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* #wordpress #themes about 22 hours ago Monday, February 14, 2011 Athena Episode 10 synopsis - Korean Drama Athena: Goddess of War/아테나: 전쟁의 여신 /



Details

* Title: 아테나: 전쟁의 여신 / Athena: Jeonjaeng-ui Yeoshin
* Also known as: Athena: Goddess of War
* Genre: Action, thriller, romance
* Episodes: TBA
* Broadcast network: SBS
* Broadcast period: 2010-Dec-13 to TBA
* Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55
* Related TV shows: IRIS

Synopsis

A terrorist group known as "Athena" and led by evil mastermind Son Hyuk threatens South Korea and the world. It is now up to special agent Lee Jung Woo of the National Security Agency to foil their terrifying conspiracy. Jo Soo Young, the daughter of the South Korean president, is kidnapped and hidden away in Italy. Jung Woo and his team are given the assignment to find her and bring her back.

Cast

* Jung Woo Sung as Lee Jung Woo
* Cha Seung Won as Son Hyuk
* Soo Ae as Yoon Hye In
* Lee Ji Ah as Han Jae Hee
* Kim Min Jong as Kim Ki Soo
* Choi Si Won as Kim Joon Ho
* Lee Bo Young as Jo Soo Young
* Lee Jung Gil as Jo Myung Ho
* Kim Seung Woo as Park Chul Young
* Kim So Yun as Kim Sun Hwa
* Yoo Dong Geun as Kwon Yong Gwan
* Son Ji Hoon (손지훈) as Hong Jin Suk
* Kim Young Ae as Choi Jin Hee
* Lee Han Wie
* Yoo Tae Woong
* Sean Richard
* Oh Chang Suk
* Bang Kil Seung (방길승)
* Do Ye Sung (도예성)
* BoA as female singer (cameo)
* Girls' Generation (cameo)
* Chu Sung Hoon (cameo)
* Ryu Dam (cameo)
* Jin Goo (cameo)

Production Credits

* Production Company: Taewon Entertainment
* Producer: Kim Young Sup
* Director: Kim Myung Joon (김명준), Kim Tae Hoon (김태훈), Hwang Jung Hyun (황정현)
* Screenwriter: Kim Hyun Joon (김현준), Yoo Nam Kyung (유남경)
source: http://www.wiki.d-addicts.com/

Episode 10 synopsis/summary/recap:

While Jung Woo is being taken, still handcuffed, Hye In passes by in the opposite direction and headed to her freedom. They exchange meaningful glares as the elevator closes. Both Hye In and Ki Soo are free people now; they only have to keep the operation’s details under utmost secrecy.

After one batch of really crappy days, Hye In is in no mood for Son Hyuk’s call, but her interest is raised when he mentions that he’s going to Hawaii. “You’ve been summoned too”, he adds much to her surprise.

And so, Ki Soo is back to his old life too, at the Mahjong room. His boys were talking about taking over the business if he never came back, so his arrival puts an end to their speculation. That’s when his call with Chul Young happens – they only agree to meet in order to talk about something still unknown.

While being given a report by Jae Hee, Kwon is informed of Jung Woo’s situation. He storms off to pick him up, but he finds an unbreakable opposition in Director Han. As his last resource, he places his gun over the Director’s desk, mentioning that it’s regarding a commission by the President himself and that Jung Woo is his kid, so he should handle this mess. His request is finally granted.

Kwon and Jung Woo are left alone. The former is visibly upset, a sight that makes Jung Woo worry and say that he’s sorry. It’s not an apology what Kwon requires; he’s disappointed and hurt beyond what our little ditz thinks. As per Kwon’s words, he was Jung Woo’s partner when he died, a tragic event that he’s regretted ever since. In order to feel less guilty, he paid special attention to his son and gave him opportunities to shine, but he didn’t expect him to act this way.

Jung Woo is released with an indefinite leave from the NTS. Nevertheless, Kwon reassures his trust in him. After leaving his detention, he’s worried about only two things: Hye In and taking some drinks. The former is supposedly on vacation, and for the latter? To Ki Soo’s we go!

