Forest of Secrets: Episode 15
by SailorJumun
After sifting through numerous suspects, clues, and scenarios, we’re finally narrowing down to what initially sparked these horrific murders. It’s been one hell of an emotional ride, with Shi-mok and Yeo-jin having to see the worst parts of this case, and as a result, the worst parts of the people they thought they once knew. But the betrayal and heartache isn’t over yet – oh no, that was all child’s play compared to what lies ahead for them.
EPISODE 15 RECAP
There’s a huge commotion outside the airport as former Section Chief Yoon is handcuffed and taken out by security. Yeo-jin makes sure to cover his face with a jacket before sending him out to the flashing cameras and watches him go, hurt and betrayal still in her eyes.
She joins her team in a separate van, and they head towards Yoon’s home. An officer voices his surprise that the culprit was a prosecutor and that Yeo-jin and Gun had been so close to him. But Yeo-jin seems too lost in thought to be listening.
As Shi-mok watches Yoon get escorted into the prosecutor’s office, he also becomes lost in thought, remembering all the times that Yoon had been cheery and helpful. He can’t help but contrast that version of Yoon against the cold and dark Yoon getting his mugshots taken.
Yoon’s tattoo gets photographed as well, and we see in flashback that Ga-young had first seen it when she’d weakly tugged on his shirt, only for him to strike her unconscious and stuff her in a bag.
After Chief Prosecutor Kang gets the call about Yoon (looking more disappointed than shocked), he heads down to the interrogation room where Yoon is being kept, watching from the other side of the two-way mirror. Moments later, Shi-mok enters the room and sits across from Yoon, the tension thick between them.
Yeo-jin’s team arrives at Yoon’s home, and they search the room until Yeo-jin manages to find a big black bag underneath the bed. She pulls out various items, including the red rope that was used to tie Ga-young up, as well as a black jumpsuit. They set up a black light, and sure enough, they see that the suit is completely spotted with blood.
In the interrogation room, Shi-mok gets straight to the point and asks Yoon, “Why did you kill [CEO Park]?” Yoon blankly answers that CEO Park had to die by his hands — he’d wanted CEO Park to understand the pain of being burned by fire. Shi-mok is confused, so Yoon elaborates that he heard being burned alive is the worst pain of all… and that’s exactly what his six-year-old son had to endure.
Yoon describes how he had sent his son off on a tour bus with the rest of his kindergarten class, promising to pick him up afterwards. Sometime later, Yoon’s heart had dropped when he’d heard the news that the very same bus had crashed and exploded. “It wasn’t an accident,” Yoon tells Shi-mok.
Apparently, the bus company had removed the stabilizer (a device that helps vehicles maintain balance) in order to save money. Furthermore, the driver had once gotten fired for using his phone while driving. But the verdict, Yoon says shakily, was the “faulty” construction of the guardrail the bus had crashed into.
Many people, including fourteen children, had been killed. And yet, Yoon adds brokenly, the driver and bus company owner got off easy. It was all thanks to a broker that had had their backs: CEO Park.
Yoon says that he only wishes that his son had died on impact. He tries to maintain his composure, but the tears start flowing as he continues that he hopes his son’s body only burned after he had passed — that’s all he’s prayed for since the day of the accident.
In the other room, Chief Prosecutor Kang recalls meeting Yoon when he’d returned from his one-year leave. He’d assured Yoon that it was right for him to come back and that he should forget about the accident. Kang hangs his head, now seeing that Yoon has never been able to forget.
Shi-mok asks Yoon who accepted CEO Park’s request to defuse the case, and Yoon responds that it was the chief prosecutor at the time, Bae Sang-wook. Shi-mok sighs and says that Yoon has just admitted to committing murder.
Shi-mok pulls out the photo of the fake CEO Park glancing out the house window, and Yoon flashes back to when he’d put on CEO Park’s clothes and looked out the window for the camera to see. “It was me,” Yoon confirms.
It turns out that Yoon had meticulously planned the murder for a long time, from tampering with CEO Park’s TV and getting Kang Jin-sub there to smearing the blood on the metal bars nearby. Shi-mok asks if he truly planned this all on his own, making him ask if Shi-mok doesn’t believe him. (Hmm, methinks you are lying, sir.)
As for Ga-young, Yoon had hurt her in order to let the people know what their so-called leaders traded for people’s lives. He sees Ga-young as no different from CEO Park, since she’d used her body the same way Park had used money. That may be true, Shi-mok says, but Yoon was mistaken to believe that he had the authority to punish them for it.
Yoon counters that it’s not like those with actual authority were going to do anything anyway. At that, Shi-mok asks why he killed Eun-soo, but to Shi-mok’s surprise, Yoon replies that he didn’t.
Yoon insists that he doesn’t care what happens to him now… but Eun-soo’s death wasn’t his doing. If that’s the case, Shi-mok asks, then why did Yoon try to flee? He asks again why he killed her, but Yoon no longer wishes to talk.
So Shi-mok gets up to leave, but he stops and asks if killing CEO Park made Yoon feel any better. Yoon turns to him and says that he’s felt empty since the day his son died. But he does admit that that emptiness was replaced with fear when he’d watched the life drain out of CEO Park.
Shi-mok finds Chief Prosecutor Kang waiting outside. As they watch Yoon being taken away, Kang reveals that Yoon had refused to have an autopsy performed on his son; Yoon had been scared that soot might be found in his son’s lungs (meaning that he was alive when he was burned), and preferred not to find out.
When Yoon’s car is brought to the police station, Yeo-jin takes the chance to search it. She doesn’t find much, but she does take notice of an air freshener in the back. She remembers Ga-young’s mom mentioning that Ga-young had had convulsions when Yoon had brought her over, and it suddenly clicks.
Ga-young had smelled the air freshener when Yoon kidnapped her, so when she was brought over in Yoon’s car again, the familiar smell must’ve triggered her seizure. Yeo-jin mentally kicks herself for not figuring it out sooner.
Chief Prosecutor Kang takes Shi-mok back to his office, where he makes a call to request a search warrant on Bae Sang-wook (who is now an assemblyman). When he hangs up, Shi-mok asks him if he knew that the former chief prosecutor was involved with the bus incident.
Kang says that he didn’t, making Shi-mok wonder how Yoon knew if the other section chiefs didn’t. Kang doesn’t know what to think about that — he doesn’t know what to think about Yoon’s claim of not killing Eun-soo either, but he hopes that it’s true. He sends Shi-mok out, sadly congratulating him on the arrest.
