Shi-Woo and Chi-Ang began their student life at Moorim on Moorim School, episode 2, and on their first day, they pestered Soon-Duk nonstop, each for his own reasons.

The Bechdel, Russo, and Race Test

Episode 2 passed the race test but it did not pass the Bechdel or Russo test.

Episode 2 passed the race test, and the episode passed this test because while there were a few White individuals in this episode and there were a couple of occasions where non-White individuals talked to or about White people, the cast was primarily Asian so there were many instances where only non-White individuals, who never mentioned White people, talked to each other. As to the Bechdel test, episode 2 did not pass this test.

Women talked to each other 2-3 times in episode 2, and on one of those occasions, both of the women who were talking to each other had names (e.g., Soon-Duk and Sun-A talked about Shi-Woo and Chi-Ang’s arrival at Moorim), but the episode did not pass the Bechdel test because the named women who talked to each other discussed men. Episode 2 also failed to pass the Russo test, and the episode did not pass this test because there were no LGBTI characters in episode 2.

*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.