Participant 2 – Grasp of Swindlers: Episodes 11-12 (Remaining)

by mistyisles

In the end it’s time for our swindling staff to tackle their greatest foe and both ship his empire crumbling to its knees or go down swinging. True to kind, this finale holds loads of twists, tips, and shut calls — with just a few additional stabbings and time bombs to spice issues up. Will our heroes journey off into the sundown as soon as once more, or has their time lastly run out?

 
EPISODES 11-12

Between the assault on Prosecutor Jang (he pulls via, but it surely’ll be a protracted restoration) and the reality about President Choi’s entanglement with Jeffrey Jung, our little staff has quite a bit to course of. However they don’t get a lot time to take action earlier than Jeffrey’s semi-disgraced minion Mr. Tune raids their hideout. Byung-min isn’t a lot use in a fistfight, however when one of many males goals a knife at Jae-yi’s again, Byung-min jumps between them, identical to Ah-ryung jumped in entrance of the bullet meant for him. Jin-woong helps Jae-yi get Byung-min to the automotive, and that’s when Woo-young arrives to assist them battle off the final of Mr. Tune’s males and velocity to security.

Woo-young additionally supplies a spot for them to cover and get better, so Ha-ri turns his consideration to getting in contact with Soo-min, who has holed herself as much as wallow in depressing disillusionment. She’s not certain who or what to belief, however Ha-ri is nothing if not persuasive. He convinces her to belief him, even when she will be able to’t fairly imagine that President Choi is taking part in the lengthy recreation to take Jeffrey Jung down.

Talking of the satan, Jeffrey Jung continues to amass personal management of varied public sectors. The employees who inevitably get screwed out of their jobs take to the streets in protest, so Jeffrey Jung has his individuals name in a bomb menace and body the protestors as terrorists. However that’s simply the appetizer — why cease at a menace when he can plant an actual bomb at an enormous pageant, hurt a whole lot of harmless individuals and body his enemies for it, and likewise probably take out Ha-ri and his buddies in a single fell swoop?

And so, our staff splits as much as search the venue, solely to seek out themselves combating decoys. After evacuating the crowds, Ha-ri locates the bomb. However with lower than two minutes to spare, Byung-min has to speak him via defusing it over the cellphone (“Which wire do I lower?” “The pink one.” “Which pink one???”). The day is saved, however Jeffrey Jung’s plan was hermetic: Ha-ri is straight away arrested and accused of planting the very bomb he simply stopped from exploding. Jeffrey Jung’s corrupt prosecutor orders him to admit and identify a core group of protestors because the masterminds backing him if he desires to see the sunshine of day ever once more.

Ha-ri complies. However as quickly as he will get in entrance of a swarm of reporters, he throws all of the blame on Jeffrey Jung as an alternative. With suspiciously impeccable timing, a video goes viral whereby President Choi accepts a bribe — not from Jeffrey Jung, however from Ha-ri on Jeffrey Jung’s behalf. President Choi holds a right away press convention to 1) admit he’s been taking bribes and obeying Jeffrey Jung’s orders and a couple of) resign from workplace. Jeffrey Jung can do nothing however fume as his crimes are uncovered to the world.

President Choi is promptly assassinated by his personal driver. Or, reasonably, a lookalike decoy is murdered in his stead, as a result of Ha-ri and President Choi deliberate all of it and knew Jeffrey Jung would retaliate in some way. Then it’s simple as pie for Director Hwang, with assist from Prosecutor Kwak, to sneak Ha-ri out of police custody.

However, after all, Jeffrey Jung isn’t completed. He has Soo-min kidnapped and makes use of her as bait to seize President Choi. Then he stabs President Choi in entrance of Soo-min and sends Ha-ri a video of the entire thing. Now Ha-ri has to decide on between looking for them earlier than President Choi bleeds out or intercepting Jeffrey Jung at a harbor earlier than he flees the nation for good. Ha-ri chooses the previous, which is simply what Jeffrey Jung wished — he left behind one more bomb, and by the point Ha-ri realizes they’re locked in, there’s solely a couple of minute left earlier than it blows. After which it does blow.

Too distant to assist, Byung-min, Jae-yi, and Jin-woong pull themselves collectively as finest as they will and race to the harbor. There might solely be three of them left towards Jeffrey Jung’s dozens of minions, however they’re prepared to finish him or die attempting at this level. However come on — that is Kang Ha-ri we’re speaking about. Did we actually suppose he’d simply stand there watching the clock run out? After all he didn’t! He made a makeshift bomb of his personal and blew the door off the warehouse earlier than the large bomb went off, and so they all acquired out simply in time. Whereas Director Hwang takes care of President Choi, Ha-ri and Soo-min head straight for the harbor to hitch the ultimate showdown.

The battle superbly showcases what makes this staff a lot enjoyable to look at, as a result of everybody has their distinctive function and combating model. The women staff up two-on-one towards harder fighters, Byung-min brandishes a taser (often requesting a breather so it may well recharge, ha), Jin-woong oils up forward of time so he fairly actually slips out of his opponent’s grasp, and Prosecutor Kwak brings in reinforcements. And Ha-ri? He skirts the principle battle to pursue Jeffrey Jung.

They begin with weapons geared toward one another’s heads, however Ha-ri rapidly dispenses with these. There’s one thing oddly satisfying about watching these two masterminds, stripped of their intelligent tips, groups, and even phrases, ending their ultimate confrontation in a scrappy, undignified brawl. After all, Jeffrey Jung carries a hidden knife, with which he repeatedly stabs Ha-ri within the intestine. However Ha-ri isn’t even fazed. He ties up Jeffrey Jung with a close-by rope and cheerfully assures the remainder of the staff his wounds aren’t deadly. As soon as Jae-yi overcomes the urge to kill Jeffrey Jung the place he sits, the entire staff walks away triumphant and free.

A yr later, everybody has settled into a brand new regular. Prosecutor Kwak proudly sports activities a gray-colored swimsuit and virtually waltzes across the workplace. Ex-President Choi quietly serves his jail time period, and Soo-min — now an lawyer — visits usually (aw, she even calls him “Dad” now). Director Hwang goes into performing. Byung-min tries (unsuccessfully) to start out a profession as a webtoon artist. Jin-woong returns to work on the orphanage. Jae-yi works as a driver for her idol pal, and it’s hinted they might quickly turn into a bit greater than buddies.

However simply when it appears they’ve actually gone their separate methods, Jeffrey Jung is murdered in his jail cell by a girl who’s much more merciless and unhinged than he’s (a fabulously terrifying cameo by Lee Sung-kyung). Subsequent factor we all know, the staff receives self-destructing cassette tapes (lol) from Ha-ri inviting them to hitch him for a brand new mission. The sport is as soon as once more on!

I received’t attempt to fake this finale was flawless (I counted three stabbings that our staff mainly walked off, for starters, and was there a sale on time bombs that Jeffrey Jung simply couldn’t resist?), but it surely was a lot enjoyable I don’t even care that it didn’t all the time make sense. It gave me precisely what I wished after which some (all of the little callbacks to the primary couple of episodes had been simply icing on the scrumptious cake!).

And that’s just about how I really feel about the entire present. It was enjoyable and straightforward to look at, even when it technically might have been higher, and I seemed ahead to it each single week. Better of all, although, I cherished the characters and loved watching them get out and in of bother collectively, bickering all the way in which. I’ll miss all of them quite a bit, and you may guess I’ll be first in line in the event that they resolve to make a 3rd season!

 
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