Although Shi De knows his feelings aren't reciprocated, all he wants is to win over Shu Yi and become friends with him. Secretly, he has an obsessive crush on Shu Yi since childhood, but the two of them never grew close because of their competitive relationship. In reality, Shi De doesn't care about competing or winning all that much. While Shu Yi resents his rival, this feud is actually one-sided. Even in university, Shi De transferred to the same school as him, and Shu Yi cannot get a break from losing all the time. It vexes Shu Yi that he cannot triumph over his lifelong rival, who seems to succeed in everything that he does. That's because he always has to compete against Gao Shi De, an ace student who's athletic, intelligent, handsome, and all-around talented. Thankfully, both Kate and Maya stop falling for it in the end, which is a great reminder that the full saying that is actually 'the blood of covenant' – meaning the relationships we choose - 'is thicker than the water of the womb.Whether it's sports or school, Zhou Shu Yi has spent his entire life getting second place in competitions. They both use the idea of family to manipulate those closest them and explain away their bad deeds.

(The fact that we don't see his corpse, and the resolution of a similar exchange in the comics, suggests that Fisk survives being shot at point blank.) I liked how the show placed these two scenes close together because it makes it clear how similar Eleanor and Fisk are. Fittingly, a battered Fisk has a similar interaction with Maya and plays the uncle card to save his life right before she shoots him. 'Is this what heroes do, arrest their mothers on Christmas?' Eleanor, clearly trying to manipulate her daughter, asks as the cops shows up to take her away.

From there, Kate reunites with her mother, who maintains that she did what she had to do protect Kate and that Kate wouldn't survive without her.

The brave cast episode 6