Meanwhile, Chief Secretary Lee is deep in thought as he sits in his darkened office. Later, he comes home to find his father-in-law watching the news of Yoon’s arrest. Chairman Lee notes that Yoon must have held a grudge against CEO Park as well, and Chief Secretary Lee noticeably gets shifty eyes as he denies any knowledge of it.
His father-in-law asks about the “rat” that might be in his office, and Chief Secretary Lee says that he gave both of his secretaries false hotel information and that nothing got leaked out. As he heads upstairs, he hears Chairman Lee switch the TV back and mutter that it was a strange coincidence for Yoon to get arrested at the airport.
Chief Secretary Lee enters his office to see Yeon-jae sitting at his desk. She’s here to talk things out, but Lee just hands her a flight itinerary and tells her to visit their daughter in the States.
She starts to argue, but he says that he’ll soon be making a public disclosure of all of their assets and that there’s sure to be an uproar; he doesn’t want her around for that. He teases her not to forget about him while she’s gone, making her expression soften a bit.
Lee turns to leave when Yeon-jae calls out, “I don’t regret it.” She clarifies that she doesn’t regret going to her brother’s trial. While Lee thinks that she shouldn’t have come, she disagrees and says that if she hadn’t have gone, her husband wouldn’t be with her now.
Lee turns back with a faint smile and says that Yeon-jae looked so pretty back then. She asks if she’s still pretty now, so he walks over to where she’s sitting, embraces her, and tells her that she is. Yeon-jae shuts her eyes and smiles, enjoying their tender moment, while Lee’s serious expression melts into one of sadness. Augh, my heart hurts for them.
As Shi-mok heads into a pojangmacha for a drink(!), he calls Yeo-jin and immediately notices that her voice is shaking. She tells him that she’s at home, the place where she nosily butted into Eun-soo’s business and invited her over. But Shi-mok says that he’s the one who unknowingly invited a murderer to their team.
He tells her that Yoon did what he did because CEO Park and Bae Sang-wook covered up his son’s accident. Even so, Yeo-jin sighs, Yoon should’ve thought about what he was doing to other people’s children if he was so upset over his own child — even if he’d chosen to live a certain way.
She reveals that Yoon had gotten a divorce after the accident, which Shi-mok understands. “When something goes wrong with the child, the parents come to hate each other,” he says, as if speaking from experience. Yeo-jin thinks that the parents should stick together at times like that, and Shi-mok figures that there are families like that somewhere.
Yeo-jin asks about his own parents, but he doesn’t respond. She asks why he didn’t tell her about his brain surgery, and he finally answers that it wasn’t important. Yeo-jin: “Your head doesn’t hurt now?” Shi-mok: “No, it doesn’t hurt.” Though she’s genuinely relieved to hear that, she still wants him to tell her the next time it hurts. Awwww.
She starts to hang up when Shi-mok mentions Yoon’s claim about Eun-soo. He tells her that he’ll be sure to look into it, but he says that if Yoon’s claim is true, then Yeo-jin inviting Eun-soo over had nothing to do with her death. They end their conversation there, and Yeo-jin gazes at the view from her rooftop. “It’s been such a long day,” she says, her eyes still shining with tears.
The next day, Chief Secretary Lee drives Yeon-jae to the airport himself, the mood rather light. He hands her some paperwork so she can sign her assets over to her scholarship foundation and recover them later. They then arrive at the airport and he sweetly asks for her hand as they go inside. Okay, he’s making me nervous… all these gestures feel like a very permanent goodbye.
Just as I’d feared, Lee sends his wife off with one last goodbye and then turns away with determination in his stride. As he exits the airport, he calls someone named CEO Song and asks him to come over to his office.
At Yongsan Police Station, the officers are perplexed to find none of Eun-soo’s blood on Yoon’s clothes. Frustrated, Team Leader Choi spits out that Yoon could’ve worn something different when he murdered her.
However, it looks like Yeo-jin is starting to have her doubts; she suggests they start looking for the person who’d bought the floral-pattern knife again. Before her team can respond, they turn to see Jung-bon. He’s here to see Yeo-jin and Gun, and is understandably saddened by Yoon’s surprising arrest.
Jung-bon looks at the group photo of the special unit, amazed that it was only taken a few days ago. They all wonder how they were completely clueless about Yoon, and Jung-bon voices his wishes for people to have clear warnings on their foreheads, stating things like “kind person” or “bad person.”
Yeo-jin agrees, saying that there are plenty of questionable people here in the station. When Jung-bon leaves, Gun pulls Yeo-jin aside and asks what her comment meant. She tells him that she suspects Team Leader Choi in particular, especially since he’d apologized to Kyung-wan the day before he posted the truth online.
Gun sighs that no one is truly good or evil and that they all just go with where their lives take them. If they just passively take that path, Yeo-jin asks, what would happen if they ended up somewhere unexpected? Touché.
Dong-jae visits Shi-mok with news: After snooping around the chief secretary’s office, he’s concluded that Lee and Yeon-jae are getting a divorce and that Lee is leaving the country. (It cracks me up that he never has the correct information.) Dong-jae is sure that Lee can’t be the killer.
Shi-mok brings up Yoon’s claim, but Dong-jae immediately waves it off. So Shi-mok reminds him that Young Il-jae was framed because he knew something. He tells Dong-jae that Eun-soo might’ve taken the files containing those secrets, and if she died because she had them, then the culprit could’ve been Chairman Lee. Or Chief Secretary Lee, Dong-jae realizes with disappointment.
Just then, Shi-mok gets a call that Young Il-jae is waiting downstairs, so he and Dong-jae hurry out to meet him. Young Il-jae is upset that Yoon is refusing any visitors, but Shi-mok guesses that that’s not the only reason why he came. He asks that Young Il-jae reveal the contents of the files.
So Young Il-jae finally tells all: Chairman Lee has been distributing his assets to his children since they were young and buying his subsidiaries’ shares. In doing so, he’d managed to evade hundreds of millions of won in taxes. Young knew that the children were involved and that if the investigation had been pushed forward, Yeon-jae would’ve been arrested for tax evasion.
Dong-jae figures out that in that case, Chief Prosecutor Lee would’ve had to choose between betraying Young or sending his wife to jail. Young Il-jae nods, saying that Lee even came to his house and got down on his knees, crying.
