You know, I DID NOT see that coming and this might be the understatement of the week. (I’ve made some ill-advised understatements last week, and probs more next week.) That ending scene was NOT necessary, show.
I went into this thinking that there’s no way, absolutely no way, they would hurt us SO SOON in the drama’s trajectory – if we’re thinking back on season 1 ep 13 when Eun-so died. BUT HERE WE ARE, AT EPISODE 7. Excuse me for being surprised. Granted, not every script should have the same structure but still, I hung onto this flimsy ~logic~ to protect my fragile heart.

*crying break*

And the preview – OMG. Shi-mok, hon, are you going to collapse again?! Good thing I threw away my heart so like, come at me with all the pain – it’s all just going to bounce off me now. (Is that how pain works?)

Shi-mok got so impatient when he was talking to Dong-jae’s co-workers, and when he told the female prosecutor that he too was Dong-jae’s mentee, he was clearly affected by all this. AND THEN, when Yongsan police chef said he didn’t want “this” to happen “again”, I might have screamed internally. All the foreshadowing is really all we needed. We did not need to see the ending scene.

*going back to crying*