Masked Prosecutor: Episode 3
by LollyPip
Detective Lollypip, reporting for Masked Prosecutor duty! Things start to take a more definitive direction with this episode, and our hero now has a purpose to his masked activities. I agree with previous recaps that the show got off to an awkward start — but with recent tragic events, Dae-chul’s masked avenger now has some real justice to dispense.
EPISODE 3 RECAP
Dad drowns, and Min-hee arrives at the waterside where Dad’s body is being preliminarily examined. Fellow detective Song-ho tells her that the mask the man is wearing is the same one from the CCTV footage. They verify his identity, and even determine that the jacket he’s wearing is the same one.
As Dae-chul searches for his father, he sees a news ticker on a shop-window television: “Dead body of masked serial killer found.” Oh no, poor Dae-chul, that’s a terrible way to find out that your father died.
Ever-suspicious, Min-hee re-watches the CCTV video, muttering that the man on the video doesn’t seem to be as old as the dead man. Moreover, the murdered man, CEO Park, was a judo expert and had scary friends — could he have been killed that easily by an older, out-of-shape man?
Hyun-woong holds a press conference and reports that the masked supposed-serial killer was found drowned. He plays it like it was a suicide driven by guilt and police pressure, twisting the information to make his department look good.
Dae-chul barges into the morgue, pulling rank for access to his father’s body. He draws back the sheet enough to see Dad’s face, and though the pathologist insists he can’t touch the body before the autopsy, he reaches out with a shaking hand to gently close Dad’s eyes.
He takes himself to a pojangmacha to drink soju alone, but a trio of rowdy kids annoy him and he picks a fight. He holds his own in the brawl, using his wrestling skills against the kids. Later he walks down the street, drunk and bruised, and literally lays down in the gutter to cry for his father.
We hear a voice-over from Dad telling Dae-chul that, no matter what, he can never admit he’s his son. Once they clear his name, then Dae-chul can proudly claim him as his father. Meanwhile Dae-chul looks over old news articles of his father’s supposed crimes, and dons a new mask — this time, it’s black.
He listens to Hyun-woong’s press conference, and remembers Detective Park saying that the murdered man was stabbed very skillfully, by someone who knew what they were doing. “He’s the one who killed Father,” he thinks to himself, making the connection between the murdered CEO and his own father’s death.
Min-hee’s team meets, and Detective Park reports that the businesses around now-dead CEO Park won’t even acknowledge that they knew him. Min-hee managed to find the number of the prostitute he visited regularly, but she’s not answering her phone. Min-hee instructs Song-ho to find her and see if she knows anything.
Detective Park raises concerns about investigating a case that the Central Office has already closed, since there’s no chance at a trial. Min-hee argues that catching the bad guys is her entire reason for becoming a policewoman.
Of course, Dae-chul balks at continuing the investigation, because even though it’s horrible how it turned out, it does get him off the hook. Min-hee resorts to almost-aegyo (which looks super-awkward on her) to wheedle some warrants out of him, and they bicker over which is more important — their career, or catching the real murderer.
But when Dae-chul realizes that Min-hee doesn’t believe the man found in the river was a serial killer, and she even becomes emotional over the unfairness of his death, he can’t help but be moved. He steps away to wipe his tears, and texts her from his unregistered phone, confirming that he is the real man in the mask (and following it up with more hearts than ever, awww).
She still doesn’t know his identity, but at least now she knows that her gut feeling was correct, and Dad was innocent. Min-hee catches herself counting hearts and shakes it off, hee. Dae-chul calls her as himself and agrees to issue a warrant, if she finds some evidence.
Dae-chul heads to the scene of CEO Park’s murder to take a look around. He quickly hides when he hears a strange noise, and sees a man sneaking into the apartment from the balcony.
The guy knows exactly what he’s here for — a stack of money hidden in the upholstery of the couch. Full of himself, the man saunters home planning a Hawaiian vacation with his ladylove, but Dae-chul manages to snap a picture of his license plate as he drives away.
The next day, Dae-chul uses his unregistered phone to send the picture of his father’s back to his mother, and a message: Remember this man’s scars.
Hyun-woong’s father Joong-ho presents him with a fancy watch, a gift from President Jo for his help in sewing up CEO Park’s murder case. He cheerily wonders if he was put on the case to protect what his father has, but Joong-ho says it’s what they both own. Hyun-woong asks if what they own is dangerous, and Joong-ho swears nothing like this will happen again.
