Bad Memory Eraser Episode 5 recap: Yang Hye-ji revealed as Kim Jae-joong’s first love

On August 16, 2024, the fifth episode of the ongoing romantic drama Bad Memory Eraser aired on the MBN TV network. The show features Kim Jae-joong, Yang Hye-ji, Jin Se-yeon, and Lee Jong-won in the lead roles, besides other supporting cast members including Lee Ruby, Yoon Yoo Sun, Kim Jae Yong, and more. The fresh episodes of Bad Memory Eraser will be released on Friday and Saturday at 21:40 KST. There are 16 episodes in the series.

At the end of the last episode, Lee Goon (Kim Jae-joong) enters his house and finds Jin Se-yeon (Kyung Ju-yeon) with the suitcase. Lee Shin (Lee Jong-won) saw Sae-yan (Yang Hye-ji) waiting outside his house. The story continues from this point in episode 5.

In the latest episode, viewers will learn more about Sae-yan’s character, who will turn out to be Lee Goon’s first love (whom he confuses with Kyung Ju-yeon). Sae-yan is also Lee Shin’s ex-girlfriend. Ju-yeon appears to care more about Lee Goon in the latest episode.

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Bad Memory Eraser Episode 5 recap: Kyung Ju-yeon starts to care about Lee Goon

Episode 5 picks up with Lee Goon entering his house and finding a suitcase at the door. Behind the suitcase, he sees Ju-yeon and asks her what she is doing at his house. She tells him that his parents gave her passcode for their house, as the hospital urgently needs his ID for documentation. She also claims that the suitcase belongs to her.

Following this, they look for Goon’s ID card and soon Ju-yeon finds it. Meanwhile, Sae Yan is seen sitting with Lee Shin, where she tells him to find her precious bracelet, which she dropped in his car earlier. She gives him her address and leaves.

The next day, Goon meets his best friend Guk Bong, with whom he discusses the investment opportunities for his new agency. He started his management agency in the previous episodes and also signed Cha Si-on as his client. Goon tells Guk Bong he will attract investment from Chairman Won, who is a big player in the investing world. Guk Bong says he can try to set up a meeting for him through an agent. Goon then leaves.

Lee Goon still tries to impress Ju-yeon, whom he thinks is his first love, and as expected, Ju-yeon is still ignoring him as she likes his colleague Tae-oh.

In the next scene, Sae-yan arrives at the hospital and looks for Ju-yeon. She takes Ju-yeon to the supermarket for shopping.

Meanwhile, Lee Shin reaches the hospital looking for Professor Han, his psychiatrist. He learns that both Professor Han and Dr. Ju-yeon have already left for the day. So he goes to Goon’s room and spends the night with him.

The next morning, Sae-yan gives Ju-yeon a gift, which she got from Italy. She tells Ju-yeon that if she wants to impress her boyfriend, she can give these couple of shirts to him. Sae-yan leaves her house and reaches the hospital. She looks at Tae-oh from afar, who looks tensed.

Meanwhile, Lee Shin is seen with his parents. Her mother discovers all his injuries from the new shoes that he wore for his previous game. The president of the Big Picture Agency enters the scene and informs his mother that these shoes are from an important sponsor, therefore, Shin has to wear them. Shin’s mother becomes furious, and she heads to the office of the sponsor. She tears down her son’s contract with the company.

In the following scene, Cha Si-on and Goon can be seen sitting together. Cha Si-on, who signed a contract with Goon's newly started agency in previous episodes, tells him that, because of her rehab, news companies aren’t offering her more ads. Therefore, he must find out how to make money now.

Meanwhile, Ju-yeon, Professor Han, and Tae-oh can be seen talking about Goon's ongoing tests and their Bad Memory Eraser experiment. Tae-oh and Professor Han decide they will allow Goon to move out in public. First, Ju-yeon says no, but then she agrees and asks that at least a guardian go with Goon when he goes out in public.

Ju-yeon becomes Goon’s medical guardian and goes out with him. They go to a horse racing match, where he tries to secure an investment for his new agency. To the investor, Goon introduces Ju-yeon as a team doctor to look after athletes’ mental health. Although Goon impressed the investors with his skills, he asked them to set up another meeting for further discussions. Goon and Ju-yeon leave.

Goon asks Ju-yeon for dinner, but she refuses as she already has plans with her love, Tae-oh. Tae-oh tells Ju-yeon to wait for him in a small meeting room. Ju-yeon makes romantic preparations for Tae-oh.

Tae-oh, on the other side, is preparing to perform some additional tests on Goon, without informing Ju-yeon. He is doing this under the influence of his senior doctor from the neurosurgery department. In a small flashback, Tae-oh can be seen talking with the doctor, who says that Bad Memory Eraser research is supposed to be under the neurosurgery department.

Tae-oh, who admits that this research belongs to the psychiatric department and was initially started by Kyung Ju-yeon, agrees with the senior doctor and does as he says.

Coming back to the present, Tae-oh gives Goon anesthesia and performs his tests. While he was becoming unconscious during his tests, he saw Tae-oh’s face.

Tae-oh finishes his tests and leaves to meet his girlfriend, whom he was kissing in previous episodes. Ju-yeon secretly follows Tae-oh and finds out about him two times. Seeing this, Ju-yeon becomes disheartened and rushes to the room where she made romantic preparations for Tae-oh.

Goon, who regained his consciousness, enters the meeting room where Ju-yeon is crying. Sad Ju-yeon asks Goon not to be clingy anymore, and he agrees with her and leaves the room. Goon runs up to Tae-oh, hits him, and tells him to stay away from Ju-yeon because of what he did.

Meanwhile, Ju-yeon is seen sitting in Lee Shin’s car, where she finds a bracelet lying in his car. Shin tries to make her feel better. With Shin’s face, it looks like he is developing feelings for Ju-yeon.

The next day, Ju-yeon learns Goon has been discharged from the hospital. Simultaneously, Tae-oh, Professor Han, and the senior doctor from the neurosurgery department are engaged in a discussion on the discharge of Goon. They are responsible for overseeing their research for three months.

Tae-oh then says that this might have something to do with the conflict between Ju-yeon and Goon. Listening to this, the senior doctor decides to exclude Ju-yeon from the Bad Memory Eraser research. The senior doctor tells Professor Han to shift the research direction to neurosurgery.

Meanwhile, Goon inaugurates his new agency, Agency Goon. Subsequently, Ju-yeon meets Tae-oh, and he tries to convince her to let the research go under the neurosurgery department, or else the research might be suspended.

With a heavy heart, Ju-yeon agrees with Tae-Oh and carries all the research material to the hospital to hand it over to him. Soon, she learns about the tests Tae-oh performed on Goon under general anesthesia without informing her. This makes her angry, and she leaves the hospital following a minor argument with Tae-oh.

Towards the end of episode 5 of Bad Memory Eraser, Sae-yan receives a parcel with her lost bracelet in it.

On the night of the reunion, she misplaced her bracelet. During the reunion, Sae-yan hanged Goon's medal from the tree, as revealed in the flashback. She was the girl he had been searching for all this time. Sae-yan broke up with Shin on reunion day and lost her bracelet in his car.

Meanwhile, Goon finds an alumni reunion invitation in his van. He tries to recall what happened on that day.

Distraught, Ju-yeon, having departed from the hospital, arrives at Goon's place. Drenched by the downpour, she forcefully enters his home and informs Goon she intends to join his agency as the team doctor.

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The new episodes of Bad Memory Eraser air every Friday and Saturday on the MBN network. Fans can also catch episodes of this Korean drama on Viki (in selected regions).