The Good Detective: Episodes 5-6
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One assassin is apprehended, however one other remains to be at giant. Our detectives dig deeper into the anomaly amongst the string of murders, and so they lastly handle to make some headway — it appears to be like just like the connections to the previous run quite a bit deeper than they appear.
EPISODES 5-6 WEECAP
Our detective pair rush to the airport to catch Sung-gon’s youthful sister LAURA CAINE (Park Ye-ni). Her flight’s already left, however by some stroke of luck they only so occur to stroll previous her. It seems she didn’t get on the airplane in any case, and she or he reveals the reality of her childhood.
When she and Sung-gon have been youngsters, their abusive father slit their mom’s throat proper in entrance of them, incensed that she dared to put on purple lipstick, and accusing her of eager to seduce different males. She’d been carrying a white gown, and its bloodstained visage had haunted the 2 siblings ever since.
Regardless of being taken into custody by the Seoul group, Sung-gon staunchly denies the accusations. That’s, till 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 complete fact of Sung-gon’s motive.
Do-chang informs Sung-gon that Laura has dedicated suicide, and it’s the breaking level for him. Sung-gon hurls the laptop computer to the ground, and he appears to be in real misery for a second, but it surely quickly morphs into anger. Blaming his sister for all his crimes, Sung-gon gloats that she’s lastly lifeless.
We get a bit of extra perception into our seasoned detective this week, and it’s nearly heartbreaking to see Do-chang’s trajectory from the steadfast ardour of his previous to his present disillusioned state. Do-chang is somebody who even ran out in the course of his personal wedding ceremony ceremony to catch a offender, successfully ruining his relationship along with his fiancee, but now he’s questioning the very convictions he’s constructed himself upon.
When Hee-joo’s grandfather pleads to be instructed who his granddaughter’s assassin is, Do-chang lastly loses his cool and blurts out that he doesn’t know — he can’t know for certain. Regardless of how a lot the circumstantial proof factors to Sung-gon because the assassin, with out having truly witnessed the crime, he merely can’t assert the id of the offender.
Final week, Hee-joo’s grandfather supplied Do-chang’s adoptive daughter LEE EUN-HYE (Lee Ha-eun) shelter after she was terrorized by individuals from her previous, giving her a brand new pair of sneakers to interchange the one she misplaced whereas operating away. This week, Eun-hye returns the favor, going to his shoe retailer to provide him oranges and inspect him within the wake of Do-chang’s outburst.
Eun-hye solely introduced one umbrella, so Hee-joo’s grandfather urges her to take it again along with her as a substitute of strolling residence within the rain. She does, however she returns to provide it again to him, having purchased one other on the comfort retailer. Aww, she’s such a considerate child. It’s clear that Hee-joo’s grandfather sees Hee-joo in Eun-hye, and I like their creating bond; they discover consolation and security in one another, and I hope it’s the street to therapeutic for each of them.
Throughout a jail visitation, President Cheon explicitly favors Sang-woo, overtly stating that he needs to revamp TJ Group’s picture with Sang-woo because the figurehead. Na-na places on a powerful entrance, however she breaks down in personal, and Tae-ho comes residence to her binge-eating candy desserts though she’s diabetic.
Na-na pleads with Tae-ho to reassure her that she’s not alone and that she doesn’t need to be, and he pulls her into a young embrace as she cries. It’s a uncommon second of vulnerability from Na-na; for all her sly manipulation and aloof bravado, she’s nonetheless affected by the loneliness of the trail she’s chosen to take.
Since Hee-joo is the one sufferer who by no means boarded Sung-gon’s bus, Do-chang and Ji-hyuk begin investigating deeper into her case. They acquire her work belongings from her grandfather, and amongst them is a planner with a suspiciously ripped web page. Squinting on the web page beneath it, they determine that the torn portion contained a password to Tae-ho’s protected, although they don’t know what Tae-ho instructed Hee-joo to take from it.
Moreover, Hee-joo’s name log accommodates a number of suspicious numbers. One is Min-ji, and one other is a burner telephone. Ji-hyuk tries calling the unknown quantity, and we see that the burner telephone belongs to Sang-woo. By monitoring the situation of the decision, Ji-hyuk discovers that the burner telephone was contained in the TJ constructing.
Anxious that the detectives could also be onto him, Sang-woo drives out to a secluded lake and tosses the burner telephone into the water. He thinks he’s within the clear, however his actions have been witnessed by Na-na, who arrives on the lake after he leaves.
Tae-ho pays a go to to Hee-joo’s grandfather, providing TJ’s authorized companies in case the detectives smear Hee-joo’s title of their investigations. It’s clear he’s anxious that Hee-joo’s grandfather may very well be a free finish or possibly even a free cannon, however he doesn’t handle to glean a lot info earlier than he’s despatched on his method.
Afterwards, Hee-joo’s grandfather visits the police station to provide Do-chang and Ji-hyuk an envelope of images that have been despatched to Hee-joo. They seize Tae-ho and Hee-joo, having fun with a personal meal collectively after work and looking out a lot too cozy for a mere superior and subordinate relationship.