Hyun-woong turns on the charm when his mother enters, dressed to the nines, and he mentions that she looks so young, asking for a picture of her when she actually was young. Mom says there aren’t any, and exchanges uncomfortable glances with Joong-ho when their son asks if there aren’t pictures of them when they dated in college.
The way he jokes that maybe Mom had another man before Joong-ho, and so is hiding her old photos, feels like he already knows about their shady past. Mom overreacts, and Hyun-woong plasters on an innocent face.
Later, Mom thinks about her ex-husband, and how he’d vowed to come back for her no matter what, even if he has to appear in front of her after he’s dead. She’d seemed upset to lose him, though Joong-ho had been standing in their bedroom with her during the call.
Min-hee crosses another possibility off her list of men who could have assaulted her mother — she’s been having DNA testing done on her list of suspects. Alone later, she says out loud what she couldn’t say to the doctor: “I’m not looking for a relative, I’m looking for the culprit who raped my mother.”
The man who stole the money from CEO Park’s home skips home, only to be whapped upside the head on his front stoop by a masked Dae-chul. He tells the thief to turn himself in, repeating the order and punctuating it with pops to the face each time.
Hyun-woong makes good on his promise to take Min-hee to dinner, and he says that in his opinion, she was smart enough to do better things with her life than become a police officer. She fires back about the high-and-mighty prosecutor looking down on the police, but he says he only came to thank her for giving over the murder case, and she admits she hasn’t completely given up.
On the ride home Hyun-woong asks if she’s dating, but she says she hasn’t got time. He says that if she’s got time to hang onto a closed case, she’s got time to date — namely, him. Ooohhh. Evidently he’s had a crush since high school, and she was even his first kiss, but she just scoffs that that was so long ago it’s not worth thinking about.
No matter how hard Min-hee tries to push him away, Hyun-woong is determined to rekindle their old flame. Min-hee jokes that the statute of limitations has passed, and lets herself out of the car.
As she walks, Min-hee remembers the neighborhood ajummas gossiping about her being a child of rape, and she’d been walking by this very building in the rain when one kind woman pulled her to shelter.
She’d given young Min-hee a rose to cheer her up, which had opened the floodgates and Min-hee sank to her knees to sob. In the present, the building is still a flower shop, and the kind woman still works there.
Min-hee walks home carrying a rose she bought for herself (awww), but she’s startled when Dae-chul, in his mask, literally drops out of the sky in front of her. She starts to run and he yells that he texted her the hearts, which is so adorkable.
He’s hilariously shifty-eyed and seems self-conscious abut the mask, especially when his loud, “I fight for justice!” just gets him laughed at. Min-hee fusses at him for copying the masked killer in the news, but he blusters that she’ll be safe if she follows his clues, because he’ll protect her.
Min-hee spits back that she doesn’t need his help, but she’s got it backwards — he needs her help. Dae-chul tries to slink off on this oh-so-dramatic revelation, but Min-hee stops him to tell him to lose the mask next time, or else. I love that he’s trying so hard to be all mysterious, and she’s not having it.
The thief wakes up to find masked Dae-chul sitting on his bed, looking disgusted. HAHA. Dae-chul puts him in a headlock and tells him to turn himself in, throwing him to the floor and twisting him like a pretzel.
The thief is horrified that the masked man knows of his night-time activities, and nods that he’ll confess to the police. Dae-chul cracks him on the face one more time and warns that this is the last time he’ll go easy on the guy.
Song-ho’s got information from the prostitute, that CEO Park has been going to the Philippines every month for five years, and he’d only been back a few days before his murder. She’d said he’d been talking on the phone with someone, and had been very upset that day.
He’d yelled that he wouldn’t die alone, and would take whoever he was talking to with him. He’d threatened everyone, even “the chairman,” and Min-hee says they have to find the phone records of whoever he was talking with. But Detective Park says they already learned that the phone belongs to a homeless person.
We meet another prosecutor, SEO RI-NA (Hwang Sun-hee), who is the daughter of the Minister of Justice and seems to be a hardass with an angel’s face. She ignores the pleas of her own Chief Prosecutor boss to go easy on a friend of his, telling him that if he doesn’t like her by-the-book approach, he can assign another prosecutor to the case.
