"Speaking Frankly", this is a bad time to be the parent of a kdrama lead.

Yeon Ho following all of So Hee's advice for police work, even contact lenses, is very sweet and the various instances are done really nicely too. There's no weird male ego thing written into the story, she's a senior officer and he's learning from her. I also really liked that So Hee said she was waiting for him to tell her whatever he was keeping from her about Kyungsoo. I'm assuming that will now take a backseat with her father's injury, or maybe it'll become even more important, but it was a good character interaction moment.

I'm glad the secondary characters are getting some starring moments and background too, like Dong Ki and his father. I assume Hyun Kyung's reticence about her parents means she's the one with the connected family, and the actual person the chief and his yes man were trying to track down in their department. I look forward to the episode where she gets some spotlight too, the motorbike moment was hot.

I did roll my eyes a little bit at everyone being tangled in together in so many coincidences, but I have accepted so many childhood connections in kdramas, I can suspend my disbelief for some revenge thriller related coincidences too I suppose. I hope they don't kill off So Hee's father, just an injury should be enough of a connection and to get her fired up.

This remains pretty entertaining, although nothing too profound. We're enjoying it--liking the FL, and Lee Min-ki remains appealing as the deeply-concealed-emotion detective savant

I especially appreciated the epilogue of episode 7 , delivered by Heo Jung-do. Even though the show depicted corrupt used car dealers, thanks to legislation, its perfectly safe to go out and buy a used car in Korea! That's reassuring, even though I won't be headed to Korea for my next car purchase.

This show, like *every* other before it, has gone down the dark, trauma-filled, route. It started off so funny and tongue-in-cheek, I was hoping it would keep that light tone throughout. Chae Man's witticisms/ cluelessness about pop culture, the cool action scenes with the 2 ladies, the teamwork, all have been sacrificed at the altar of Angst.

Every one that started off humourously that I remember lately, has done the same- Behind Your Touch, Flex Cop, Chief Inspector, and now this. Is it really so tough to keep a show's core humour intact?

My point is that it is possible - I'm binging Will Trent alongside, and even though there are dark currents, the dialogues and situations still have a thread of humour woven in- just how I like it.

The show is still compelling though, and it's showing MLs slow evolution well, through the space that So Hee allows him, to slowly open up. It's all a bit neatly coincidental, but when is Kdrama not lol. In a city of millions, 2 people with a near-miss connection will always collide later in life, no matter how far-fetched, and that's the beauty of it!

Thank you for this week’s recap @solstices

Crash is such a great drama the stories tackle some important traffic related crimes in a really interesting way and then give related advice to the general public at the end of the case. The background discussion re drink driving and illegal taxis will be an interesting one if they bring this into the forefront of a story and have an advice section at the end about it. I often wonder about the blood alcohol levels the day after the heavy drinking session.

The team work and family elements that show up every week means we can’t help but get connected to this group of people who get penalised week in and out as everyone tries to benefit from their expertise. This was the first time that someone helped them keep a case and it will come back to bite them as the Chief and his side kick are yet again looking for ways to benefit from others to climb the ladder.

The contrast between the team’s positive family dynamics and the Commissioner general and his toxic and controlling family and friends is increasingly evident. I think it will be healing for Yeonho to be cleared of causing the crash but when the level of corruption involved to keep him feeling guilty is revealed it will be hard to see how he won’t be contaminated with bitterness as he always knew the Commissioner was a nasty piece of work.

The scene with Sohee and her dad seemed unnecessary harsh because usually they would let the relative ride in the ambulance and explain what the vitals are or what is going on but they all stood around and let her stress not knowing what was going on. It wasn’t like they were working on him and she would get in the way.

I did wonder if the actors playing Donki and his father were really related because after Hyunkyung mentioned their resemblance I noticed in the father son chat in the team’s allotment there was a shot of their side profiles and they really did have the similar features. That allotment is interesting stress releaser and I wonder if they developed it to add something positive to their environment as they seem to be the only team situated in a portakabin.

The chase with the lorry and flying cars seemed unnecessarily dangerous. It was filmed well as I don’t know how they were able to control those flying cars so stunt drivers were not hurt. What was odd when listing the problems with the lorry no one mentioned the brakes not working.

I am looking forward to next week’s episodes as the case is closing in on the real killer of the newly wed wife. They said the husband went abroad and died soon after and I wondered if he did actually die or if he is in fact the one behind the pictures and driving the black car. I was surprise Yeonho didn’t mention Kyungsoo’s strange reaction to the black car.

Yeon-ho's slowness to talk is so frustrating. I know we have more elements than him about the past but I thought he was the "genius" of the team but not at all. He had a lot of elements from the past but he doesn't seem to put them together at the right moment. It wasn't hard to understand that Han Kyung-Soo and him were not talking about the same thing even he didn't know what Han Kyung-Soo was talking about.

I hope the dad is alive! He's such a good dad and the only family member she has.

For the murder, I wonder why Chief Chae-Man and Lee Jung-Sub would have wait for so long to get revenge if it's one of them, what changed?

That ending really caught me off guard. I hope the dad pulls through.

I hope we find out more about Hyun-kyung's family, because they're being very mysterious about that, and I wanna know.

Also, I have a hard time believing that Chae-man is actually guilty. Sure, he may be hiding a few secrets, but guilty? I don't believe it, or maybe I don't wanna believe it.

Leave the dad alone show!! Why do we need to do this?? Can’t we have a happy family without incidents??

The main case from way back is taking the focus. I don’t mind it but I do miss the humor.
I don’t understand why it took so long for revenge? Why did they have to wait for Yeon Ho to join TCI? Or was it just a coincidence ?

For a show about traffic crimes, it would have been nice to see an airbag deployed for once!!!

I appreciated the character growth of Yeon Ho this week. He is learning to listen to So Hee and changing little by little to her feedback. Also slowly opening up. I expect he will be very different by the end of this drama. I hope he would be the person he was supposed to be (or even better) prior to that accident that night years ago.
I wonder if the actor that played Dong Gi's dad is any way related to Lee Ho Chul. They look very similar. If they are not related, I applaud the casting director.

CRASH continues to hold my attention with character development in terms of the team and also Yeon-Ho in particular. LMK is doing a good job with making a possibly autistic-coded character very real and relatable.

Watching it alongside WILL TRENT is interesting as both teams have very different dynamics but they make it work well.

What are the chances that the "black car" culprit is the husband? It was mentioned in passing that he was flown to the US first and 'died' subsequently. Kdramas had taught us that it is probably a lie.