Young begs to see Yoon so he can find out what happened to his daughter. Young starts getting choked up, so Dong-jae places a hand over his and reassures him that all he has to do is trust that Shi-mok will bring the truth to light.
Dong-jae escorts Young Il-jae out and Young quietly apologizes for hitting Dong-jae during Eun-soo’s funeral, though Dong-jae finds that unimportant. He asks what the files look like, and Young answers that since he’d gathered them while at the prosecutor’s academy, they have the academy’s seal on them.
When Dong-jae returns to work, he sneaks into Lee’s office and tries to find anything with the seal on it. But Lee suddenly bursts in, making Dong-jae bolt up.
Dong-jae immediately reorganizes the desk, but Lee doesn’t even appear angry – he just comments on the fact that Dong-jae is here on his day off.
Dong-jae is still feeling uneasy, but Lee just hands him a letter to deliver (addressed to a scholarship foundation) and lets him go. Moments later, Lee is visited by the man named CEO Song.
Chief Secretary Lee tells CEO Song to get ready to sell the bank. However, he is worried that if the payment is directly deposited into his father-in-law’s account, it might get traced. CEO Song looks at him with confusion – the major shareholder is no longer Chairman Lee — it’s Lee Sung-min, Chief Secretary Lee’s brother-in-law.
Chief Secretary Lee’s smile instantly fades, realizing that this means his brother-in-law will receive all of the profit. He sends CEO Song out and then calls someone to take care of the documents that Yeon-jae had signed.
Lee then calls Bae Sang-wook, saying it’s been a long time. He tells the assemblyman that it’s only a matter of time before he gets into trouble, and they decide to make a deal to help each other out. Once Lee hangs up, he uncharacteristically props his feet on his coffee table and sits back as he listens to some music.
Meanwhile, Chairman Lee gets a call from CEO Song, who tells him about the chief secretary and how he hadn’t even known the major shareholder had changed. Chairman Lee wonders what his son-in-law is up to.
Shi-mok has Clerk Kim gather all the footage from the airport so they can get a better look at Yoon’s behavior. As they watch the footage, Clerk Kim notices that Yoon had acted pretty casual considering he was trying to flee – he’d gone from place to place, looking all around him. “He’s looking for someone,” Shi-mok says. Clerk Kim gasps, thinking it might’ve been an accomplice.
Shi-mok remembers asking Yoon why he’d been in a rush at the airport if he didn’t care about what happened to him, as well as Yoon’s refusal to answer. Bolting up, Shi-mok orders Clerk Kim to send Yoon to the interrogation room.
Once he’s in the room with Yoon, Shi-mok starts firing off questions about the girl he’d sent to Sungmoon Daily. Yoon answers each question correctly (and a little too fast). Next, Shi-mok asks why Yoon went to Sungmoon in the first place — how did he know the CEO would print the story?
Again, Yoon knows the answers a little too well. Shi-mok mentions this, but Yoon merely says that it was his job to collect intel. In that case, Shi-mok says, Yoon should relay the details of what he did over his one-year leave. How did he find out his information? Was it from someone else?
Yoon is practically sweating now, but he still won’t crack. Shi-mok leans on the table, switching to banmal as he says that Yoon must’ve gone to the airport to meet his accomplice.
And perhaps, Shi-mok continues, the accomplice killed Eun-soo and that’s why Yoon is insisting that he didn’t kill her. Shi-mok wonders if the accomplice betrayed him and ran off. “Or is he still here?” he asks.
Shi-mok knows from the airport footage that Yoon was trying to catch this accomplice – he’d gone from the ticketing booth to departures, scared that his accomplice had taken off without him. Shi-mok asks Yoon who it was. Yoon calmly states that he has nothing to say, making Shi-mok slam his fist on the table and shout, “Who is that bastard?!”
Shi-mok then slides out of his chair, walking around Yoon as he asks how he must’ve felt to see his special floral-pattern knife lying by Eun-soo’s side. Yoon must have known then that someone set him up to blame all of the murders on him.
Shi-mok: “You must’ve tried your damnedest to catch that bastard. Why? Because you consider yourself different from the psychos who kill without reason. You had the idea that it’d be okay to kill any criminal. And that’s why you’re even worse than those psychos.”
Shi-mok takes out the photo of the man with the umbrella and calls that man the real culprit before asking why Yoon is trying so hard to protect him. Yoon turns to him and firmly says that he will exercise his right to remain silent. Shi-mok shuts his case file, seemingly shutting away his frustration as well. He switches back to formal speech, saying that he knows Yoon has a reason for staying quiet — and he intends to find out why.
Chairman Lee calls Dong-jae into his office to ask if he was the rat who leaked the Matsuyama deal to Sungmoon. But Dong-jae manages to play it off, saying that he knew nothing about it.
But he does tell the chairman that he delivered a letter for Chief Secretary Lee – a letter to Yeon-jae’s scholarship foundation. Chairman Lee remains calm as Dong-jae leaves, but he’s furious to hear that his son-in-law is moving money without his permission.
Dong-jae gets Shi-mok on the phone, and Shi-mok quickly asks if the man with the umbrella might’ve been someone who worked with the chairman or chief secretary. Maybe even Secretary Woo?
Dong-jae doesn’t see why it would be Woo, but when he looks back at the photos, he does recognize the back of his head. His eyes widen as he asks if this is a coincidence, since Woo is no longer at the chairman’s office.
Knowing it can’t possibly be a coincidence, Shi-mok runs to his office and tells his clerk to check if Woo left Korea. He then grabs all the photos of his suspects and tries to narrow them down. “Someone who knew Secretary Woo,” he thinks. He places Chairman Lee and Yeon-jae on the board.
“Someone who knows about the CEO of Sungmoon’s jealousy.” He places Chief Secretary Lee and Young Il-jae on the board. “Someone who knew that Bae Sang-wook pressured the Incheon Prosecutor’s Office when the car accident occurred.” Yeon-jae’s photo is taken off…
“Someone who knew that Secretary Woo was leaving the country yesterday afternoon.” Young Il-jae’s photo is taken off, leaving only Chairman Lee and Chief Secretary Lee.
And finally, Shi-mok thinks, “Someone who would use Section Chief Yoon to chase after Secretary Woo.” He takes Chairman Lee’s photo… and crumples it up. Chief Secretary Lee is the only one left.