Dae-chul and Ri-na are quite friendly, even hugging warmly. He asks for her father’s support, but she doesn’t think it will happen since her father wanted Dae-chul as a son-in-law and was refused. He jokes that he should change his mind in order to reap the connection benefits.
Ri-na tells Dae-chul he’d do better to stand with Song Man-suk from the Central office (the man in charge of the Evil Council of Evil… AKA the Prosecutor’s Society). He rejects that out of hand, but jokes that Song doesn’t have a daughter.
Ri-na seems to carry a torch for Dae-chul, but she’s left sitting alone when Min-hee wanders by and Dae-chul runs to talk to her. Min-hee’s predictably prickly, and Dae-chul is all, “I was just gonna say hi, geez.” So cute. He remembers she said they aren’t close, but when she admits that maybe they’re a little close, he gets all giddy.
The thief sneaks out with his suitcase, heading to the airport early to meet his dim girlfriend. He reassures her that everything is fine, taking himself off to the restroom. He checks the stalls and settles in for some business.
—and looks up to see masked Dae-chul sitting on the stall wall, HA. He finds himself gagged, as Dae-chul tells him he’s missed his plane. The thief breaks, saying that this time he really will turn himself in, but Dae-chul is more concerned with the breaking-and-entering and obstruction of evidence.
He tells the thief that if he returns the money, and tell the cops everything he knows about CEO Park, he’ll forgive the other infractions. The thief swears he knows nothing, so Dae-chul offers him a choice — report him, or beat him up?
Cut to: the thief at the station, returning the money out of good citizenship. HAHAHAsnort. He says that every month, he picked up some money from a subway locker for CEO Park, and they can check the CCTV for the person who left it.
The subway CCTV does in fact show a man leaving a bag in the subway locker, and a quick shot of his face proves that it’s the hitman. Detective Park recognizes him as Lee Jang-kwon, who he caught fifteen years ago for murder. Strangely, though there was plenty of evidence, the Seoul Violent Crimes Unit took him away and he was cleared of all charges. Min-hee asks Park to find Hitman Lee, but not to contact him — it’s the person behind him that she wants.
Ri-na talks with her father about the Just Prosecutor’s Society, of which Central District Attorney Song is in charge. She mentions that it’s only for elite prosecutors, and that it’s all about power. Her father angrily says he wants to weed out all of them, and Ri-na counters that from their perspective, he’s the weed.
Detective Park and Song-ho follow Hitman Lee, snapping pics when he meets with President Jo. When Min-hee finds out that President Jo used to be a detective, she complains that this will be harder than she thought.
Jo tells Hitman Lee to spend the night in a hotel instead of going home, then makes a call to someone who just got transferred to the Gangnam Police Department. It’s not clear what they’re discussing, but Jo asks the person to look into something for him.
Min-hee takes their information about CEO Park (that he owned a building in the Philippines and ran an illegal gambling ring) to Dae-chul, concluding that whoever was behind the gambling ring had CEO Park killed and hired Hitman Lee to do it. Dae-chul asks about the other man in the photos, President Jo, prompting Min-hee to request a warrant to search his office.
Playing the hardnosed prosecutor to the hilt, Dae-chul pretends to reject their evidence, saying their assumptions aren’t enough to go on. Min-hee tells him to use his connections, but he goes all pitiful, saying he’s got none since he just came to the Seoul office. HAHA, he actually agrees when Min-hee says he’s got no guts.
Min-hee storms out of the office, furious at Dae-chul’s lack of spine and the way he waxed poetic about Ri-na’s awesomeness when she came in to be introduced. Song-ho likes her though, because of her father’s connections, and thinks she’ll be of big help to them.
And he’s right, since Ri-na is currently wondering why the Central Office closed up the case when there were so many holes in the evidence. Dae-chul eggs her on, saying there’s got to be someone behind it, and turns the case over to her.
President Jo gets wind of the continued interest in the case and complains to Hyun-woong, who barely quirks an eyebrow to hear that Min-hee is behind it. Interestingly, he displays a bigger reaction to hear that Ri-na is the prosecutor. Jo says he’ll block the police, tasking Hyun-woong with blocking the prosecutor.
Hyun-woong actually declines, based on Ri-na being the Minister of Justice’s daughter. Jo just laughs, understanding now why they’re making such a fuss, and says he’ll deal with it his way and tells Hyun-woong to just clean up afterward. But Hyun-woong isn’t as pliable as before, asking why he has to clean up President Jo’s filth. Oh dear. Jo says that’s between him and his father, so Hyun-woong asks what exactly is between them.