Do-chang understands how a lot braveness and integrity it should have taken Hee-joo’s grandfather to submit proof that would tarnish his valuable granddaughter’s repute, and he thanks him sincerely.
Na-na meets with Ji-hyuk at a lodge, 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 is aware of who dedicated the assault from two years in the past. Ji-hyuk intentionally reveals that he has his suspicions in regards to the offender of Min-ji’s assault case, although he doesn’t say who.
Clearly fishing for grime on Sang-woo, Na-na presents to chop a take care of Ji-hyuk as soon as he obtains conclusive proof. She performs coy, refusing to disclose the phrases of the deal till he has one thing to supply in alternate.
Since Ji-hyuk remains to be restricted by his restraining order, Do-chang meets Min-ji alone to ask about Hee-joo. Warily, Min-ji admits she was buddies with Hee-joo, however she denies any additional relation. She grows defensive when Do-chang brings up her assault case from two years in the past, noting that the primary witness was Tae-ho, the chief of the TJ authorized group the place Hee-joo labored.
Min-ji reiterates that she doesn’t wish to discuss that case, however Do-chang corrects her. He’s not right here to dredge up the previous, he’s right here to research Hee-joo’s case, and Min-ji is a main suspect due to how ceaselessly she seems on Hee-joo’s name log.
It seems that Min-ji has an toddler daughter, who’s at present in Sang-woo’s custody. He’s holding her as leverage over Min-ji, who has no alternative however to do TJ’s bidding with the intention to preserve her daughter protected.
Min-ji asks Sang-woo if he had one thing to do with Hee-joo’s demise, calling him an evil bastard, which angers him sufficient to strangle her. Obtrusive at him, Min-ji dares him to kill her, threatening to make him remorse it if he doesn’t.
Sang-woo leaves her alive, however he sends gangster Ki Dong-jae to Min-ji’s residence and provides him the passcode. Sneaking in, Dong-jae fiddles with Min-ji’s laptop computer, plugging a USB in. When Min-ji arrives residence, Dong-jae threatens her with a knife and forces her to behave like every thing’s fantastic when our detective group comes knocking on her door.
By the point our detective group figures out Min-ji is in peril and breaks into her residence, she’s unconscious, having been knocked out with a flowerpot. They ship Min-ji to the hospital, whereas our detective pair stay behind to look at the crime scene.
There’s a video open on Min-ji’s laptop computer, and Ji-hyuk shortly realizes that it’s the CCTV footage from the evening of her assault. They play the video, and a person walks by way of the hallway, then turns round to face the digital camera — it’s Tae-ho.
Nicely, that’s clearly a set-up, given Dong-jae’s break-in and the way the video was intentionally left open for our detectives to find. I doubt Do-chang and Ji-hyuk shall be taken in that simply, however I suppose we’ll have to attend until subsequent week to know for certain. Ji-hyuk actually doesn’t seem to be somebody who would take issues at face worth; I like how insightful and grounded he’s regardless of what his lackadaisical perspective appears to recommend.
Alternatively, I’m shocked by how incompetent Sang-woo is shaping as much as be as a villain, LOL. I imply, did he actually suppose tossing an intact telephone right into a river was one of the simplest ways to do away with damning proof? To not point out sending a employed gangster after somebody who clearly has ties to him and is a key individual in a homicide case. Maybe that’s why he wants Tae-ho to wash up his messes, however I actually do hope Sang-woo steps up his recreation.
Anyway, shifting on to our different characters — I like how sensible and perceptive Bo-kyung is. Relatively than naively accepting her sudden promotion, she acknowledges that her worth lies in her connections, since her father is the police chief. Bo-kyung’s daring sufficient to immediately ask Na-na if that is the explanation she was added to the authorized group regardless of having zero authorized expertise, and whereas I do fear that her forthrightness will land her in scorching water in the end, I discover her initiative refreshing.
She’s in a precarious place, now that she’s located near the center of the TJ schemes, however that additionally means she has the power to take them down from inside. One factor I like about this drama is how succesful and nuanced Na-na is as a personality, and I hope Bo-kyung is given comparable depth.
In that vein, I’m additionally trying ahead to discovering extra about Hee-joo. Given what we’ve seen of her up to now, she looks as if a reliable younger lady with a wise head on her shoulders, so I ponder what prompted her to enter an affair with a married man. It might simply be a purple herring, particularly given how many individuals possible have it out for TJ Group, however Tae-ho did appear to show a real fondness in the direction of Hee-joo within the flashbacks we’ve seen.
Tae-ho’s as attention-grabbing as he’s enigmatic; he’s allied with Na-na, and he does seem to sincerely look after her, but he additionally does Sang-woo’s bidding. He’s caught between the 2, and it’s but unclear the place his loyalty lies. Is Tae-ho merely searching for TJ Group’s greatest pursuits, or does he have an ulterior motive that has but to be uncovered? I can’t wait to seek out out.
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