Little Women (작은 아씨들) is a Korean mystery thriller drama that revolves around the predicament faced by three sisters. The story follows their journey after they find themselves in the midst of a major incident that changes their lives forever. Directed by Kim Hee-won and written by Jung Seo-kyung, the drama stars Kim Go-eun, Nam Ji-hyun, Park Ji-hoo, Wi Ha-joon, alongside other cast members.
The 12 episodes show premiered on September 3, 2022, and releases new episodes every Saturday and Sunday at 9 PM KST on tvN taking over the timeslot previously occupied by Alchemy of Souls. Little Women episode 11 has a run time of 73 minutes.
Netflix’s synopsis of the series reads:
THREE SISTERS, WHO ONLY HAVE EACH OTHER AND NEVER ENOUGH MONEY, GET ENTANGLED IN A CONSPIRACY INVOLVING THE RICH AND POWERFUL.
-Little Women Episode 11 Recap contains Spoilers-
Little Women episode 11 starts off with the scene where Jae-sang finds out that he is the next victim of the blue orchid, but instead of wavering, he happily accepts to die for the one he loves. When Sang-a hands the orchid to him, he accepts his fate and dies to protect her like he always promised.
Later, Sang-a receives the drawing from In-hye and is ready to take her revenge on the Oh sisters while leading the Jeongran Society. Im-soo too is ready to kill them, however, Sang-a tells her that this is not the time and it is better to play around with them for the time being.
On the other hand, the police have come to take In-ju away and she is in a panic. Rejecting an incoming call, she calls In-kyung but nothing can be done and she is taken away for embezzlement. Elsewhere, Do-il gets into an accident.
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Later, In-kyung visits In-ju who tells her that she doubts Do-il when the former informs her of Do-il’s accident. This worries In-ju who is unable to do anything at the moment. The next day, Jae-sang’s funeral is held while the news of In-ju, In-kyung and Hwa-young’s connection is broadcasted on the news.
However, Sang-a is not satisfied and wants to steer Jae-sang’s case into a well-planned murder initiated by the Oh sisters. Giving Jang Ma-ri the chance to become an anchor, she looks forward to creating more heat against the Oh sisters.
Elsewhere, the public defender tells In-ju to agree to the crimes so that they can at least fight to reduce her sentence of 20 years. In-ju is left with no choice, but she is unable to get herself to accept the crimes. The next day at the trial, the attorneys are able to prove In-ju’s involvement in the embezzlement which has left her in a worse state.
While looking at Hwa-young’s picture on the screen, In-kyung remembers having seen her. In-ju then tells her lawyer about Do-il but he informs her that he is set to bear witness at the next trial from the attorneys’ side. This leaves her speechless as she thinks that Do-il has betrayed her.
Later, someone tries to slip her a note in the crowd but it fails. In-kyung starts looking around to find out where she saw Hwa-young. She soon finds out that she was a member of the group of victims of the bank scandal. She finds out that Hwa-young had the mentality of a person who wanted revenge after her mother passed away due to this scandal.
Later, while discussing this with In-ju, the latter tells her that she must have been involved with Hwa-young’s connection to In-kyung. In-ju remembers telling Hwa-young about her sister whose sense of justice gets the best of her which she must have passed on to Sang-a that got the two sisters involved with them.
Now, In-ju wants to make sure that the real perpetrators get behind bars too and asks In-kyung to start by investigating the coat that Hwa-young wore when she died. In-kyung goes to find the coat and Jong-ho shows her that Hwa-young’s father sold it online. While the two are having lunch, In-kyung sees the news wherein Ma-ri tries to prove that Jae-sang’s death was a plan made by the two sisters for money.
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This gains the scrutiny of the men nearby which infuriates In-kyung who goes off to meet Ma-ri in person. On the other hand, Jang Sa-pyeong is in the midst of a dinner with Sang-a and compliments her for her leadership over the Jeongran Society after Jae-sang’s death.
Sang-a is pleased by the compliment however she is not yet happy, she shares her displeasure with Sa-pyeong and asks him to torture In-kyung to calm her emotions. Sa-pyeong accepts her request and soon kidnaps In-kyung after her meeting with Ma-ri.
