Becoming Witch (The Witch is Alive / 마녀는 살아있다)is a mystery-comedy Korean drama series created by Kim Yun-chul and Park Pa-ran and starring Lee Yu-ri, Lee Min-young and Yoon So-yi. The TV Chosun series has 12 episodes total and Becoming Witch Episode 5 has a runtime of 79 minutes.
Netflix describes the series as:
THREE WOMEN IN THEIR 40S REACH A BREAKING POINT AS THEIR ALREADY-FRUSTRATING LIVES GO COMPLETELY OFF THE RAILS.
– Becoming Witch Episode 5 Recap Contains Mild Spoilers –
Becoming Witch Episode 5 opens with Jin-a meeting Woo-bin, who has been following her wearing a black hoodie for a while now. Initially, she is thrilled but, later runs into panic. She takes Woo-bin to her house and cries to him about how he could leave her with his death and come back alive. She asks Woo-bin to leave but, before he can there is a knock on the door.
Hee-soo’s situation at the police station worsens as she confesses that she killed her mother-in-law. She almost loses her mind shouting at every one if they are happy to hear from her what they wanted to know. With the confession, Mu-young’s family members also charge Hee-soo with fraud as in the last will her mother-in-law has left her with land she never wanted in the first place. She says that her mother-in-law asked her to kill her and also mentioned how she will be leaving the land in her name (we get the flashback of whispering from Becoming Witch Episode 3).
As for Ma-ri, things take a bloody turn. After we saw her running to find out what Nak-gu is up to in the last episode, we see her driving with Go-eun’s boyfriend chasing Nak-gu and Go-eun’s car as they descend to marry each other in a small church. Ma-ri tries to stop the car by coming in front of it but, that leads to an accident where Ma-ri, Go-eun and Nak-gu are injured. She and Nak-gu are later in an isolated hospital alone, recovering where Ma-ri keeps scaring her husband.
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Jin-a locks Woo-bin behind a secret shelf while she takes her food delivery. She later makes a small opening at the door to interact with Woo-bin and give him food. Ma-ri and Nak-gu are interrogated by the police for the accident. Although Nak-gu tries to frame Ma-ri at first, he realizes that trying to run her over will be considered an attempt to murder, so he keeps mum. His effort to contact Go-eun also goes in vain.
Hee-soo is bailed out by Mu-young from the investigation but, is cold to her. We get to see what actually happened to Hee-soo’s mother-in-law and how she passed away as she bids her last goodbye to her. She later finds a pen drive with a recording featuring her mother-in-law when she goes to the hospital administration to collect the things. Meanwhile, Nak-gu tries to escape the hospital and Jin-a gets a visit from her apartment realtor and buyer who figure out someone is living with her.
However, when they get inside the bathroom to check, Woo-bin hides in a bathtub and the issue does not come up. Woo-bin, although, drowns in the bathtub almost with the tap open. Jin-a saves Woo-bin. Nak-gu tries to run from the hospital once again after contacting Go-eun and, is successful this time around. He immediately meets up with his lawyer and they hatch a plan against Ma-ri and how to get a divorce. Ma-ri takes a discharge the next day and meets with Go-eun’s boyfriend with who she has permanently broken up now.
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The three friends get on video call after some long, tiring days and spill their secrets to one another about what has been happening in the past few days.
Becoming Witch Episode 5 Ending
Towards the end of Becoming Witch Episode 5, we see Jin-a and Woo-bin make up after he finds out how desperately Jin-a has been living for the past five years, counting days for Woo-bin to return. Hee-soo and Mu-young get together and share a drink where the latter proposes that take a divorce and the former laughs it off.
Ma-ri’s story is the one that takes the most interesting turn. Nak-gu goes public and says that Ma-ri beats him, sharing the video of when he confessed to meeting Go-eun during April and Ma-ri jumped on him. However, Ma-ri has a different card to play as she has access to the camera on Go-eun’s dashboard when Nak-gu tried to run her over, framing him for murder.
Becoming Witch Episode 5: Final Thoughts
Things are finally getting interesting in the Becoming Witch series. Ma-ri and Nak-gu’s attempts to get back at one another are typical, and juicy and one trump card after the other comes out all the time. Jin-a meeting Woo-bin and the question if he is the serial killer makes us sceptical. Hee-soo’s change in character and growth and voice finally makes her more interesting to watch.
You can watch Becoming Witch Episode 5 now on Netflix.
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