On The Master’s Sun, episode 15, Joong-Won regained his forgotten memories of Kong-Sil and the full truth behind Hanna and Hee-Joo was finally revealed.

The Bechdel, Russo, and Race Test

Episode 15 did not pass the Russo test but it did pass the Bechdel and race test.

Episode 15 did not pass the Russo test, and the episode did not pass this test because there were no LGBTI characters in episode 15. The episode did, however, pass the Bechdel and race test.

Episode 15 passed the Bechdel test because of the couple of times that named women talked to each other in episode 15, there were two instances where men weren’t mentioned (e.g., Hanna asked Kong-Sil if she could truly communicate with the dead and Hee-Joo asked Kong-Sil for help). The episode passed the race test because the entire cast was Asian and none of the characters ever mentioned White people (which means that every conversation that occurred in episode 15 passed the race test as only non-White individuals who never mentioned White people ever talked).

*The Bechdel test entails three requirements:
1. It has to have at least two (named) women in it
2. Who talk to each other
3. About something besides a man

**The Vito Russo test entails three requirements:
1. The show contains a character that is identifiably lesbian, gay, bisexual, intersex and/or transgender
2. The character must not be solely or predominately defined by her sexual orientation, gender identity and/or as being intersex
3.The character must be tied into the plot in such a way that her removal would have a significant effect

***The race or people of color (POC) test has three requirements:
1. It has two people of color in it
2. Who talk to each other
3. About something other than a White person

****Just because a show passes the Bechdel, Russo and race test does not mean that it is not sexist, heterosexist, racist and/or cissexist, etc. The Bechdel, Russo and race test is only a bare minimum qualifier for the representation of LGBTI individuals, women and people of color in television. The failure to pass these tests also does not identify whether the central character was a woman, a person of color or a LGBTQI individual and it does not dictate the quality of the show.