Whatever it is, it bothers Hyun-woong greatly and he sits at home later, drinking alone. When Joong-ho arrives, Hyun-woong slaps on his usual affable expression and says it’s just a difficult case he’s on. He remembers overhearing his father on the phone making arrangements to meet someone at the airport, “since you’re the real CEO of our company.”
But after he hangs up, Joong-ho looks disturbed, and holds Prosecutor Song’s business card. Hyun-woong recalls President Jo’s words that the person you can never trust, is the one you think is your closest friend and business partner.
We see Joong-ho betray Dae-chul’s father to Prosecutor Song Man-suk, who had needed a good case to propel himself to the Central Office. He’d called in President Jo (then a detective) to arrest Dad when he re-entered the country.Joong-ho had gotten great fortune, Prosecutor Song had gotten a promotion, and Jo got an unbreakable connection with two very powerful men.
Now Hyun-woong knows why he has to protect President Jo, and what kind of man his father is. While I don’t think Hyun-woong is necessarily a good guy — he seems more opportunistic than truly bad — he does seem pretty rocked by this revelation.
Staring yet again at the articles about his father and Joong-ho, Dae-chul swears to get his father’s revenge. He visits the Daesang Money Exchange, nearly running into Hitman Lee on the stairs. Lee talks with Jo, who tells him not to kill Min-hee, just put her in the hospital a little bit.
Hitman Lee balks a bit about roughing up a cop, so Jo promises that if he does this one thing, he’ll release the hold he has on Lee. Once Lee agrees and leaves, Jo’s calm demeanor drops and he rages about those police bastards, and how dare they mess with him, as Dae-chul witnesses this scary display through the window.
Min-hee gets her warrants and heads out, but her car has been blocked in and she’s forced to walk. Hitman Lee follows on a motorcycle, planning to stage a hit-and-run. But luckily, Min-hee gets a heads-up text from her masked protector just in time to dodge Hitman Lee as he tries to mow her down.
She falls and Lee aims the motorcycle right at her, but just before he hits her, Dae-chul shows up and throws a rock at his helmet, and the cycle swerves. Dae-chul actually slides down the stair railing on his feet, but his cool entrance is marred when he tries to kick Lee and hits a tree instead, HA.
But he recovers in time to stop Lee’s motorcycle, again just inches from Min-hee, who suddenly seems unable to do anything but sit on the stairs and wait to be rescued. I thought she said she didn’t need a protector? Dae-chul slickly spins her out of the way and grapples with Lee and his Motorcycle of Doom. As he holds back the cycle by sheer force of will, he and Min-hee lock eyes.
COMMENTS
So yeah, as Saya said in her recap last week, there’s just way too many corrupted old men in this show for me to keep them all straight. I’m getting a headache just trying to remember who’s good and who’s bad, who is whose father, who is whose benefactor, and who’s in which evil pocket. I’m honestly confused as to what President Jo is up to, though I’m not sure if that’s because I’m not supposed to know, or the show is just not presenting it’s mystery plot very well. My kneejerk reaction is to just not care all that much, rather than be intrigued enough to want to find out, though I genuinely hope it’s just me being dense rather than a failing in the storytelling. Hopefully things will clear up in future episodes.
Conversely, I do find Dae-chul and his revenge trajectory quite compelling, because at least what the show lacks in clarity, it makes up for in interesting, likeable characters. Dae-chul is such an intriguing hero, because he’s got all these high-flying ideas of being this bad-ass avenger who swoops in and catches the bad guys and saves the fair maiden. Only problem is, though he’s pretty good at swooping at the baddies, the fair maiden wants no part of being saved, and that cracks me right up. And who can blame her, when she’s been on her own her whole life, and her self-appointed savior can’t even make his big Savior Speech without stammering because she intimidates him so badly? It’s adorable that, even after all these years, and after creating this cool superhero alter-ego, one look at Min-hee has him blushing and nervous all over again. (And I adore the running gag where Min-hee keeps almost calling Dae-chul a son of a bitch, but not quite.)
