Perfect Family Episode 5 recap: Is Sun-hui's life in danger?

Perfect Family premiered on KBS2 on August 14, 2024. The new South Korean suspense drama has drawn viewers in with its gripping storyline. The series airs every Wednesday and Thursday at 9:50 PM KST and is also available on Viki and Viu in certain regions.

The K-drama features Kim Byung-chul, Yoon Se-ah, and Park Ju-hyun, and is directed by Yukisada Isao. Based on the popular webtoon by Nyangpa and Joo Eun, the drama follows the lives of Choi Jin-hyeok, his wife Ha Eun-ju, and their daughter Sun-hui, whose seemingly perfect lives take a spin for the worse due to a murder case. Sun-hui's friends, Gyeong-ho, Hyun-woo, and Su-yeon, are also affected.

In Perfect Family episode 5 aired on August 28, Sun-hui feels threatened by her parents. As she narrowly escapes an accident, there are some signs that hint at her parent's connection with it. More secrets are revealed about them as she starts directly questioning them about the recent happenings.

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Perfect Family episode 5: What secret does Sun-hui find out about her parents?

In episode 5 of Perfect Family, Sun-hui gets a text from Su-yeon's number, telling her that she is outside the school. As Sun-hui rushes outside after her class, Su-yeon is nowhere to be found. Unmindful, she gets on the road. As a van charges towards her, Hyun-woo pushes her out of the way and both survive.

Hyun-woo is taken to the hospital as he gets a few scratches. Here, he reminisces the time when he, Gyeong-ho, and Sun-hui joked around. He also mentions that the van did not pull any brakes because any driver would be expected to do so to prevent an accident in a normal situation.

While Hyun-woo wants to report this incident to the police, Sun-hui advices otherwise, worried that her parents might be involved in it. Right then, her parents reach the hospital and Hyun-woo notices Jin-hyeok's hand clenched in a fist.

Back at home, the family pretends to be normal. The police arrive and ask Jin-hyeok about a black van that he had rented. He tells them to come to his office the next day for an explanation. Sun-hui's suspicion grows stronger in this episode of Perfect Family.

When her father notices an unlocked window in the room that Sun-hui is told to stay away from, he barges into her room and asks about the photo she took. She tells him it is in her bag and asks why she found Su-yeon's belongings in her car and why Gyeong-ho's house was caught on fire. She tells her parents that she is scared of them.

In turn, Jin-hyeok, unexpectedly responds saying that he is the one scared of her. Before he can reveal more, he is interrupted by Eun-ju. In this episode of Perfect Family, Sun-hui meets with the relative who had warned her about her parents. He reveals himself to be Police Officer Kang Hyeong-min and he informs her that her father might be wearing a mask. Meanwhile, Su-yeon's body is found in the river.

At home, Sun-hui's parents tell her about their plan to send her abroad and that they will join her soon. Eun-ja sits with Sun-hui and tells that her that the picture is of their son who died in a fire and that they would do anything to protect Sun-hui. An inquisitive Sun-hui asks her mom about Gyeong-ho.

Eun-ja tells her that Gyeong-ho was alive when she went there to collect Sun-hui's cell phone and notebook but he asked her to leave quietly instead of calling for any help.

The scene cuts to Sun-hui's interaction with Hyeong-min. He informs her about the Gongseo-dong Fire and Kidnapping Case in which the son died. Jin-hyeok was the prime suspect but using his influence, he had another person take the fall. Hyeong-min also reveals that Sun-hui's foster parents cost him his child. He tells her that he wants to protect her and that the cops would not do much.

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The next episode of Perfect Family is scheduled to be released on August 29.