One murderer is apprehended, but another is still at large. Our detectives dig deeper into the anomaly amongst the string of murders, and they finally manage to make some headway — it looks like the connections to the past run a lot deeper than they seem.
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Despite being taken into custody by the Seoul team, Sung-gon staunchly denies the accusations. That is, until our detective pair arrive with a video for him. Unable to bear the burden of her brother’s murders, Laura filmed a confessional video revealing the full truth of Sung-gon’s motive.
Do-chang informs Sung-gon that Laura has committed suicide, and it’s the breaking point for him. Sung-gon hurls the laptop to the floor, and he seems to be in genuine distress for a moment, but it soon morphs into anger. Blaming his sister for all his crimes, Sung-gon gloats that she’s finally dead.
Na-na meets with Ji-hyuk at a hotel, to Bo-kyung’s annoyance (since she has a crush on him, aww). Sending Bo-kyung away, Na-na cuts straight to the chase and asks Ji-hyuk if he knows who committed the assault from two years ago. Ji-hyuk deliberately reveals that he has his suspicions about the culprit of Min-ji’s assault case, though he doesn’t say who.
Clearly fishing for dirt on Sang-woo, Na-na offers to cut a deal with Ji-hyuk once he obtains conclusive evidence. She plays coy, refusing to reveal the terms of the deal until he has something to offer in exchange.
Since Ji-hyuk is still limited by his restraining order, Do-chang meets Min-ji alone to ask about Hee-joo. Warily, Min-ji admits she was friends with Hee-joo, but she denies any further relation. She grows defensive when Do-chang brings up her assault case from two years ago, noting that the first witness was Tae-ho, the leader of the TJ legal team where Hee-joo worked.
Min-ji reiterates that she doesn’t want to talk about that case, but Do-chang corrects her. He’s not here to dredge up the past, he’s here to investigate Hee-joo’s case, and Min-ji is a prime suspect because of how frequently she appears on Hee-joo’s call log.
It turns out that Min-ji has an infant daughter, who is currently in Sang-woo’s custody. He’s holding her as leverage over Min-ji, who has no choice but to do TJ’s bidding in order to keep her daughter safe.
Min-ji asks Sang-woo if he had something to do with Hee-joo’s death, calling him an evil bastard, which angers him enough to strangle her. Glaring at him, Min-ji dares him to kill her, threatening to make him regret it if he doesn’t.
Sang-woo leaves her alive, but he sends gangster Ki Dong-jae to Min-ji’s apartment and gives him the passcode. Sneaking in, Dong-jae fiddles with Min-ji’s laptop, plugging a USB in. When Min-ji arrives home, Dong-jae threatens her with a knife and forces her to act like everything’s fine when our detective team comes knocking on her door.
By the time our detective team figures out Min-ji is in danger and breaks into her apartment, she’s unconscious, having been knocked out with a flowerpot. They send Min-ji to the hospital, while our detective pair remain behind to examine the crime scene.
There’s a video open on Min-ji’s laptop, and Ji-hyuk quickly realizes that it’s the CCTV footage from the night of her assault. They play the video, and a man walks through the hallway, then turns around to face the camera — it’s Tae-ho.
Well, that’s obviously a set-up, given Dong-jae’s break-in and how the video was deliberately left open for our detectives to discover. I doubt Do-chang and Ji-hyuk will be taken in that easily, but I suppose we’ll have to wait till next week to know for sure. Ji-hyuk certainly doesn’t seem like someone who would take things at face value; I like how insightful and level-headed he is despite what his lackadaisical attitude seems to suggest.
On the other hand, I’m surprised by how incompetent Sang-woo is shaping up to be as a villain, LOL. I mean, did he really think tossing an intact phone into a river was the best way to get rid of damning evidence? Not to mention sending a hired gangster after someone who clearly has ties to him and is a key person in a murder case. Perhaps that’s why he needs Tae-ho to clean up his messes, but I really do hope Sang-woo steps up his game.
Anyway, moving on to our other characters — I like how smart and perceptive Bo-kyung is. Rather than naively accepting her sudden promotion, she recognizes that her value lies in her connections, since her father is the police chief. Bo-kyung’s bold enough to directly ask Na-na if this is the reason she was added to the legal team despite having zero legal experience, and while I do worry that her forthrightness will land her in hot water sooner or later, I find her initiative refreshing.
She’s in a precarious position, now that she’s situated close to the heart of the TJ schemes, but that also means she has the ability to take them down from within. One thing I like about this drama is how capable and nuanced Na-na is as a character, and I hope Bo-kyung is given similar depth.
In that vein, I’m also looking forward to finding more about Hee-joo. Given what we’ve seen of her so far, she seems like a competent young woman with a sensible head on her shoulders, so I wonder what prompted her to enter an affair with a married man. It could just be a red herring, especially given how many people likely have it out for TJ Group, but Tae-ho did seem to display a genuine fondness towards Hee-joo in the flashbacks we’ve seen.
Tae-ho’s as interesting as he is enigmatic; he’s allied with Na-na, and he does appear to sincerely care for her, yet he also does Sang-woo’s bidding. He’s caught between the two, and it’s yet unclear where his loyalty lies. Is Tae-ho merely looking out for TJ Group’s best interests, or does he have an ulterior motive that has yet to be uncovered? I can’t wait to find out.
