Episode 4 of the South Korean suspense drama Perfect Family aired on August 22. Directed by Japanese filmmaker Isao Yukisada and based on Nyangpa and Joo Eun's popular webtoon, the drama premiered on KBS2 on August 14, 2024. The cast includes Kim Byung-chul, Yoon Se-ah, and Park Ju-hyun, with the main characters being Choi Jin-hyeok, Ha Eun-ju, and their daughter Sun-hui.
The fourth episode gives a peek into the secrets that Sun-hui is trying to uncover. It also shows a different side of her seemingly perfect family.
Perfect Family episode 4 recap: What secret are Jin-hyeok and Eun-ju hiding from Sun-hui?
In the fourth episode of Perfect Family, after getting warned by the man, Sun-hui is questioned by her mother about what they talked about. Later, Sun-hui checks the room she was curious about but quickly returns.
The next day at school, Hyun-woo asks if something happened with Gyeong-ho and Su-yeon and assures her she can trust him. Sun-hui asks for his help, and they leave school early so she can try to access the room while her parents are away. Despite her efforts, she can't find the key.
She remembers her father telling her to never go to that room when she was a child. As a last resort, she decides to use a ladder and access the room from the outside window. Hyun-woo who is keeping guard and holding the ladder tells her that Jin-hyeok is back. She asks him to remove the ladder and tries to open the window from outside.
Jin-hyeok tries to distract her parents with a dance and succeeds. Sun-hui enters the room to find it well-kept. There is a picture that she takes. When her parents can't find her in her room, they worry she might have discovered something. Sun-hui then walks out of the bathroom in a bathrobe, and they assume she was showering. However, Eun-ju notices that there are no clothes in the laundry basket.
Later, Sun-hui starts asking her mother questions about why she adopted her. The next day, followed by an eager-to-help Hyun-woo, Sun-hui goes to her grandmother's place to learn more. She shows her the family photo where Jin-hyeok, Eun-ju, and her grandmother posing beside a boy.
The grandmother who does not consider Sun-hui as family refuses to answer and instead goes into a fit of rage. Hyun-woo helps Sun-hui who bruises her knee and she starts trusting him as a friend. She writes in her diary about this.
In a flashback, Sun-hui's parents gift her a diary on her birthday. One day, when she comes back from school sad, her parents read the diary to know what happened. They find out that she was being bullied by a girl. The next day, the girl does not come to the school and there is news about her death.
In the present as well, Jin-hyeok and Eun-ju read Sun-hui's diary and find out that Sun-hui is willing to disclose the secrets to Hyun-woo. However, Sun-hui only tells him about how Gyeong-ho died. When Hyun-woo suggests going to the police, she threatens to break their friendship if he takes that step.
Episode 4 of Perfect Family ends with Sun-hui's grandmother narrating a story about how her son was bullied and fell from a chestnut tree trying to survive.
The series airs on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 9:50 PM KST. It is also available to watch on Viki and Viu.