Speaking of Min-hee, I credit Kim Sun-ah’s incredible acting chops for taking such a prickly, angry character and still making us love her and want good things for her. She’s got every reason to be angry, given that her entire existence is due to a terrible act of violence that not only took her mother from her (as I’m assuming her mother gave up on life and died in childbirth), but makes her question her right to even be here every day of her life. Who wouldn’t be incredibly angry at the world, knowing they were the result of a heinous act against a woman, and possibly the reason she died? It’s a testament to Min-hee’s strength as a person that she dedicates her life to catching the man who is responsible for her mother’s death, even though at this point, it’s a near-impossible task. I ache for her pain and probable failure, at the same time that I respect her commitment.
I will admit to some disappointments with Min-hee, who is purported to be a take-no-prisoners cop who can take care of herself and ignores the rules as long as the bad guys are caught. But I fully expected, there at the end when Hitman Lee was trying to run her down, for her to get up and kick some ass along with Dae-chul. But instead she just sat there and simpered like a distressed maiden, waiting for the big strong man to save her, and I think she’s capable of more than that. Come on Show, you have a strong, smart, capable lady-cop here, don’t make her wilt into a silly little helpless female just to the hero can look good! I’d much rather see them team up and fight crime together — make it happen!
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1 sweetgirl17
May 30, 2015 at 4:09 PM
I keep reading the recaps to find out whether this is the right drama for me I guess not :'(
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2 silly_morning
May 30, 2015 at 6:01 PM
JSW and KSA's acting and interaction in this drama is kind of Hollywood style... just my opinion.
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3 sulyn
May 30, 2015 at 6:29 PM
"Come on Show, you have a strong, smart, capable lady-cop here, don’t make her wilt into a silly little helpless female just to the hero can look good! I’d much rather see them team up and fight crime together — make it happen!"
Agree, agree, agree. Please let us see KSA doing some kicks and chops. Was real disappointed to see her looking so helpless.
Thanks for the recap, LollyPip. Will look forward to see episode 4 soon. Thanks again.
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Requiem
June 1, 2015 at 1:04 AM
+1000000
I love bad ass girls who can kick ass with the boys.
It'd be great if the heroine saved the hero for a change, but that might be too much to hope for.
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4 bbstl 🧹
May 30, 2015 at 6:57 PM
It was so jarring to see her sit there on the stairs for what seemed like forever. Get up and do something!
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blnmom
May 30, 2015 at 7:20 PM
This. I was yelling this at the screen. I didn't need her to beat up the bad guy, just get the heck out of there, jeez.
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dfwkimchi
May 31, 2015 at 10:14 AM
+1 - i let out a loud 'MOVE!' at that part - it shocked even me!
don't know if that was BAD editing/directing or what!
Story is still intriguing and am like LollyPip - am having to have a notepad on the side to keep track of who the baddies are - so many of them! Hope story does NOT get too convoluted as i want to enjoy drama between MH and DC - they are somewhat cute!
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Aisu
May 30, 2015 at 7:43 PM
I'd likely to blame the writer for that, this drama need writer swapping...
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Tru2u
May 30, 2015 at 8:52 PM
ASAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!, They need to change this writer RIGHT NOW!!! They are going to waste my lovely KSA (as well all the other A list actors and actresses). I've followed her since 2009 (when I first started K-drama) and NEVER was her character a damsel in distress, NEVER! So could you imagine my disappointment, could you? ??????. I was happy when I found out she was finally coming back, but when i saw that the writers were the one who wrote "big man" I screamed NOOOO!!!! I was holding faith that this writer was going to imporve, but this writer has gotten worst. You CANNOT pen a strong female and have her freezing up like that, just so the male lead looks strong, you just don't do that. I love KSA but that stunt that min hee pulled made me want to go into the screen and slap her (haha, which is a first). Also They are down playing her character, and she's the only interesting character at the moment. I'm more interested with her story and the rapist (who doesn't deserve the pleasure of being called a Dad). I wanted the writers to get real deep, and not just have her struggling with finger pointing, because it cuts much more deeper than that. I can tell you personally it does. I have more than one cousins that was born because of rape. But will continue till the very end, because of KSA (if not, I would've been drop it ???)
My other problem is, I'm not able to get behind my male lead as I want to. I can't put my fingers on it exactly, but I have yet to get mad for him. I'm not protective as I normally am for my male lead. Yes, I'm very protective of my leads, but right now I'm only protective of min hee. The writer isn't hitting my heart strings with him yet. and mind you, I was/am over protective of his younger vision. ???