The guys talk about chicks and work over some soju (in Jung Woo’s case, using a king-sized glass). Ki Soo is especially outraged after knowing Hye In’s shameless attitude after our teddy-bear-NTS-agent put his career on the line for her.

While Jung Woo is emo-calling Hye In (who doesn’t pick up), in Hawaii she’s all confused and angsty too. Son Hyuk’s call will keep her from continuing with her sudden emotional weakening.

It’s actually really hilarious when she mentions a French poem to Randy, who’s come to pick her up. She’s rambling about how teary she used to be when she was young, and he’s like “What the fuck are you talking about? We’re kickass highly trained assassins, please be on topic with your nature, biatch”. In the end, he asks about her relationship with the Director, to which she answers with their first meeting – her parents had just died in a fire, and he saved her life. After that, she devoted her soul to him.

Bah, Randy was expecting more exciting details, but he only got this.

We’ve got to thank an anonymous benefactor for Jung Woo’s awakening from his lethargy – he receives a box full of photos for him to analyze.

Meanwhile, Son Hyuk’s meeting with Hye In is nothing particularly meaty until he urges her to take care of anything that could be between them and success – her first assignment: Lee Jung Woo. Owww, jealousy, how I love thee.

Jung Woo’s cerebral light-bulb turns on while analyzing the photos, leading him to remember the paper Dr. Kim gave him. After some research, he finds out that it’s from an ethylene glycol label, a compound used as antifreeze and solvent but also as shielding material in the nuclear field. Hm, interesting.

As a second step, a meeting with Joon Ho takes place. After seeing one of the photos, he reveals that it’s from a wall from where Dr. Kim was kept. They think that it was a code, as it made no sense otherwise, one that was impossible to crack. Feeling that his piece of paper could be the key to decipher Dr. Kim’s message, Jung Woo goes on a rogue mission to Japan.

In China, Ki Soo informs Chul Young of Dr. Kim’s death. He also affirms that, even though they took the equipment after his murder, South Korea wasn’t behind this but an unknown third group. Chul Young doesn’t care – the first and rightful owner of Dr. Kim’s technology was North Korea, so it’s time for them to appear and ask for it.

Jung Woo’s departure reaches Jae Hee’s ears. Indignant, he storms off to his house in order to stop him, to no avail. She admits her defeat and leaves almost as soon as she arrives, heading to a bar. Her mood is on the floor when Son Hyuk appears magically by her side, pretending to care. He can’t stop her from flooding her circulatory system with alcohol (not that he tried that hard).

By the time they arrive to a hotel where she’ll stay, the tension is already there. Son Hyuk tries to leave, but Jae Hee stops him grabbing his hand tightly as an unspoken request to stay for the night, staring fiercely at him. They both need to be in control, taking advantage of their weaknesses; and in an attempt to use each other, they fall into a passionate mix of hatred and desire that leads to a steamy night together.

Hye In returns, eager to find Jung Woo but much to her dismal, she’s informed that he’s in Japan.

We’re in Japan now, where Jung Woo checks various bottles in that old warehouse. After seeing a suspicious metal table, he pours ethylene glycol and voilá! A new set of letters appears. He takes photos for future reference; this might be the real code.

Lab Tech talks to Jae Hee about Jung Woo’s question on ethylene glycol – it was too odd to be just a random question. While they’re talking, Son Hyuk passes by and touches Jae Hee’s waist gently enough for Lab Tech not to notice, but for Jae Hee to feel a chill up on her spine. Ow, we know who’s in charge now.

Son Hyuk nags Kwon for not telling him about South Korea’s newly formed commission to negotiate nuclear tech export. Kwon is unmoved, but disagrees to pass him the information he requires – the White and Blue Houses will handle that themselves. He doesn’t trust in Son Hyuk – not that he had ever, but now he has solid and contemporary motivation –, so he just wants him as far as possible.