Still sitting in his office, Chief Secretary Lee thinks back to meeting Yoon late at night. Yoon had been shaking with anger (maybe even fear?), clutching something inside his jacket. Lee had grabbed Yoon’s arm and made him drop something covered in newspaper – a knife.
“Killing just that one dog,” Lee had said, “will make you nothing more than a butcher.” He’d told Yoon that if he was determined to see CEO Park bleed, he needed to hear him out first.
Lee then gets a call from his father-in-law, and he hits the record button before answering.
Back in Shi-mok’s office, Clerk Kim bursts in to announce that Secretary Woo did, in fact, leave Korea yesterday.
COMMENTS
Goddammit, Lee Chang-joon! I wanted to believe in you! I didn’t think anything could top Yoon’s betrayal, but this really takes the cake. Shi-mok has always had Lee on his radar and made sure to make him know that, but as I’m sure we all did, there was this tiny part of Shi-mok that was hoping his superior wasn’t the one responsible for all of this. The man was the one who made Shi-mok decide what kind of prosecutor he wanted to be. So while their relationship has been hostile all series long, there was still this sense of a mentor/student relationship between them.
When they had that confrontation in the courtroom (when Lee had declared that he would never present himself as a defendant in front of Shi-mok), I wanted to believe that Lee was being so defensive because he really was innocent – because he was plotting something against the real Big Bad and he still wanted Shi-mok to trust him. But no, it turns out Lee is the Big Bad. That just hurts. But then again, I’m… not too sure. When have we ever been 100% sure of anything in this show? I still think that we’re dealing with at least one more person. Forest of Secrets has proved again and again that it’s an extremely smart show.
It’s made us suspect literally everyone – even our two heroes – and even when those we suspected were revealed to be a villain, it still came as a big hit. The fact that Lee has been a suspect from Episode 1 doesn’t make the reveal any less impactful. The shock and betrayal all came from built-up interest and admiration of his character. As we got a deeper look at his home life and his (twisted yet sweet) love life, the part of me that wanted to like him grew inch by inch. He’s definitely one of my favorite drama villains, and while I think his father-in-law is an actual villain – a man so deep in his corruption that he’s incapable of remorse – Lee was just a man who found himself going down the wrong path.
But once Lee was on that path, he seemed to think that it was too late to turn back. Even when he shows regret, you still see that he feels the need to move forward, like he needs to finish what he started. And that snap decision to keep moving forward in their terrible deeds is what separates the average person from the corrupt. And unfortunately, whether it’s in dramaland or real life, there’s far too many of the corrupt in law enforcement. We’ve seen that temptation is a powerful thing, and it takes a lot of strength to overcome it. But for some, the strength is already there. And it’s always nice to see that there are plenty people like that in the force too. For people like Shi-mok and Yeo-jin, there was no logical reason for them to take the darker path _ they care too much about serving justice for the people around them to take the “easy route” for themselves.
I was impressed with the acting before, but I think everyone truly shined in this episode. From Yoon’s retelling of his son’s story to Yeo-jin blaming herself for Eun-soo’s death, my emotions were flying everywhere. But it was Yoo Jae-myung as Lee Chang-joon that completely took me by surprise. He’s been absolutely stellar throughout the entire drama, but he was scary good in this episode. He had me hurting for him when he said goodbye to his wife, and then – in the blink of an eye – he had me fearing him as he immediately went back into cold business mode. I guess if he really has to be our big villain, there is no one better.
If there’s any complaint with this show, it’s that we didn’t get to spend as much time with Shi-mok and Yeo-jin as I wanted. We didn’t get to see too much of their pasts, and I just wanted to know a little more about them. Yeo-jin, in particular, was such a great heroine and I would’ve loved to see what shaped her into the woman she is today. But I’d say that’s more of a nitpick. If anything, I’m just upset that we don’t get any more episodes. Is it too much to ask for a Season 2? Everyone else is doing it at the moment! *cries*
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1 Yuyuu, The Drama Queen
August 1, 2017 at 3:08 PM
I wanted Shi-mok's reaction to Yeo-jin knowing about his surgery and I got it!
That phone call really got me in the guts.
It warmed my heart so much that I cried, that even when heartbroken and guilt-ridden, YJ still had enough room to worry about Shi-mok and offer him support. His response of simply closing his eyes gutted me. I think he was truly comforted by what she said. It was like a weight was lifted off his shoulders, as if in that moment, he realized he could finally rely on someone. I think that was gratitude written all over his face.
And when he made sure to reassure her that Eun-soo's death wasn't her fault...my heart just couldn't take it anymore.
That phone call really highlighted how far these two have progressed in their relationship. Shi-mok has come to trust Yeo-jin, to the point of seeking her out when he's overwhelmed by work, and even opening up and being comfortable enough to share his worries with her.
On her side, Yeo-jin doesn't walk on eggshells around him or hide things from him, be it information or her general emotional state. She tells him things as they are, and unlike many other characters who assume he doesn't care about anything because of his apathy, she actually treats him like a normal person.
Gosh, these two! I love them so much, individually and together. Their friendship brings tears to my eyes, it is too beautiful.
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2 eked13
August 1, 2017 at 3:11 PM
I'm assuming final recap will be Laica, so I just wanted to say thank you for the fantastic work on recapping the show. Didn't want to post anything else as it'd inevitably be a spoiler for those just reading along :)
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3 happiness
August 1, 2017 at 3:24 PM
i know people have said it before but i'm going to say it again: BEST DRAMA OF 2017
Yoon made my heart break this episode, the scene with his son was so sad.
The reveal of Lee Chang-joon stillcame as a surprise, I agree with the recapper that despite suspecting everyone all the reveals have been so impactful and even shocking that I really have to give props to the writing and directing. I really am hoping for a season 2 or atleast another drama written by this writer... possibly next year? I'm feeling so much post drama withdrawals I'm tempted to start this one again.
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4 Starry Knight✨
August 1, 2017 at 3:27 PM
When faced with such corruption and deep betrayals such as this, it's easy to be disillusioned. The phone conversation between Shi-mok and Yeo-Jin was so heartfelt. It was proof of their friendship that they seemed to take courage and comfort from each other. They really do make an awesome pair.
The reveal of the mastermind behind the murder and kidnapping was well done. The episode built up tension while slowly confirming my fears. Though it's horrible how Yoon's son died, taking another life is never the answer. Ultimately he was just a weapon wielded by chief secretary Lee.