Later, Sang-a visits In-ju and tells her about her plans against In-kyung, In-hye and her parents. She lets her know that she will get rid of them all one by one and In-ju will have to bear the pain of losing them all while staying behind bars for the next 20 years. This completely infuriates In-ju but she is unable to do anything to her which leaves her frustrated.
On the other hand, Jong-ho has realised that In-kyung has disappeared and is anxious about her to the point of contacting the police. He waits at the police station for some updates on her while Sa-pyeong is ready to torture In-kyung.
The next day at the trial, Do-il comes to the witness stand to give his statement and while it looks like he is speaking against In-ju at the beginning, he soon exposes that the embezzled money had been transferred to Sang-a’s overseas account. He tells them that In-ju is basically innocent in this case as she knew nothing of what had been going around regarding the embezzlement.
He then presents proof of this by presenting the documents related to Sang-a’s paper company and the transaction that has taken place. This shocks everyone and the case takes a big turn from then on. After the trial, the media surrounds Sang-a who is still in shock and now also frustrated while Do-il goes ahead to meet In-ju.
There the two throw questions at one another which shows how worried they were for each other. Do-il tells her that he had tried contacting her but failed each time and their conversation comes to an end just like that. Do-il is then taken into custody while In-ju is taken back to prison.
Little Women Episode 11 Ending
Little Women episode 11 ends with Sang-a sharing her worries about the next step with Ma-ri who tells her to not worry and already has something planned for her. however, right then her subordinate shows her the live telecast of In-kyung at another news station where she is in the middle of exposing Sang-a with the help of her fur coat.
Jong-ho too sees this and rushes to the news station to wait for her. In-kyung first reveals the connection between Hwa-young’s death and the death of another bookkeeper before her along with Sang-a’s closed room model. She then points out that another similarity between these three is the blue orchid and then invites an expert on the set.
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Sa-pyeong enters the scene and Sang-a is left in shock by what she sees. He explains that the blue orchid is a rarity and has almost vanished from everywhere, however, it exists in abundance at Jae-sang’s house. Showing the pictures of a tree filled with orchids, his explanation of the flower points towards Sang-a’s involvement in the murders.
The scene then shifts to some time back when In-kyung convinced him by letting him know that he holds the true spirit of the General’s beliefs and that Jae-sang and Sang-a have used the society for the wrong purposes. This invokes him as he is the last living founding member of the Jeongran society whose faith in the General never fails.
The next day at the trial, In-ju asks to be punished because she did take the 2 billion won in the beginning which pushed her into all these troubles. She tells the judge to punish her because now she has really thought about life and no longer cares about that money. Now that Hwa-young is dead, she is still alive to bear the punishment and she is ready for it.
However, right then the doors of the trial room open and everyone looks behind only to be left with shocked eyes. In-ju too turns back and standing right there is none other than Jin Hwa-young.
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Little Women Episode 11 Review
I just love how Little Women always has a new plot twist waiting for us at the end of each episode. Who would have thought that the person to shock us this time would be Jin Hwa-young, the person who really knows how to take the spotlight away with just her presence!
I am really loving this show and knowing that it is soon to end does not do me any good. Now coming back to this episode, one of the things that need to be pointed out is how much of a crazy romantic Jae-sang is. His relationship with Sang-a seems to be poetic yet so toxic and we cannot deny missing seeing the two together as they go around pretending all day.
On the other hand, I am so glad to see that Do-il is not betraying In-ju, however, knowing that this show is filled with twists, I am going to keep my trust with me until the show is over. Adding on to this is the Jong-ho and In-kyung couple who are really doing it right with the Kdrama romance.
Also, Do-il is one good planner and I want to know what else he has got up his sleeve, because just like Im-soo said, this guy must have done everything till now on purpose. Couldn’t agree with her more because it really did seem way too smooth for Sang-a when the episode began.
But this is not all, every time someone joins the Jeongran Society, a flower is added to the Father Tree, and it looks like the place where your orchid is placed will also determine your position in the society. Also, the number of orchids on the tree is scary and I wonder how In-ju will be able to fight against a group that is so deeply rooted in society.
Altogether, this was another wonderful episode from the show and we cannot wait for the Little Women finale!
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