Just as Son Hyuk before, it’s now Hye In’s turn to appear magically by her asset’s side IN JAPAN. She plays the same game, juggling with his feelings (?) but going through a smoother path of a vacation full of spring and gorgeous scenery. He urges her to tell him everything about her, promising not to be horrified if her true nature is indeed frightening. Momentarily touched, he thinks this is the exact timing for a kiss, but she doesn’t share that thought and leaves.

Seriously, if the girl is trying to tell you that she’s a monster in disguise, you should take her more as a treat than a done deal, boy.

She must have thought about this a little more – after all, this is a win-win scenario for her: controlling Jung Woo as commanded (CHECK), spending the night with this hot (albeit dense) airhead (CHECK). Therefore, she waits for him by is appartment’s door and they share the night together, albeit in a significantly different way, as in “sweeter”, than Son Hyuk and Jae Hee (okay, it could be argued that there’s nothing sweet in using this big boy’s crush to give him his last happy memory before destroying his life as previously ordered by her boss. Let’s just roll with the drama’s intention of showing them as something more idyllic.)

At the DIS, Son Hyuk is being investigated due to Washington’s suspicions. But, alas! The girl who used to work for him and now is trying to crack into his secret files, can’t even utter the word Athena before he discovers her and cracks her neck into tiny pieces.

(You gotta love the sound effects while he was choking her. Yeah, it brought out the morbid in me sorry.)

As proved by Hye In and Jung Woo’s lovey dovey shenanigans, NATIONAL SECURITY CAN WAIT. Because being the only owner of some really secret, urgent information handed by a dying man is no priority compared to being taken in by Hye In’s sweet-talk. Oh, boy.

Please, Jung Woo, don’t tell her about your little secret code (or let her be near your full-of-photos cell phone). Please, please.

Our dear prayers reach Jung Woo’s ears apparently. Hye In, pushed by her boss, tries to extract some useful intel from him, but his mouth is zipped and he only answers with a smile as he was saying “Please, darling, you know, I know, why keep on pretending that you’re nice?” It was damn time, we say!

Son Hyuk is starting to lose his cool – not only he’s disoriented by Washington’s distrust, he’s received some photos with Hye In and Jung Woo all mushy mushy and he’s. Not. Pleased.

Regarding the nuclear technology, South and North Korea are about to meet in order to discuss about the latest developments.

After arriving from Japan, Hye In enters her apartment only to find a surprise there – our immensely out of control Son Hyuk is there. LOL, thank God Jung Woo didn’t accept the cup of tea you offered, or his neck would’ve been reduced to smithereens too. Truth be told, Jung Woo’s resilience, aided by Hye In’s lack of willpower to kill him is something that Son Hyuk finds highly displeasing.

Speaking of the devil, Jung Woo shares his photos with Jung Ho (who we expect not to be a double agent, because he’s receiving one enormous bit of top secret intel). Over the possibility of the code being North Korean, Jung Woo thinks about the one person who can crack it.

We start to wonder if he’ll get to go anywhere with this, since Son Hyuk commands Hye In to fix a date and place to meet. That should be their last meeting, or his last meeting with any living creature at all.

The sniper is ready, the prey is where he should be, but an unexpected third person appears to save the day and possibly ruin her reputation within the baddies – Hye In.


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Details

* Title: 아테나: 전쟁의 여신 / Athena: Jeonjaeng-ui Yeoshin
* Also known as: Athena: Goddess of War
* Genre: Action, thriller, romance
* Episodes: TBA
* Broadcast network: SBS
* Broadcast period: 2010-Dec-13 to TBA
* Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55
* Related TV shows: IRIS

Synopsis

A terrorist group known as "Athena" and led by evil mastermind Son Hyuk threatens South Korea and the world. It is now up to special agent Lee Jung Woo of the National Security Agency to foil their terrifying conspiracy. Jo Soo Young, the daughter of the South Korean president, is kidnapped and hidden away in Italy. Jung Woo and his team are given the assignment to find her and bring her back.