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5 gadis
August 1, 2017 at 3:32 PM
Yoon's quiet recollection of his son's accident broke my heart. His anguish and devastation was so palpable and even Shi-mok couldn't help but become affected by it. Still, that doesn't mean he has the right to kill or hurt others. Though the more disturbing things this hour came from Chief Lee.
It's astonishing, the kind of things he is willing to do in order to unearth a massive corruption. I assume he found Yoon before his first murder (since Lee said something about Park must not be at home at that time). That means he either put a stop to Yoon's plan and use other people to carry those crimes then use Yoon as the fall guy, which is too inefficient. Or the 2nd option that makes more make sense: He use Yoon's revenge to further his own agenda, making elaborate plans that involving Kang Jin-seob, Ga-young, Shi-mok, and also Sungmoon Daily. And the idea of Chief Lee taking advantage of Yoon's desperation to make a deadly trap for his father-in-law and maybe several other important figures is chilling. I'm not sure how to feel about him willingly becoming a monster to catch another monster.
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6 beantown
August 1, 2017 at 3:37 PM
Thank you for the stellar recap! It was all the small moments in this episode that were heart-wrenchingly, heart-breakingly sad.....Lee and his wife expressing their love really got to me, it was perfectly captured.
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7 persianrose❤️战哥
August 1, 2017 at 3:54 PM
I never thought Do Bong-soon appa (aka Yoo Jae-myung) one day become one of my most favorite actor...I loved YJM performance in this drama so much!
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8 topokki
August 1, 2017 at 3:55 PM
God, I absolutely loved it in that phone call scene between Shi mok and yeo jin where he said it doesn't hurt anymore, basically the entire conversation, they're both such lonely people and the fact that they at least have someone to talk to is wonderful
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9 Baby Ness
August 1, 2017 at 4:15 PM
The phone conversation...wow!
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10 missowlhead
August 1, 2017 at 4:19 PM
This drama has always been about broken, imperfect people trying to heal themselves or others in righteous ways (Shi Mok) or insane ways (Prosecutor Yoon). This episode broke my heart. Shi Mok's interrogations of Yoon and that phone call between Shi Mok and Yeo Jin are at the heart of everything.
It's not to take away from the larger picture of a broken system (I've been finding a lot of apt comparisons to my own country, the US), but the individual stories really are moving.
Lee Chang Joon! Talk about the long game... He's horrible and human and pitiable all at once. This is another actor I've liked before, but he was a revelation here.
On another note, is it wrong of me to get distracted by Lee and Hwang in the no-tie, open necked shirt look? I feel really, really guilty about noticing, but I cannot lie: what amazingly attractive men!
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11 neener ~ Inside the Magic Shop ~
August 1, 2017 at 4:31 PM
That's why we need a season two, to spend more time on SM and YJ and also watch them kick more ass!
Was wonderfully surprised with Lee Kyu-Hyung, who plays Mr. Yoon, in this drama. His expressions and his voice, you can definitely feel the pain, talking about his son was poignant and his only wish. And then you find out he didn't get an autopsy bec he was afraid of what his son went through ?
Searched his name and found out he played the mean husband of the ghost (who is also Shi-mok's secretary, Kim So-ra) in Goblin.
Thank you ladies for the wonderful recaps and to the beanies! Looking forward to the last ep recap.
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12 missowlhead
August 1, 2017 at 4:33 PM
There was another quiet moment that made me cry (I cried a lot this episode): when Chief Prosecutor Yang remembered telling Prosecutor Yoon to forget and heal. It's the kind of thing folks say when they don't really know what to say. Yoon needed counseling not stoicism. He may have had no other path but violence, but I wonder if a few things had been different-- someone listening to his pain for instance, helping him plan a legal means to justice-- could have changed everything. That's true for everything, of course, but it hit me there.
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13 Tom
August 1, 2017 at 4:52 PM
Real corruption is not Action packed (as is the typical approach) instead it is intensely personal and human.
This show breaks your heart as it dares to give all characters depth and nuance. Yeo-jin's comment that "following the path can lead to where you don't expect" is one of the best summaries of the show.
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14 jillian
August 1, 2017 at 5:16 PM
Thank you so much for the recap SailorJumun! This has brightened my day.
I have been mourning the end of this wonderful drama. Then suddenly there is this recap. It feels like such a bonus for me.
In this episode, What struck the most for me is Yoo Jae Myung as LCJ. This is the first time I saw him in a serious role. He is an amazing actor as I remember all the various father figures he has played in the past. He has made this role memorable since he has managed to make LCJ sympathetic and complex.
As for Mr Yoon, I was drawn to his character. Then the reveal on his involvement in the murder of Park Moo Sung felt like such a huge personal betrayal. I knew that everyone is a suspect. But it still didnt hurt any less.
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15 beanmachine
August 1, 2017 at 5:25 PM
My soul left my body about 5 times during that episode. I finished ten minutes ago and it still hasn't returned
Ahhhh the reveal with Lee Chang-joon! I also never quite believed him to be the Big Bad--corrupted and conflicted, yes, but I just couldn't bring myself to make the jump to series villain. But I can't say it doesn't make sense--everything, in one way or another, has tied back to him, and his character has been so complexly written that I appreciate the betrayal even if it hurts
I'm definitely Team Season 2, but I'm also Team Spinoff About Yeo-jin and Shi-mok's Daily Fluffy Adventures. Whatever will I do without Yeo-jin's gentle teasing and Shi-mok's quiet sass?
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16 yasminsatria
August 1, 2017 at 5:39 PM
After watching the last episode, I confidently claim that Forest of Secret is the thriller korean drama for 2017
Oh my God, season 2 please. The ending is so fitting that there's a mixed of hope and bitter reality.
And like the usual, this episode also blow my mind one way to the other. When Yoon cry, I just want to hug him. His prayer for his son make me cry so much, he doesn't 't even pray that his son didn't died but instead he died before the fire, imagine how bleak his feelings...
Also Lee Chang Jun... Man, word can't even comprehend my feeling to him, it just... Man
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17 dee
August 1, 2017 at 5:46 PM
I love the interaction between Lee Chang Joon and his wife, YeonJae just so happy whatever LCJ done to her. Despite of their complicated marriage-like business life and Chairman Lee, they still love each other.
Is it me or Yoon in the last 2 episodes looks so painfully handsome? I never noticed before, ShiMok just awed me so much.
