apartment in the morning, realizing she’s late. However, when she leaves, Si-Woo receives a call and answers the phone, with a strained look on his face. Who was on the phone? ..
The Episode Review
The seventh and final episode of “Forecasting Love and Weather” aired on Wednesday, February 14th. The show used the juxtaposition of fog and poor visibility to mask the secret relationship between Ha-Kyung and Si-Woo. This was a good episode, with many suspenseful moments. ..
This K-drama does a great job of keeping each episode thematically relevant by revealing important plot points at the end.
It will be interesting to see how Ki-Jun and Yoo-Jin play a part in this and whether there will be any complications at work if/when they find out about their respective exs.
The office romance between my boss and I continues to blossom. The ending hints that we have a lot more drama and romance on the horizon.