Cast

* Jung Woo Sung as Lee Jung Woo
* Cha Seung Won as Son Hyuk
* Soo Ae as Yoon Hye In
* Lee Ji Ah as Han Jae Hee
* Kim Min Jong as Kim Ki Soo
* Choi Si Won as Kim Joon Ho
* Lee Bo Young as Jo Soo Young
* Lee Jung Gil as Jo Myung Ho
* Kim Seung Woo as Park Chul Young
* Kim So Yun as Kim Sun Hwa
* Yoo Dong Geun as Kwon Yong Gwan
* Son Ji Hoon (손지훈) as Hong Jin Suk
* Kim Young Ae as Choi Jin Hee
* Lee Han Wie
* Yoo Tae Woong
* Sean Richard
* Oh Chang Suk
* Bang Kil Seung (방길승)
* Do Ye Sung (도예성)
* BoA as female singer (cameo)
* Girls' Generation (cameo)
* Chu Sung Hoon (cameo)
* Ryu Dam (cameo)
* Jin Goo (cameo)

Production Credits

* Production Company: Taewon Entertainment
* Producer: Kim Young Sup
* Director: Kim Myung Joon (김명준), Kim Tae Hoon (김태훈), Hwang Jung Hyun (황정현)
* Screenwriter: Kim Hyun Joon (김현준), Yoo Nam Kyung (유남경)
source: http://www.wiki.d-addicts.com/

Episode 4 synopsis/summary/recap:

Jung Woo after shooting the car and failing to stop it, is in such a complete state of shock that he can’t get to pull himself together and faints. Way to finish your overseas assignment, I say. Meanwhile, the kidnapping reports have arrived to the Blue House and an emergency meeting is arranged immediately.

Our local Two Face, Son Hyuk, receives a call apparently informing that everything went exactly as planned, and a few seconds later a secretary comes to tell him that all the intelligence agencies are in alert state – she still doesn’t know why, he turns his face and does the classic evil smirk.

At an Italian hospital, Jung Woo has recovered consciousness while Ki Soo tries to woo a nurse, faking a neck pain. After receiving an obvious nope as an answer, he starts complaining about this mission, impatient to go back to Korea. Jung Woo just listens, obviously thinking in more urgent matters – he’s planning to take full responsibility for the girl’s kidnapping. Just as Ki Soo is expressing his worries, an unexpected visit arrives: Jae Hee (LOL at Ki Soo putting on the orthopedic neck, to try his wounded guy strategy to hit on her). She goes directly to Jung Woo, asking whether he’s okay and informing that the team is about to arrive, utterly ignoring his buddy.

Meanwhile, in some dark, wooden, barely sun-lighted classic creepy house, the presidential daughter is kept. Her first survival instinct is to continue her “ordinary student” farce, but her eyes can’t help expressing surprise at her captor’s knowledge of her status. She tries to seem tough and not worried; too bad those criminals have strict orders and the usefulness of this whole operation is about to be found out.

At the Blue House, a dark cloud of general ignorance of the situation is placed over the intelligence heads meeting. Therefore, in order to get more information, Kwon will head to Vicenza as soon as possible.

Italy Team is being gathered by Jae Hee at the NTS’s quarters, giving them instructions to join forces with Italian intelligence agencies. Jung Woo arrives just in time to receive his – he must speak to the local officials about Soo Young’s guards. Adding to the family reunion, NTS’s backup has just arrived and it includes a certain person’s presence, one that makes Jung Woo’s eyes wide in surprise: Hye In’s (under the codename Juliette). Kwon gives his orders quickly, after noting a bit of incompetence in Jung Woo’s work, and walks away. Jae Hee asks who Hye In is, where does she belong to, only to be answered that it’s not of her business. She can sense that Jung Woo knows her, but his information is lacking here too – there’s no way a simple NIS attendant is here on a top secret mission.

Jung Woo can’t cope with his curiosity, so he runs after her, wondering whether she’s a Black agent (NIS agents who perform ops by themselves). Too bad her aura of mystery is thick and unbreakable, leading her to say sorry and keep her silence. He won’t have too much time to cry over this – the kidnappers have contacted them.

Hye In is in charge of communication with the kidnappers, and when I say in charge, I’m not only referring to her in charge of just talking with them – she wants to be in charge of the negotiation too, wanting to communicate her demands first. She wants to be sure of Soo Young’s safety, and, after receiving a no as an answer, she hangs up.

