Yes, auditing in this show is based on conjecture, speculation and lottery-winning luck but connecting the dots to a loan shark takes a Sharpie the size of steel I-beam. The only fact we got in episode 9 is that VP’s “sister” is his family’s former housekeeper who was nice to him. We also see that VP may not be half-brother at all, just the youngest son of a tyrannical father. Seo-Jin is only a “niece” in name but not blood which confirms that there was no nepotism in her hire. The idea that friendship is blanket unfair hiring practices is dumb . . . nobody has heard of networking? I guess the VP has fully joined the Avengers, err Audit crime busting team.

Shin’s own audit does bring up the criticisms of his rough and pushy behavior but harsh, cross-examination technique is even appropriate in a court of law. Calling it his “style” is a little much. To call him a murderer was off-the-wall because allegedly driving a suspect to the edge is not the same as pushing him off the building. To withhold the Truth from the widow showed a glimmer of compassion in Shin’s steely armor. The show does not even attempt to hide the telegraphed clues of who is the villain. Clearly elder brother was saying who attempted to kill him. (For a chaebol, where is the 24/7 night nurse or security?)

I guess the next “audit” is going to be a murder investigation because that is . . . what superhero accountants do.

The Auditors gets 10 for shock reveal last week and 0/10 for character assassination.

Se-woong is a piece of work. He hired the wrong auditor for his cleansing ritual.

Only two episodes left and I'm not sure what the overarching theme is for this drama. It is giving case of the week. We'll, I guess we will have fun in the last week.

I totally love this drama and its the actors that caught me and dragged me in.

The show already gave us hints that President is the bad guy and VP is misunderstood but I also want to know if Shin s past about his Father's death was resolved or not?
I never thought I'll enjoy this drama so much, its that good and highly recommended. I want the Wolf lady paired with VP, their chemistry was striking😜

thanks for the recap @lovepark. I put this drama on hold after Episode 4 because I was feared writers were going with standard formula wherein the supposedly good guy (Se-woong) was going to end up being the bad guy and ponytail black sheep guy (Dae-woong) would be the ultimate hero.

Plus the formula of "cold" older man and warm/naive young sprout is uninteresting if the side characters don't bring any thing substantive to the drama. That's why I enjoyed Numbers the characters I was looking forward to this one but the plotting in this one is too weak.

Thanks for the recap @lovepark!

I enjoyed Cha Il and Dae woong's partnership. I too wished they started this sooner. As they say better late than never. Se Woong is looking more suspicious though.

In the WWW post, @reply1988 commented that the Auditors was basically Scooby Doo and I haven't been able to shake that thought. So I watched these two episodes through that lens and am convinced that it is just that - case of the week silliness. Shin is definitely Thelma (the brains), I call Dae-woong as Freddy (looks the part and leads, but doesn't do much), Hansoo is Scooby (the loveable but unnecessary one), Seo-jin is Daphne (the beautiful one who does her part competently) and maybe the whiny office colleague is Shaggy (bit of a headache for everyone but will unexpectedly contribute something at the end?) Pretty sure eldest son's wife and Se-woong will be in on the villainy together (but a non-discussed assumption will be their undoing) and I now need the removal of a fake face and a reference to "pesky kids" or "getting away with it". And like Scooby (the cartoon series), it's entertaining enough but something you watched just cos it was on, not cos you were really invested.

Thank you for the episode recap, @lovepark 👍

I enjoy watching the odd partnership between Cha-il and Dae-woong in ep 10 but their chemistry is expected. Can't wait to see them together solving the final case.

And yes, creators can forget about Han-soo. 🤭

Why this show is called The Auditors and not The Investigators is beyond me. If Cha-il conducted his investigations mildly as the external auditor seemed to hint that he should, he would never solve anything with that company's rude as hell employees. Almost every employee they encounter acts defensively and guilty right at hello.

