JTBC weekend drama ‘Everyone Is Fighting Their Worthlessness’

It is a moving womance that has ‘landed’ on each other’s wounds.

In JTBC’s weekend drama ‘Everyone Is Fighting Their Worthlessness’ (directed by Cha Young-hoon, written by Park Hae-young, produced by Studio Phoenix·SLL·Studio Flow, hereinafter ‘Mojamussa’), the special solidarity between Byun Eun-a (Go Yoon-jung) and Jang Mi-ran (Han Sun-hwa) is drawing an enthusiastic response from viewers. Previously, when Jang Mi-ran criticized and declined Lee Jun-hwan’s (Sim Hee-seop) script ‘A Scary Woman’, Byun Eun-a hurled a merciless ‘axe blow’, saying, “Don’t overthink it. Show your animal magnetism.” Though Jang Mi-ran bristled at the blunt words, her heart was moved by the undeniable truth; later, she accompanied Byun Eun-a to the night sea, danced together, and confessed a special trust in her, saying that she had “a power that makes people land.”

Meanwhile, in episode 9 airing today (the 16th), the ‘girls’ night’ of Jang Mi-ran, a passionate soul who leads with her heart rather than her head, and Byun Eun-a, who quietly accepts her wandering sincerity, is unveiled. Jang Mi-ran, who had been drifting in midair due to the loneliness hidden behind the glamorous life of a star and the emotional hunger left by the craft of acting, opens up the feelings she had never been able to share with anyone to Byun Eun-a, who has become her personal ‘control tower’. Attention turns to whether Jang Mi-ran, floating in a state of emotional excess, can safely ‘land’ in the haven that is Byun Eun-a, and to the deep conversation the two women will share.

Photo courtesy of Studio Phoenix·SLL·Studio Flow

The photos released together capture this conversation between the two women. Jang Mi-ran, tilting back her glass as if something has upset her, and Byun Eun-a, watching her silently with a tender gaze, signal a deepened bond between them and heighten anticipation for the broadcast. What makes this relationship even more intriguing is the figure who runs through both of them: ‘Mom Oh Jung-hee (Bae Jong-ok)’. The relationship between Byun Eun-a, who carries the secret of being Oh Jung-hee’s hidden biological daughter, and Jang Mi-ran, Oh Jung-hee’s stepdaughter who strove for recognition while being overshadowed by her perpetually perfect ‘national actress’ mother, in itself exudes time-bomb-like tension.

The production team said, “Byun Eun-a and Jang Mi-ran have an honest conversation tonight (the 16th) through their ‘girls’ night’,” adding, “Under the common denominator of Mom Oh Jung-hee, please look forward to how they will build their relationship as they share their respective wounds going forward.”

Episode 9 of ‘Mojamussa’ airs today (the 16th), Saturday at 10:40 p.m. on JTBC.