Ok, the baddies. Like lolliPip I don't care for them, they're the same, nothing different. The writer needs to step up their game with the mystery, cause right now there is none. But I am liking one baddie which is hyun woong (thankfully eom ki-joon is the actor, just his facial expression gets be. I fan girl when he raise his eyebrow??)
I'm also loving the second female lead, she's classy, with a bit of humor. She likes him, but she's has a level head on her body. She's not like other second female lead (love her and mine hee in ep 4)
Finally the couple, I like it. Haha "fighter of justice" "I'm going to protect you" "Dog........." ?? It seems Min-hee can't keep a straight face when he's in the mask. But, once again the writer needs to up there interactions. It's not enough, I need more of it, A LOT more.
End of my rant. I will continue to the very end, but I might not comment evrytime.☺???????
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korini
May 31, 2015 at 5:49 AM
I don't believe the writer can nor should be changed in mid-series. We've seen it happening and it was a catastrophe. But our lovely KSA is definitely NOT a "damsel in distress". She's the only actress to play the part of a cop with normal face, normal shoes and normal badass attitude (and not pretending to be a dude). The show had me when her leg got out of the car and touched the pavement and we see her wearing low, comfortable shoes, unlike the usual stupidities presented in other dramas. I believe she'll turn out to be not the "saved" but the savior" in the end.
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Tru2u
May 31, 2015 at 2:13 PM
Haha, I've not seen it happen, because I'm very picky when it comes to my dramas. And because I know this writer was the one that did big man, I was scared of exactly what I'm seeing right now. The story easily could have had a solid start (I didn't complain since I actually like the younger visions). But it wasn't a solid start at all.
"She’s the only actress to play the part of a cop with normal face, normal shoes and normal badass attitude (and not pretending to be a dude)." That is what I actually love about this series, the fact actually look like a cop. I've seen tons of people complaining about her looks, but if you look closely she's wearing little to no make up at all. In ep 2 with the scene with her uncle it is said (hope I remember correctly) that Min-hee doesn't wear make up. So she's staying true to her character, which I love. I also like she wears sneakers and not heels as well. Let's hope she becomes the one who saves him, cause they need to make up for that damsel stunt they pulled.
Shuerei
May 31, 2015 at 11:25 AM
Is it possible that hyun woong is the full blood brother with our lead actor?
Maybe his mom married the bad guy - joong ho while she was pregnant with first husband's child so she could minimize some damage.... I dunno just a silly guess...
And maybe joong ho raped min hee's mom?
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Tru2u
May 31, 2015 at 2:27 PM
I see what you're saying, there could be a possibility. I thought maybe she also married her current husband for revenge for her former husband. But there's no hint at all about that. Hyun woong is sucha mystery, and i'd like to see more of him. Forgive me everyone, I'm still holding my breathe for more KSA & EKJ interactions.
It was hinted that Jong Ho might be the nasty that raped her mother. With them both having a "gut feeling". I'm also loving him against Min-hee. Both related and both hate each other. Haha, I'd like to see where this take them.
Rowanmdm
May 30, 2015 at 8:30 PM
I know. I was so disappointed. It just made no sense given her character. Hopefully that's the only time we have to watch her damsel in distress impersonation.
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Cmd Miao
May 31, 2015 at 5:05 AM
It also did not help that the whole "threat" was laughable at best - stopping a motorbike with bare hands, badly choreographed action.
Until that scene I did not roll my eyes, even during dad's and Dae-Chuls plot-imposed revenge-bonding or the usual merry-baddie-go-round.
But the end of this episode really made me hate this show. Come on - you don't even need her to be badass and fighting the killer on her own - just show her trying to make a get-away!
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5 Cotton_candy
May 30, 2015 at 7:40 PM
My reaction in this drama is,
Uhm ki joon is really HANDSOME!!
kekekekeke.....
I dont know.. but i cant feel this drama. i feel boring while watching this... the background music is... ugh...
but Im happy when UKJ appear
I watched this drama because of UKJ and KSA ( even I know he is only a 2nd lead again....)
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vanilleaflavor
May 30, 2015 at 8:05 PM
Totally agree with you, KJ here is so handsome with that hairstyle! And yes, some background music is quite distracting, like during rooftop scene with Kang Hyun Woong and Jo Sang Taek
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Tru2u
May 30, 2015 at 9:17 PM
As long as they kiss at least once, then I'll be really happy. Really very happy. It would complete SOAW. Eun suk needs a kiss. Just one ?
