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MBC's drama When the Phone Rings premiered on November 22, 2024, blending romance and suspense in a gripping storyline. Starring Yoo Yeon-seok, Chae Soo-bin, Heo Nam-joon, and Jang Gyu-ri, the series delves into the challenges of a politically driven marriage in its third year, disrupted by a mysterious phone call.
The drama is directed by Park Sang-woo, known for The Forbidden Marriage, alongside co-director Wi Deuk-gyu, with a script by Kim Ji-woon, who also wrote Melancholia and Doctor John. Adapted from a popular Kakao Page novel, it is produced by Bon Factory and Baram Pictures.
In episode 7 of When the Phone Rings, Baek Sa-eon makes a public announcement about the death threats that he has been getting. On the other hand, as he grows closer to Hong Hee-joo, he reveals that he has known about her being the mysterious caller 406 all this while.
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When the Phone Rings episode 7 recap
In episode 7 of When the Phone Rings, Hee-joo recalls the accident that left In-a hearing-impaired and forced Hee-joo to become selectively mute. Hee-joo then wakes up in her hospital bed, following her fall in the previous episode, with Sa-eon by her side. She speaks up and calls out to him to not leave her. Sa-eon holds her hand and stays beside her.
Sa-eon's father's advisor suggests using Hee-joo's accident for his political benefit. Meanwhile, in the hospital, Hee-joo thinks about her last conversation with Sa-eon on call and imagines him divorcing her and asking for two billion won.
Then, in When the Phone Rings episode 7, Sa-eon finds out from Do-jae that the voice modulation on 406's phone was also used to facilitate hacking, which Sa-eon assumed was used to find their location. Do-jae suggests tracking it back to the kidnapper.
In this episode of When the Phone Rings, Baek Ui-yong goes along with the advice given to him previously, and in a press conference, portrays the accident as political terror directed at his family. Subsequently, Sa-eon asks his staff to prepare a press release and tells them that Hee-joo is safe and okay.
Meanwhile, In-a meets Hee-joo's mother and tells her that she returned to help Hee-joo know Sa-eon better and make an informed decision regarding her marriage. Sa-eon visits Ui-yong and tells him that he shall counter him and that the person who fell was in fact Hee-joo. On the other hand, Sang-woo and Yu-ri continue their research on the missing twin case.
Sa-eon gets Hee-joo some fruits in the hospital and tells her that he will be staying with her through the night. He takes care of her by washing and combing her hair and then puts her to sleep. Meanwhile, as Hee-joo tries to fall asleep with him not in the room, he texts her that he has a call he is waiting for.
Hee-joo calls him as the kidnapper, and Sa-eon flirts with her. He then asks her to help him find the real culprit, since he knows she is not on his side. Later, Hee-joo watches the news and finds out about Sa-eon's press release, where he confirms that he had been receiving death threats but it is not related to any political issues. With Hee-joo's help, he was also able to produce a portrait of the kidnapper.
In this episode of When the Phone Rings, Sa-eon further reports to the police and tells them that the kidnapper has an accomplice and knows very personal information about him. The protagonist then meets his parents and tells them of the attacker. He also meets Chairman Hong and informs him of the same.
Meanwhile, the kidnapper texts his accomplice asking him why he pushed Hee-jo. The accomplice responds saying that he wanted Sa-eon to feel the loss of something important.
Hee-joo gets a call from the kidnapper, and he then texts her that he did not push her, asking her to open the door since he wants his phone back. As someone tries to open the door, she rushes and immediately locks it. Scared for her life, she hears Sa-eon calling out to her, and she opens the door and hugs him. Worried, Sa-eon calls the doctors.
Meanwhile, reporter Hyeok-jin asks Sa-eon to stay careful and not act rashly. Hee-joo asks Sa-eon if he is scared of the posts circulating about him. Further, worried that Hee-joo feels scared, Sa-eon gets onto the same bed to help her sleep better.
Hee-joo gets up in the middle of the night to call Sa-eon as 406, however, he asks her to hand over the phone, to which she agrees. He asks her to come to a location, sending her to the amusement park she used to visit as a child and asking her to wait at a tower. Speaking to her on the call, he finally addresses her as Hong Hee-joo and comes to her, as she tears up.
She asks him how he does not hate her after having known about it all this while, in response to which Sa-eon asks her to show him how to hate her instead of loving her, and he kisses her. With this, episode 7 of When the Phone Rings ends.
The next episode of When the Phone Rings is scheduled to be released on December 21, 2024.
