Amnesia

Episode 7. Amnesia

Kang Pi-o is in total disbelief as he watches Choi Jeong-yo, now under the name Luca Domenico, competing as a conductor in the International Conducting Competition Brno 2026. For nine years, Pi-o searched for Jeong-yo, who vanished during the Prague Harmonie International Competition where they both performed as pianists.

He attempts to see Jeong-yo backstage but is denied entry since the competition is ongoing. At Hotel Noctis Aria, he is turned away after Luca Domenico tells the front desk that he does not know him.

Meanwhile, Maestro Kang Seung-woon urges President Yoon Seong-ju of the Hankook Symphony to watch the Brno competition because Choi Jeong-yo is participating. They agree that Seong-ju should invite Luca Domenico to perform in Korea.

Luca Domenico wins the competition. At the press conference, he is asked about his identity as Choi Jeong-yo, the pianist who disappeared nine years earlier. He refuses to answer personal questions about his whereabouts but explains that he adopted the name Luca Domenico after losing his memory in an accident. He reveals that he suffers from amnesia.

Kang Pi-o is finally granted a brief meeting after a music director recognizes him and leads him to Jeong-yo’s room. However, Jeong-yo does not recognize him. Pi-o tells him they were classmates and expresses gratitude that he is alive. Offended, Jeong-yo asks the director to escort Pi-o out. Pi-o insists Jeong-yo call him if he visits Korea, but leaves hurt that he is not remembered.

Hong Jae-in, Pi-o’s manager, calls him about the news of Jeong-yo’s reappearance. Watching the interview where Jeong-yo admits his memory loss, Pi-o recalls his own interview with Jeong-yo’s abductor. Jae-in visits Pi-o’s home and asks if he is feeling better. Pi-o admits he was not happy to see Jeong-yo. She reminds him that they are bound to meet again and asks when he will return to practice.

Kang Ji-hye, Pi-o’s mother, becomes furious upon seeing the news of Jeong-yo’s reappearance and his amnesia. She storms into her office and later confronts her father, Maestro Kang, opposing the invitation for Jeong-yo to perform with the Hankook Symphony. She also meets President Yoon Seong-ju to discuss subsidies, but Yoon tells her she must rely on endorsements.

Professor Do Hyun-soo watches the video of Jeong-yo in disbelief.

Pi-o walks around the school, reminiscing about his days practicing with Jeong-yo. He imagines seeing Jeong-yo sitting on the stairs and offers him a tour of the school. They talk about their closeness, revisit their classroom, and enter the practice room. Pi-o asks what piece they once played. He claims to suffer from tendinitis, while Jeong-yo plays the piano with one hand, explaining that his right shoulder was shot and he lost the ability to play. They shake hands at the gate before Jeong-yo leaves.

Pi-o remembers the day he caught his mother returning home at dawn and confronts her about it.

He calls Vogel and tells him that he wants to know who was behind Choi Jeong-yo’s kidnapping. 

He wants to meet with Maestro Kang and is introduced to Hong Jae-in as a manager in Korea. Jae-in tells him the Kang Pi-o never lost hope in finding him for nine-years.

Jae-in brings Pi-o out to eat and tells him about Jeong-yo joining the Hankook Symphony Orchestra as guest conductor. She asks Pi-o to become the soloist for him. He says he doesn’t want to perform. Jae-in encourages him about the performance that both of them are good together.

Maestro Kang and Jeong-yo are walking and encounter Jae-in and Pi-o. They are invited to have tea. Jeong-yo says he wants to perform his debut with Kang Pi-o as soloist. Pi-o refuses the offer. 

Pi-o is angry that Jae-in asks Jeong-yo first to play in the concerto instead of him.

Jeong-yo insists that he wants to perform with Pi-o to Jae-in.  He says things have become even more interesting.

Jeong-yo calls his brother Choi Hyung to inform him that he has returned. He visits the old pianos in the storage. He watches the Kang Pi-o’s interview after winning the competition where he denies that he was close to Jeong-yo. He recalls how he denied knowing Pi-o when the front desk called him to inform him of it. The memories of the pain that Pi-o caused him flooded back. 

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