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18 Anisa
August 1, 2017 at 5:47 PM
Season 2!
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19 rychastings
August 1, 2017 at 5:47 PM
im not sure what to think of lee chang jun, he seems principled and feels guilty about his own complicity in corruption but he also doesnt seem to care that much about justice for ordinary folks as he is willing to murder others to achieve his goals. kind of like a evil batman?
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20 fay17
August 1, 2017 at 6:13 PM
@sailorjumun if there was anyway to fav this recap I would! What a wonderful read! I was impressed with Yoo Jae Myung's acting too. This man was one of the revelation of this drama beside prosecutor yoon.
And gonna join you there in the silent chant for season 2.?
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21 astromantic
August 1, 2017 at 6:34 PM
I think I might be one of the few people that doesn't want a second season (and the finale cemented that feeling).
Yoon and Lee Chang-joon were the real MVPs this episode; obviously not for their deeds, but for their performances! So good.
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22 the-basketcase
August 1, 2017 at 7:07 PM
I love this show.
When Prosecutor Yoon was describing the horrific death of his child juxtaposed with the police discovering bloodied suit he used to kill Eun-soo, it was such a powerful shot. His son’s death is unfair and awful - clearly Yoon was a great father that loved his family - but seeing how horrifically he murdered so many people it’s also hard to feel for him. The show tears me in pieces because I completely sympathize with Yoon’s pain and loss, but am terrified by the onslaught of death he caused as revenge.
It’s also fascinating how such a “small” event (the death of one person - not to downplay the loss of any person) can unravel such a huge conspiracy of corrupt prosecutors, police, corporations. I think it just shows who really suffers from corruption. It’s not the business’ that fail, or the unfair promotions, it’s the common folk that are “unintentionally” hurt from these games, who have no power to fight back and have to take matters into their own hands.
Shoutout to the actor playing Prosecutor Yoon, he kills it (hur hur) in his role. When he looks up at Si-mok when they being their interrogation… Actually, screw it, shoutout to everyone in this goddamn amazeballs drama. UGH. I need more.
To me, this drama is like a legal Signal. So beautifully made, planned out, shot, acted, written, directed, eaten, broiled, condensed, laminated. LITERALLY everything. I’m happy I didn’t have to wait so long for another classic to come along. Hopefully, another one comes even quicker.
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23 outofthisworld 不愧是我 🏍
August 1, 2017 at 7:10 PM
Has there ever been a finale week like Forest of Secrets? I don't think so or at least I can't recall any.
Starting with Yoon. Man, I cried and couldn't stop. This is the most brilliantly written, directed and acted interrogation and confession I have ever seen. I don't know if the writer is a parent but Yoon's lines resonated with me who is one. I've often wondered myself how far I'd go to protect my babies(always will be no matter what age) and what I'll do if anyone harms them. When Yoon described his son's soft skin, I bawled more. After watching, I just had to check this actor who played Yoon because I don't even know his name. He's not listed in many sites only on wiki and he has only acted in a few projects. Lee Kyu Hyung is the name. He knocked it out of the park as Section Chief Yoon. You can feel Yoon's immense pain and grief radiating from his every pore, often with no words but just the look in his eyes and tiny shifts in facial expressions. I've grown very critical of kdrama actors who overdo this kind of melodramatic scenes and this is an excellent example of an actor doing it right. I am sure the director has a part to play because this drama has top notch acting from the leads to secondary characters. I hope they will use FOS to teach those at drama schools be it writing, directing or acting.
I am never one who hanker for romance in a drama which isn't the genre. Yet this drama delivers more touching moments than others with their contrived romance. I didn't expect the phone between Shi Mok and Yeo Jin to deliver such feelings. It wasn't romantic but it was so touching to know how they grown close and cared for each other.
I am not surprised it's Lee Chang Joon, having eliminated the possible suspects over the past week. Still, I was holding on to a sliver of hope that he wasn't the one who ordered Park killed.
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24 Pei
August 1, 2017 at 7:11 PM
Goodness gracious! This show just can't stop getting better and better till the end!
Lee Chang Jun is one character that was so twisted, from the beginning he was in the grey area for me. We finally get to see his big scheme in this episode and get to see how twisted he is. He trully loves Yeonjae, when he sent her off to the airport.... I was afraid that's going to his last seeing his wife.
It's hurt and I cried watching Yoon tells Shimok about his son death, I kind of understand why Yoon takes the darker path to get his vengeance. The man is in pain but the culprit behind all the faulty is got away unpunished.
The phone call between Shimok and Yeojin was so emotional!
Maybe to Shimok there are no other person he can speak to other than Yeojin, she knows what he's been through and maybe she's the only one that earn his trust from the beginning. I love to see more of their interaction and maybe take their relationship go further than only friendship! XD
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25 Gracery
August 1, 2017 at 7:17 PM
With two young kids of my own, I just cried and cried for Yoon. Though all his vengeful deeds are wrong and deserving of punishment, objectively, it is obvious he is a good man at heart who was, and is, completely and utterly devastated by loss. The way his young and beautiful son was taken from him (not just through fire but by all the horrible corruption surrounding it), seriously shattered his soul. I am always surprised by not only how strong and resilient humans can be, but also how seriously fragile we also are. I think many of us are just one tragedy away from absolutely losing it or giving up on life. And though this is not meant to be a justification of his actions, it makes me reflect on easily one could fall into such a despair and drown in it. For him, getting revenge was the only way for him to escape it, it seems, even his life be damned.
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26 jubilaya
August 1, 2017 at 7:19 PM
THIS??SHOW?? is perfection in any language.
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27 ar_arguably romantic
August 1, 2017 at 7:39 PM
I feel so conflicted about Yoon. On the one hand, I hate what Yoon did to GaYoung, how he perceived Ga Young as being a lesser person for selling her body, how he lied to his teammates (just sat back and watched them wrack their brains trying to figure this all out), and how he framed that poor guy for killing CEO Park. On the other hand, I feel such pity for him because of what happened to his son and the injustice that followed. And I don't feel bad for CEO Park's murder. He was involved in a ton of shady, illegal crap. I guess I have darker morals than most people. I guess such an attitude wouldn't endear me to Shi Mok and Yeo Jin. No invitations to eat udon and ramen with them. :(
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28 Yuyuu, The Drama Queen
August 1, 2017 at 7:50 PM
About Yeo-jin...I feel the need to say this
Am I the only one who really wasn't bothered by the lack of a Yeo-jin backstory? Of course it would have been an added bonus to the amazing character that she already is, but I never felt that it was absolutely necessary (although it did make me suspect her just a little).