As expected (by her), they call again. Her confidence when telling them that she knows who they are astounds the kidnapper. As informed to the President later on, they seem to have promised to keep her safe until they get what they want.

The operation has begun. Hye In and Jae Hee, plus two snipers and observers here and there, are placed all around some kind of medieval fest. The contact is made, but the kidnapper’s not happy with the amount of people Hye In has taken there – she was supposed to be alone. She removes her tracking devices as requested and gets lost in the crowd, while the kidnapper urges her to look for a white van. The NTS agents try to follow her, to no avail – she’s quicker, as in smarter, and loses them easily.

Hye In finally runs away in the van, and, due to it being driven through a tunnel, tracking it becomes impossible. Jae Hee is apologetic after losing Hye In, but Kwon is forgiving – Hye In’s mission was to be sure of Soo Young’s safety, she’ll return later.

Ki Soo is suspicious since it’s obvious that Juliette lost them on purpose, but Jung Woo, worried, tells him that if Hye In did that, it’s because the kidnappers saw directly through their plan. Busted! Jung Woo’s previous encounter with the mysterious girl is revealed, but he walks away before he can answer any of Ki Soo’s questions.

Hye In, meanwhile, has already checked Soo Young’s condition and asked for their demands. They leave her somewhere by a road and put a cell phone in her hands. She informs that they have 48 hours to do what these guys are asking for – handing over Dr. Kim – and if they don’t, the girl will die.

Kwon’s call puts the President in a difficult predicament – he has to either give up on his daughter’s life or Dr. Kim’s vital nuclear research. He seems to take this matter pretty cold-headedly, putting his country’s future as a priority, even if it means leaving Soo Young behind.

At US DIS, Son Hyuk receives the visit from a researcher in an undercover unit in Japan. He has to gather information and investigate, and he has something he needs to report to the Director only. Son Hyuk dismisses him, but his interest is awakened when the guy asks him about Athena (and I say, at last!). The researcher hands him what he’s found until now, while defining Athena as an organization that controls the world’s resources market.

Everything, from South America, to Africa, to Iraq, is connected to Athena, choosing whatever means necessary to achieve their goals. Son Hyuk tries to seem skeptic, but his interlocutor is deeply worried over South Korea’s new nuclear development and the changes it’ll bring over modern technology, making it the perfect subject to Athena’s terrorist attacks.

He even knows that the DIS has been infiltrated with Athena’s agents. Son Hyuk, faking concern, goes straightly to what’s more important for him – who else knows about this? Well, it’s still a personal investigation and only he knows about that (REALLY?! NO BACKUP?! OR PLAN B?! Talk about dumb investigation).

After handing a folder with Son Hyuk’s assistant’s profile, he leaves, relieved. I’m so sorry to say this, love, but you’ve just dug your own grave.

While walking back home, Son Hyuk’s assistant’s shadow appears in front of him. Terrified, the researcher runs in the opposite direction only to find Son Hyuk with his gun pointing directly at his chest.

Under the pressure of an impossible situation, the Secretary of the Blue House agrees with Kwon to contact the US Embassy in order to get help regarding the kidnapping. And the great circle of intelligence and counter-intelligence closes as Son Hyuk himself is appointed as the Director of the rescuing operations by the Pentagon. This bomb could detonate in his hands, but Son Hyuk is sure he can be the extreme puppet master reloaded and control both his undercover terrorist activities and governmental position.

So, the DIS’ team will be in charge of all the operations now, banning any Korean activities unless thus specifically stated. Everyone’s between outraged and confused; Jae Hee even tries to get some details but is ignored as if she was an insignificant insect – Son Hyuk belittles her by asking for a coffee.

As a preemptive measure, Son Hyuk asks his assistant to be especially careful with Jung Woo.

At the same time, Jung Woo is telling the Director how shocking and inappropriate this US invasion over their mission is. Nothing is answered (he doesn’t even know the kidnappers’ requests), he’s just told to follow his orders in order to rescue Soo Young.