What I really enjoyed in these two episodes was:
1. The team work of Team Leader Shin Cha-il and VP Hwang Dae-woong. Shin Ha-kyun and Jin Goo were terrific together. The humor was spot on. I agree that it is unfortunate that these two weren’t brought together sooner;
2. The cameo of the always reliable Min Sung-wook who played former HR team leader Yoon Dae-kyung. He was the one both Cha-il and Dae-woong teamed up to work over outside his new office.
3. The short appearance of Ji Seung-Jun who played the young Dae-woong. Apparently as a child back in 2005 JSJ had quite a following in a KBS program called SHOOTDORI. Anyway TA is listed in AsianWiki as Ji Seung-Jun’s first drama appearance so I wish him luck and
4. I can only note that Baek Hyun-jin who plays VP Dae-woong’s assistant Director Yang Jae-seung had made a career of playing sleezy characters and in TA he is no different only maybe hamming it up a bit and he seems to be having a ball interacting with Jin Goo.

Thanks for the recap @lovepark I have enjoyed this drama for its low key drama each week but it did well to go for the shorter run time although they have a lot to do in these final episodes re the level of corruption in the company. We are also going to need to see the full backstory for Chail’s focus on corruption, we are gradually seeing more and more of his apartment as it is no longer shrouded in darkness. We are seeing the audit team come together so I wonder if Chail will stay or leave having cleared up the loose ends quicker than his two year plan. The clean sweep needs to remove Kyungsuk as he is not able to lead with integrity.

In previous dramas the hospital VIP suite had its own reception and staffing yet recent dramas The Impossible heir and now this one shows that as long as you turn up late you can saunter in and out with no chance of being seen.

I think the temp president is going to do a speech about being the middle child who has not been treated well by dad or his brother so has never felt secure or valued in the company.

I was honestly pretty shocked when Han-soo of all people turned on Cha-il instantly when they found out about the previous case. You are literally dealing with a similar situation right now and you defended him from that one, so why the sudden shift? I didn’t find that bit super believable, but at least Seo-jin talked him around quickly. It was also kind of funny to me that Han-soo went through all this shady hacking business to find the IP address while Seo-jin just checked the footage from the security camera that obviously exists outside her house 😂

I was sad about Auditor Moon though. I know how much the name of your university can make a difference in your prospects and it’s so awful and unfair that he wasn’t able to find work because of something so superficial. I hope he’s able to start over.

I was expecting the team up between Cha-il and Dae-ung, and no surprises that it was great when we got it! I know we’ve all been expecting to see the brothers’ initial positions switch, but I like how believable it’s been. Dae-ung didn’t stop having a temper or being slightly shady and willing to do all kinds of things so that the company will do well, and Se-ung didn’t suddenly turn into someone who flies off the handle or does overtly evil stuff. They just both inched closer to a middle ground and did a really good job showing why an auditor like Cha-il is a super necessary thing in a company like theirs.

On that note - who killed hyungi dearest? I feel like they want us to believe it was Se-ung, and maybe it was, but I kind of like the wife for it too.

Seo Hee Jin is the only professional character in this show! She can investigate quietly and effectively. I love how she always reminds to Hwang Dae-Woong his his lack of professionalism's manners.

I'm enjoying this drama even though I think only real life investigative auditors given total policing powers over their extraordinarily corrupt business firms would argue that this is one of the great shows of all time.

I understand that this is not everyone's cup of tea. Still, as someone who has forgotten almost everything I was taught in school in the 60s and 70s, but has nearly a photographic memory of U.S. t.v shows from that period, I wonder why there have been several attempts to connect this show with two really bad U.S. shows of my youth: one, the really crudely animated Saturday morning cartoon, Scooby Doo, and the other the cartoonish parody t.v. Batman with Adam West. I think its because everyone commenting on this show is too young to actually have watched these regularly, as I am ashamed to say that I did.

There's no need to go this far afield for parallels-- this show fits in the mold of Crash, Flex X. Cop, Taxi Driver, Player 2, etc. There's a team, with some members there for comic relief, a slowly developing romance, and then weekly cases along with an overarching big situation or circumstance involving some sort of corruption or trauma. I like this format. I find some cases more compelling than others, don't judge it by some grand standard, and definitely don't take it too seriously. The key is whether the lead member of the team is playing an appealing character, and in this one I think Shin Ha-Kyun is fun to watch. I also really like Jin Goo as Dae Woong. I'm not to worried about next week's wrap up, I'm sure it will resolve the core corruption troubling the firm, setting it on a path that will once again benefit the Korean national economy, and I look forward to seeing how they do it, implausible as it might be.