Considering everything we knew about her in the present, it was easy for me to accept her. She's a hardworking and passionate policewoman who is deeply devoted to her cause, a truly warm and empathetic person, reliable, firm in her principles, non-judgmental and doesn't take shit from anyone. She proved all of these time and again throughout this show, that I hardly had time to desire a backstory. Also, I would like to think that she is simply an inherently good person, who wasn't necessarily just a product of her environment. And I thought only knowing who she is in the present added a sense of realism to the show, because frankly, we don't always know everyone's past.
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29 klesis
August 1, 2017 at 8:06 PM
Waaah, I can't believe it's over. The main problem with this drama is that it makes all the others look like bad. There was no acting hole, the directing and writing were great... Love love love. I dropped all my other dramas, they just looked too juvenile in comparison. SIGH.
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30 apple
August 1, 2017 at 8:19 PM
Jondae to banmal to jondae hits the right spot every time. But why did the police only take pictures of Chief Yoon's tattoos? Why didn't they take off the entire shirt to show some skin? Why wasn't there a flashback of Chief Yoon taking off his black outfit to reveal his torso? Why didn't Shi Mok undo another button on his shirt? Who is really responsible for these clothing crimes?
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31 Pursemonkey
August 1, 2017 at 8:50 PM
Ok, I'm going to be the voice of dissent, but I totally sympathize with Yoon and understood why he did what he did. Maybe it's because I just gave birth and my hormones are out of whack but if anybody hurt my baby, I would be the first person in line to stab the son of b* in the gut. I cried when he recalled how his son died. It hit a cord in me. His pain was so palatable that I found myself on his side, no matter how terrible his crime was.
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32 windsun33
August 1, 2017 at 8:52 PM
Best K-Drama Ever!!
Really hating to see this end. Last episode kinda sorta maybe hinted the plot is open for a 2nd season, but I might just be getting my hopes too high.
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33 Pandadrama
August 1, 2017 at 9:01 PM
Thank you again for yet another awesome recap. It's been wonderful and love the insight at every end of recap!
I'm wrong about who-murder-who, but i'm true on Yoon as a murderer because he has motive (like i write on previous ep recap). And to know the motive being revealed and told by Yoon himself in this episode just broke my heart into pieces. Ah the pain~ he's a gentle father but so believable to become a killing motive. what an amazing actor to deliver it. YET! it never justify killing. Nope. It never will. Chang-joon's sentence of Yoon killing Park “Killing just that one dog will make you nothing more than a butcher,” gives me chill. What a psycho mindset.
That, gives another prove of how complex Lee ChangJoon as a character. I will comment of him more on last episode recap. He definitely shines in this episode, being so subtle (yet meaningful) from the beginning.
What i feels so satisfying about the confrontation of Shimok & Yoon is that of what i didn't get from Tunnel. The way Shimok blurt out his stand about what's right & wrong, even if the law doesn't side you, i applaud him. Shimok's cool and reasoning and the way the spoke about it at the right amount is so on point. I wrote in last comment of Tunnel that the bad guy didn't deserve the ending,it's too soft for him, will never change his view as killer. But in here, i believe Yoon will regret all his life thanks to Shimok's points.
YeoJin, already awesome, continue being awesome. Her eyes show her emotions so much. The hurt from betrayal, the heaviness. And phone call from Shimok. She received it while feeling guilty of Eunsoo, but still cared for how's Shimok doing. I just love their friendship.
Dongjae, his small actions to YoungIljae surprised me. Now i know how he survived hopping to good and bad side vice versa for so long. He's actually a guy (not so much towards women) who treats people well. Sometimes in real life, these small actions are things that soften our heart. It does play big parts sometimes.
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34 kiara
August 1, 2017 at 9:16 PM
So many shows to watch and I've tried some but I just couldn't love any of them like I do with "Secret Forest."
I'm probably alone in not wanting a 2nd season. I want this to stand alone and a 2nd season is not going to be the same.
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35 windsun33
August 1, 2017 at 9:19 PM
It's hard to to put my finger on what made this one of the best k-dramas ever. There are so many parts that just all fit together. But aside from the obvious - the great acting, writing, and directing these are my thoughts:
1. An almost total avoidance of tired and overused cliches and tropes.
2. Attention to detail - we have all seen the usual dramas where someone is locked in a room and panics, while the door shot shows that the latch is right in front of the victim - nothing like that in this one. No phone batteries dying at the most critical time. Not filled with phony ahjussi laughs and endless questions about "are you eating well".
3. Conversations for the most part were like real actual people would talk - and the silences were all in the right place.
4. Realistic scenes - nobody fell off an 8 story building into a pile of trash and lived.
There are many others, but these are what struck me the most.
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36 whoopeeyoo
August 1, 2017 at 9:25 PM
Thank you for all the recaps, @sailorjumun! Admittedly, I never planned on watching FoS because I'm a rom-com kind of gal. But I got curious about it because I kept on seeing rave after rave about it in the What We're Watching posts and have seen a lot of comments on the recaps. I ended up trying it last Thursday and it didn't really grab me right away. Maybe because it's not my preferred genre and because it didn't feel like a kdrama but more of an American TV show. This is the first kdrama I've seen where we don't know anything, not really. I continued on with it and next thing I know, I've binged the first 8 episodes until 4AM. Perfect timing though because I didn't have to wait every week for new episodes since I was able to watch until episode 14 last weekend and the last two episodes this Monday. (Thank you, Netflix!)
And good lord, I agree with everyone that it's the best kdrama of 2017. I don't think anything's gonna come close to this perfection.
Anyway, THIS. EPISODE. Somehow, it shouldn't be surprising that Chang-joon was behind it all but it's a testament to the writer that all of us still got surprised and ultimately, betrayed. I think it mirrors what Shi-mok feels because he held out hope, time and time again, that it wasn't Chief Secretary Lee. All to realize that all along, it's been him. GAH
Also, this episode BROKE. ME. I know Yoon is a murderer but the tears won't stop flowing when he was telling the story of his son's death. Good lord my heart. Then we get that amazing phone call too between Yeo-jin and Shi-mok. MY HEART, IT'S A MESS.