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Aisu
May 30, 2015 at 9:26 PM
in the past Min Hee and Hyun Woong had shared a kiss ^_^, HW said that was his first kiss...no more in the future please!! :))
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Tru2u
May 30, 2015 at 9:33 PM
I'm guilty of wanting one more in the future. I want a kiss scene with KSA and EKJ. Poop suk needs it in this drama. Lol. Just one ?
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Cotton_baby
May 30, 2015 at 10:06 PM
Yes!, Just give us one kiss!!
But... its so IMPOSSIBLE.... they're bestfriend... and it looks so awkward for them.. XD
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Tru2u
May 31, 2015 at 2:33 PM
Hahaha. I want jang hyuk and KSA to pair up for a historical, but they're such close friends that it also seems impossible. ?
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6 Kdrama_jjang
May 30, 2015 at 8:37 PM
Who is the writer of this drama?! I WANT TO KICKED HIM/HER!
UKJ, KSA AND JSW are so talented actor/actress but the writer is soo.........-___-
and who are the background editors? you need to worked again!
Boring story plus boring Background music equals LOW RATINGS!
Aigoo...
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Tru2u
May 30, 2015 at 9:14 PM
When you find out, I want in on it. Just one kick, one kick ?, maybe a drop kick will suffice. And the the background music is just ??, and is there a ost yet? I haven't hear any.
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7 Aisu
May 30, 2015 at 9:17 PM
Thank you LollyPip for this drama ep 3 recap :)), waiting for Ep4 recap.
Lee Mon Shik just save the sad grey days with his colorful T-shirt and hilarious character XD.
I wonder how the mask man drop from the sky, very mysterious hahaha, and Min Hee didn't recognize Dae Chul voice? yeah right, they are not that close :D
I wonder if Min Hee unarmored with gun...didn't see gun anywhere in her body, she needs that Mr.writer!
When Min Hee grumbling over Dae Chul showing off Ri Na awesomeness hahaha XD I love how Kim Suna portraying it very cute and adorable :)
I'm very curious, did Joo Sang Wook using stuntman? he's good with the martial art here.
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8 growingbeautifully
May 30, 2015 at 10:07 PM
Thank you LollyPip!
Interestingly, I enjoyed this episode and this show in general. The music did not bother me. Both the serious and the lighthearted moments had appropriate music, I felt.... suggesting already what we are expected to feel.
I found the interactions between our leads amusing and engaging, especially the part where Min Hee insists to Dae Chul that "We're not that close" and then in the next breath says "I did't say that we aren't close at all!" LOL! It's good that the show already gives us hints of Min Hee coming around to liking Dae Chul more, so that their relationship development flows naturally even in the midst of caustic barbs and 'dog' name calling. :)
It's also a relief (after TGWSS) to have a show where the police are not totally hopeless, but have initiative, show intelligence and get a move on in detective work. I'll be so happy if some police procedure is followed and no stupid mistakes are made by the cops :D I'm also curious as to who in the Gangnam force is giving Jo Sang Taek info.
My only grouse is the same as yours... why is Min Hee shown to be damsel in distress when I expected her to get up and help defend herself and even to defend her masked protector. I hope it shows something of that in Ep 4!!!
And are we finally having a drama where the people at the top are prepared to fight for real justice and against the corruption of their peers? This is really an attention grabber for me... since there seems to be an intriguing possibility of a good Justice Minister and his hard-ass daughter not taking the easy way by joining the evil Song Man Seuk, this show bears watching to see if they manage to accomplish anything or get killed in the process.
All in all, I believe this show deserves a longer watch to see if all positive points develop. As usual, I root for the getting together of all parties who stand for the truth and right to join up and bring the baddies down. Dae Chul knows that he needs help... and it will be so satisfying to see him really working it as Prosecutor, in unity with Min Hee.
I want to see if she catches her mum's rapist... might it be someone we've met already? If so and he's one of our protected bad guys, then this rape will contribute to taking him down. Well, that's what I want to see. :)
There's the funny and the melo, the serious and a hint of romance, which somehow do not jar on each other. I still find these elements nicely balanced out. So on to Episode 4!!! :D
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Shuerei
May 31, 2015 at 11:27 PM
Hi growingbeautifully
I would like to see the second leads end up together besides our OTPs ..