Son Hyuk and Jung Woo go to the place where the latter lost his targets. Jung Woo points out that this problem has nothing to do with politics, showing a naiveté that Son Hyuk finds hilarious – everything is related to politics, and on a larger scale than he can imagine thus warning him against meddling as he’s used to.

The Vicenza’s NTS Headquarters can change names now, Son Hyuk is forcing them to leave since the DIS will take over this operation. After conveying his orders, he asks for a meeting with the person in charge of communications. And who’s that? Ta-da, Hye In.

Now alone, Hye In and Son Hyuk can talk more freely. She’s weary of the whole rescuing mission, but he’s confident they can carry it on in order to get Dr. Kim’s whereabouts. She’s perfectly aware of the kidnapper’s identity – Suh Min Hyuk – but she didn’t reveal herself to avoid possible complications. He commands her to give the picture data she’s gathered at the place where they’re holding Soo Young captive to the NTS. That way, she’ll earn the Director’s trust.

While the DIS heads are in a meeting trying to locate the kidnappers, Jung Woo’s patience finally reaches the limit between tolerable and unacceptable. Alongside a reluctant Ki Soo and an always ready Jae Hee, they’ll use Sung Cheol’s help from the headquarters to lead a parallel rescue mission. Sung Cheol won’t accept at first, but Joon Ho takes this as a chance to defend Korea’s pride and convinces him.

Kwon invites Son Hyuk to a fancy restaurant where he’s having lunch. Three years ago, Son Hyuk spared him, so now he’s curious as to why he did that. The answer he gets is highly disappointing – Son Hyuk was merciful for a winning opponent. Since Kwon took it as a loser’s scar, he can notice the irony of being taken as a winner by his enemy. Either way, next time they fight, he’ll use Son Hyuk’s dead body to cure his wounds.

Now, onto more urgent matters, Son Hyuk makes a rather (un)expected request: he’ll need Dr. Kim temporarily to negotiate with the kidnappers. Much to his disappointment, that’s not a decision Kwon can make.

Finally, the target’s location has been found, but this won’t make Son Hyuk happy for long. It seems that the government isn’t intending to hand over Dr. Kim, no matter how Son Hyuk had personally checked that he had left for China. At the moment, Dr. Kim is missing.

Oh, lordy, Mr. Quadruple Agent is now angry, so he changes his operation to a Silent Storm type. And from his agents’ grave faces, that’s really not cool.

Kwon is listening to their meeting, thanks to a well placed device in the room, so he hears when it’s said that they’ll pin down the enemy, putting the VIP in danger. He doesn’t care, the hostages might be lost, but they have to destroy the enemy. Those words resonate in Kwon’s ears and now I’m lost as to who knows who’s spying on whom.

At this crucial hour, when the operation is about to unfold, Jung Woo pays a visit to Son Hyuk. He’s still indignant over these outsiders’ intervention and asks for explanations or some excuse that states clearly why them Koreans can’t handle their own problems. Son Hyuk has no time for this, he compares the mission to a doctor who can’t perform his own children’s surgery.

Okay, then, that was his last chance to convince Jung Woo.

The Director finally calls the Three Musketeers, knowing exactly what they intend to do. He simply hands them the target’s location, as if it had always been in his mind to do that. They have to safely rescue the VIP, given that the Silent Storm type is all about disregarding the hostages’ safety.

Now, both teams are on the road. On one side, double-faced Son Hyuk has a huge group of armed men ready to shoot at his command. On the other, two highly trained agents plus an ex-North Korean agent have to split up to cover the whole village.

After shooting the guards outside the place where Soo Young is kept, Son Hyuk’s men officially are told to go there.

As of this moment, everyone on both sides is playing safe and quiet, until Ki Soo accidentally fires his gun alerting literally everyone including the kidnappers.

The operation suddenly changes to Blade Storm and now, more than ever, nothing’s sure anymore.



source: (Thank you and credits to
http://www.wiki.d-addicts.com/
http://www.dramabeans.com
and all sources for the information and pictures)

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