Can't wait for the recap of the final episode and talk about EVERYTHING without any caution for spoiling people! Hahaha
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37 aaaaaahhhh
August 1, 2017 at 11:10 PM
The scene when Yoon tells about his son made me cry so much. I also loved the phone call between Shi Mok and Yeo Jin, i love their relationship. This is by far the best drama of 2017, acting, writing, directing is all superb, i particularly love Bea Doona and Jo Seung Woo, they are two brilliant actors, i will never get tired to watch them.
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38 P
August 1, 2017 at 11:25 PM
It's interesting 'cause when Hwang Shi Mok was interviewing the special investigation team individually after Eun Soo's death, Yoon hoped her parents wouldn't see the body (he was speaking from experience), and yet he left CEO Park's body blatantly after murdering him. Interestingly, Shi Mok was the one who spared the CEO's mother from that sight.
I love that whole comment about not being strictly good nor bad. That's it. That's the whole show. Since the suspects all have motivations but also redeeming qualities, I never had a confident bet on who the culprit was but I did write down my thoughts after ep 14 (I've never done that for any show before, which says a lot about my luv for the show). They're not that organized, I mean, hello, my brain was hurting trying to connect the dots but I just checked and I was right about the mastermind.
(I entertained the thought of the mastermind hiring a random dude to do it. I guess that was right too, though the dude wasn't so random after all.)
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39 allphryne
August 2, 2017 at 12:05 AM
Thus was the end of a rare phenomenon in a show, an abstinent.
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40 knom
August 2, 2017 at 12:23 AM
I really hate myself for starting this drama sooo late since I missed out on the discussions here. But, boy am I glad that I still started it and damn is it a godsend drama. One of the best Asian dramas I have watched. This is really the best drama of 2017 and 2017 isn't over yet.
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41 Melona
August 2, 2017 at 12:29 AM
There have been countless interrogation scenes in K-dramaland, and in this episode particularly, when Shi-mok asked Yoon "Did you kill Prosecutor Young Eun-soo?" then he repeated it again "Did you kill her?" How many times have we heard this line before, and yet I remembered feeling in awe at how well he delivered it; his tone and expression, just elevate everything.
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42 es
August 2, 2017 at 12:59 AM
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43 growingbeautifully
August 2, 2017 at 2:18 AM
Thanks SailorJumun!
Your nitpick is my nitpick... I so wanted to know more about Yeo Jin. What kind of family she grew up in and how come she is such a well-balanced, kick-ass yet full-of-heart person.
And yessss, I really wanted many scenes of Yeo Jin and Shi Mok sitting around a table, and able to converse whole-heartedly and full of trust in each other.
How about a Season 2 and 3????
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44 Hye Mi
August 2, 2017 at 3:19 AM
I wanted to write a really long comment to say how much I love this show, but apparently I'm all lost for words. So I'd just say this:
I admire the writer of this show for creating such a riveting story that seamlessly transitions across different emotional notes before settling in an ending that is not only thrilling but also gut-wrenching. I admire the director for telling said story in such an artful and compelling manner, and most importantly to bring the best out of the actors in the show. I also admire the actors themselves to bring the characters to life. If I hadn't watched a few other projects of some of these actors, I would have serious trouble buying that they are not playing themselves in these roles. I hope they are all watching and enjoying this masterpiece of a show to marvel at their own creation. This is writing, directing and acting at their finest.
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45 faraway
August 2, 2017 at 5:44 AM
Awww, it's so sad to know that Yeo jin thinks that Eun soo's death was her fault because she invited Eun soo to her place. And it is also nice how Shi mok reassured Yeo jin that it wasn't her fault. I can see that Yeo jin genuinely cares for Shi mok when she asked whether his head still hurts.
And also when Shi mok slams his fist on the table and shout, mannn I got scared for a second!
At earlier episodes, I suspect Lee Chang Joon to be the big bad, but then I think 'nah, it can't be him, they will not make the big bad as ther first person we suspect', so I went around to suspect Dong Jae, the police chief, Chang Joon's father in law and so on. It is true like mentioned above in the recap, with this show you can never be 100% sure. But the Lee Chang Joon revealed as big bad was surely the cherry on top!
If there is a petition for Forest of Secrets season 2, let me know!
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46 Sharon
August 2, 2017 at 6:51 AM
I'd like to see a season 2 with the pair Shi-mok and Yeo-jin back again. They could take on another case together. I will cheat and say that I have seen episode 16. There are lots of possibilities with those two. They have a unique synergy.
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47 Kasumi
August 2, 2017 at 7:02 AM
I did not think I would cry again in this series but I sobbed through the last two episodes.
Yoon's recollection of his son's death interspersed with the police team seeing his bare bones/dirty apartment was heartbreaking.
Yeo-Jin's phone call with Shi-Mok also brought tears to my eyes. At the same time, it was also soothing. They were there for each other and went on with life. Just like normal people do.
I can't believe this show is over. It was beautifully done-great work by all the cast and crew. I'm ambivalent about a second season for this gem of a show.
Best kdrama I've watched
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48 thethickofit
August 2, 2017 at 2:27 PM
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49 Puni
August 2, 2017 at 3:57 PM
The phone conversation between Shi Mok and Yeo Jin is just perfection. You can feel the caring, the support and the friendship. I loved this scene like so many others.
Shi Mok needed a person like Yeo Jin and he instinctively let her in.. the only one who's touch he's not repelled by, the one to see him at his lowest ( in the hospital), the one that he can talk to and share with, and the one he trusts. This friendship is everything. Neither is codependent. Instead each bring strengths to the relationship and they work equally.
I want more!!!! If not a second season then a movie, pls!! A mature adult relationship. Not where the female lead plays second fiddle or the male lead is aggressive and domineering. One like their relationship now. This chemistry between CHO Seung Woo and Bae Doo Na is too good to deny.
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50 LT is Irresistibly Indifferent and reminded of the slow march of death
October 11, 2017 at 6:12 PM
Even while this show is barrelling toward its conclusion, I take the time to feel vindicated that I called it. Lee engineered all of this as a way to use Shi-Mok to uncover the corruption in the prosecutor's office. It made me remember that scene where he cut up that expensive wallet right at the beginning of the show. His conscience is killing him and he's been torn between the wife he loves and his sense of justice. The fact this twist can be both surprising and well-foreshadowed is why the writing on this show is so amazing. One of the the best dramas of 2017.
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