I haven't seen the show and only read the recaps but I will get to it soon
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growingbeautifully
June 1, 2015 at 3:55 AM
Hi Shurei
That's an idea!!!... you mean Ri Na to get together with Dae Chul's half-brother, Hyun Woong?
I'm all for it if he does not turn out to be too much of a daddy's boy or a self-serving baddie. If he can turn the tide for the good in the end instead of just towing the evil Song's line, I'll root for him!!! :)
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9 dramahunter
May 30, 2015 at 10:42 PM
Kamsahamnida LollyPip for the recaps!! Been wondering if DB have abandoned this drama after first two episodes. The drama seems to have taken a slow start setting up the backstory and all.
I had lot of expectations from this drama reading a lot about the powerful lead actors in this drama. But I am some what a bit dissapointed with the way this story is shaping up.
This week's ep have brought much clarity to the story which is a good thing and brought a much concrete purpose for HDC. I don't get that emotional connect with HDC's character and his desire to fight injustice that drive him to be a masked vigilante. Instead he is always shown goofing around the office and posing problems for MH with respect to investigations. Maybe i have not been able to interpret his character properly.
As far as the female leads are concerned, they are super. MH is superb as a passionate just detective, whose tragic past drives her to bring justice. i agree with all that the ending scene was a bit foolish with MH sitting there doing nothing. She is an elite detective squad team leader who should do better than just staring like a deer...hehe..
Although i will admit the reason i was waiting for this drama was Hwang sun hee / Seo Rina. Hardly a big name in korea but she is the reason i got hooked on to kdama when she played the lead role in Tv novel- Love my Love. Just love her personality. I am looking forward for her character SRN who seems to be a no nonsense prosecutor. I hope she plays a substantial part in the drama rather than playing a hopeless second lead!!
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10 kimchikay
May 31, 2015 at 12:14 AM
Seems like a lot of drama's are going through bad writers these days - I find myself cursing the writer for almost every drama I am watching.
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korini
May 31, 2015 at 6:05 AM
Why do you say that? I find this season's dramas to be quite good, deprived of all the misfortune usually cast upon the writer. If you mean the thematology, chances are it is not the choice of the writer but of the network. For example: the trend is super-heroes or DID, make me a series with that subject. The writer tries his/her best to serve the genre while keeping one's artistic integrity. I tend to evaluate all dramas according to the particular time and situation, the cast, the ratings and the pressure of the general audience. I believe this is one of the rare occasions in the past years, where the drama writers really know their job and are doing the best they can under the umbrealla of kdrama "mass production".
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Tru2u
May 31, 2015 at 2:40 PM
And maybe that is one of the reason why I'm losing interest in K-drama. They're becoming repetitive. I'm on my last stretch of dramas. They've become boring after episode 7.
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11 Noelle
May 31, 2015 at 1:46 AM
She would be kicking ass and we all know it! Come on writers she is not a damsel! She could be shocked for a moment but then her badassery would kick in and she'd be pistol whipping the SOB.
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12 riri123
May 31, 2015 at 6:36 AM
I totally think the same with you about the lacking storytelling of mystery. I've watched lots of mystery suspense thriller dramas because these genres is one of my favorite, but I find myself is confused about the mystery in this drama. I'm used to watch mystery dramas, but the feeling I get from watching this drama is different because I don't really get it. It's too unclear for me to comprehend what the hell is going on and I find the pace of mystery revelation is too fast as well. Instead of making me intrigued with too unclear mystery, I find myself a bit turned off and care less about that.
I also think the same about Min Hee character. She should have done something considering that span of time considering the writing of her character and she's a cop. But she just sat there like a damsel in distress.
I hope this story will pick up about those points I mentioned
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13 emily
May 31, 2015 at 6:48 AM
That motorcycle sene was hilarious. Just...what were the writers thinking. it looked ridiculous, and min hee seriously needed to do something. It would have been really funny (and awesome!) to see dae chul swoop in...only for min hee to have already taken care of it herself.
So far the police work is truly terrible. I don't mind comedy police dramas (keibuho yabe kenzo the japanese drama comes to mind for a brilliant one) but seriously,someone needs to know what they are doing. I love dae chul though and his terrible courtship skills so I keep watching. I also find the new prosecutor interesting and hope she stays so professional and intelligent and doesn't get downgraded to a typical petty, jealous second lead.
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