Ugh, I was SO disappointed by losing an episode this week! I just kept checking on Wednesday as I was in denial haha (reminds me of May I Help You? airing interruptions and how once again, I wish I weren't so invested that I watch weekly vs binging at the end of the series haha)

That aside, I continue to like this show even though I'm not eloquent enough to explain why haha.
When I see characters like Det. Park Sung Yoon, it makes me wish more people like him could exist in reality. On the one hand, that is such a low bar: competent, pragmatic, and upstanding and then on the other, it feels so fantastical because EVERYTHING is about connections and power and money and freaking hierarchy. It feels crazy how I just sigh in relief when he comes on the screen just because the guy is actually doing his job haha. Like yeessssss! A good police officer haha.

As always, Myeong Jun & Ro Hee's teamwork continues being cute and engaging to me. I love how she truly is the brains and he can be like the goofy kid but then he's also caring and protective. He is just a good nice guy and I think that shines through which is what made the detective believe him even though he is technically a kidnapper and I think he may possibly endear that enforcer to his side (but who knows)

I thought the way Ro Hee assembled her little team was cool and I liked that even the detective was included. I guess this would serve as proof that there is more to the story just as he assumed.

The murder is still weird; I thought the killer gave a plausible explanation but it's still so weird. Why *that* day? Why was the wife murdered? Even if the father killed the wife, what made him snap? Who took all the research and whatever vials of that drug? Who hired the junk man to take Ro Hee? Will that jerkass uncle get any comeuppence?

Continuing from last time when I mentioned about the way HIV/AIDS is presented it, I am not a fan. Like I've said, I'm not an expert and things have changed over time but I'm fairly certain that HIV & AIDS aren't interchangable phrases. One leads to the other. One was the absolute death sentence and people could live with the other for years (especially nowadays).

And it grosses me out that even in a fictional hospital, people were so careless with a bloody scalpel, even more so a bloody scalpel that was used on an AIDS patient.

Is there no other diseases, real or fictional, they could have given the character that worked for the story?

I am still crying over the missed episode!

What an ending! So satisfying to see our team come together.

I don’t trust Hye-Eun. I feel like there is more to her.

Jaden is such an interesting villain!!

This drama is so good, especially Yoon Kye Sang is killing it as an adorable fool and Yu Na as an intelligent kid. Dr. Mo seems like she might be having consciousness, the same as the hitman, but all these people can never be trusted which makes the show all the more interesting. I wonder why Ro Hee asked for money because the investors can easily throw off the cops off their scent using power. I also do not know what is benefit of being a guardian to a real estate, so I am skeptic of the attorney being enticed by Ro Hee's offer.

Thanks for the recap @solstices

This is the first time I saw Myeong-jun shouted at Ro-hee for revealing Hye-eun's involvement in the kidnapping. I know Myeong-jun tried to protect Hye-eun and their daughter Hee-ae, and Ro-hee did that to save Myeong-jun's life from being shot by Jaden, but seeing our favourite duo shouted at each other is still quite heartbreaking.

I am also surprised to see Ro-hee's indifferent expression when seeing Myeong-jun being beaten up by Jaden. Even Dr. Mo Eun-sun didn't dare to watch. I thought a young girl her age would be very scared and terrified to see such violence. Is it because of the impact of all the drugs given all her life, or is she used to see such level of violence before?

And I agree that Hye-eun is very suspicious. It looks like Cheol-won is just covering for her to "repent his sins" for causing her to get HIV. I wouldn't be surprised if Hye-eun is actually involved in Ro-hee's father's murder (which makes her killing her own adopted brother!).

And what's wrong with the family values here, OMG.

- The great uncle really doesn't show any care about Ro-hee.
- Ro-hee's father used his own daughter (which I presume is biological daughter, no mentions that she was adopted so far) for his medical experiment. Which father would have the heart to do such cruel thing to his own daughter?
- Hye-eun also doesn't seem to care at all about the well-being of her own daughter (Hee-ae, which I also presume is her biological daughter with Myeong-jun).

I know this is a work of fiction, but still....

I love the way this show is exploring emotional intelligence (EI) vs intellectual ability. Myung-joon is not quite as dumb as he claims, but his real strength is EI. Sang-yoon is extremely smart and observant and good at deductive reasoning. Ro-hee has both kinds of intelligence - her real genius is that she has somehow developed her EI despite the cold horror of her upbringing and has integrated the two to make better predictions, judgments, and plans than the other characters, even if they’re quite smart or devious. Taek-kyun is still a dark horse - it will be fun to see how he makes his choices.

That kid Ro-Hee is so smart that I have problems keeping up with her plan. @elinor said it best where Ro Hee is is equally emotionally intelligent which makes this kid so endearing.
I don't think I've been soo impressed with a kid actor since Mother

I also can't unsee Eun-Sun (Seo_Jae-Hee) as Na Hee-Do's mother from 25-21. The same expressions, the same cold shell of a look hiding some tenderness below. It feels like she will be instrumental.

I love this drama more with every episode (and I’m finally caught up yay!). I’ve seen Yoon Kye-sang play a villain and a stoic-but-swoony ML, and he’s killing it with his derpy ajusshi vibe. I’m getting to the point that I want to watch whatever he’s in.

I’m beyond thrilled that our detective is joining the squad! I thought of him at first when the masked person showed up to collect the money, but then I thought that it couldn’t be, and he was more likely to be somewhere else, arresting the great uncle or something. But he’s in deep now and I am here for it! This whole time Sang-yoon has done such an amazing job piecing together the facts of this complicated case, and most of what he still needs is a story to make the whole thing make sense. I hope he gets it and I hope we get sufficient scenes with the three of them together!

I might be in the minority, but while I find Jaden very fun to watch and an interesting antagonist for our heroine and her team, I don’t find him particularly complex. I think he’s smart, and sly, and likes to win, but at the end of the day his motivations seem incredibly simple to me. I’m still loving it, but someone Hye-eun is the real one I’m watching out for. Jaden wants this “investment” to pay off and to make a boatload of money, but I have no idea what Hye-eun wants at this point.