The Auditors: Episodes 3-4

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Our auditors should discover 3.4 billion gained that has gone lacking after a failed redevelopment undertaking. This new case dredges up previous recollections and exams allegiances as our heroes should resolve who to belief in a sport crammed with liars. Nonetheless, regardless of who the suspect could also be, everybody is similar earlier than the auditing staff as they comb by means of the small print to find the reality.

 
EPISODES 3-4

The present is shaping as much as be a typical police procedural drama, however as an alternative of detectives, the heroes are auditors. This week’s case is the housing redevelopment embezzlement, and the principle suspect is the director of the housing division YOO MI-KYUNG (particular look by Hong Soo-hyun). The neighborhood union consultant ran away with the funds — basically, the life financial savings of the poor residents — and it’s as much as Cha-il and his crew to determine if Mi-kyung is concerned on this crime or simply one other sufferer.

Whereas Cha-il is his ordinary aloof self, Mi-kyung tears up the second she sees her college sunbae, and rumors about their torrid (and nonexistent) love story unfold. It solely worsens when Cha-il interviews Mi-kyung outdoors of labor hours, and somebody posts images of them on-line, accusing the staff chief of sexual assault. In actuality, the one one harassed that evening was Cha-il by a really drunk Han-soo who begged his boss to like him, too, and gave him a faucet on the butt for good measure.

The assault costs put a wrench in Cha-il’s plan since he now solely has every week to resolve every part earlier than Mi-kyung’s switch request to Florida is granted. Fortunately, one piece of the puzzle is answered shortly when Mi-kyung’s ex-husband reveals himself because the photographer, and Cha-il realizes that the 2 are in cahoots. Their divorce is a sham, and the extra our auditors dig into this case, the extra Mi-kyung appears to be like suspicious of embezzlement.

Whereas the housing redevelopment undertaking takes heart stage, within the background, a secondary plot brews. The 2 Hwang brothers proceed their struggle for energy, and although President Hwang Se-woong acts righteous, he’s all too keen at hand over management of the audit staff to Dae-woong in alternate for him bribing a vice-minister to clean over an inspection. Dae-woong can sense the president’s duplicity, however he nonetheless accepts the deal with a view to cowl up Mi-kyung’s crimes and hearth Cha-il for insubordination.

Caught in the midst of this battle is Search engine marketing-jin who seems to be Dae-woong’s niece. Given their historical past, I get the impression that the 2 should not associated by blood, however no matter their genetic ties, they clearly take care of one another as household. Consequently, Search engine marketing-jin finds herself in an ungainly place: aspect together with her uncle who has nobody to belief within the workplace or assist Cha-il have enough money the victims who’re her previous neighbors. At a crossroads, Search engine marketing-jin waffles between the 2, however in the end chooses to research the case with Cha-il and Han-soo.

With the clock ticking and Dae-woong respiration down their necks, Cha-il agrees to seek out the cash inside three days, and if he fails, he guarantees to resign and pay the lacking quantity out-of-pocket. All our staff chief desires in return is for Dae-woong to cancel Mi-kyung’s switch, which he does. It appears a bit excessive for a salaryman to wager, however I suppose the present has to fabricate pressure someway. The stakes should be raised!

With the mixed efforts of the auditing staff (it’s actually simply Cha-il and the rookies as a result of the others barely do something on this division), they handle to seek out the hyperlink between Mi-kyung and the union consultant. This leads them to a mountainside restaurant the place they catch him, and our heroes ship the prison to the police on a silver platter. Alas, the true detectives show their incompetence because the union rep stays silent throughout the interrogation and refuses to implicate his companions. Issues get much more sophisticated when Dae-woong sends over an lawyer to maintain the union rep quiet, so Cha-il shifts gears.

Turning their consideration to Mi-kyung’s husband, the auditing staff items collectively the random information they gathered and figures out his laundering methodology. They then uncover a fourth accomplice, a girl on the finance staff of a unique development firm who’s presently having an affair with Mi-kyung’s husband. Armed with this new data, Cha-il informs Mi-kyung of her husband’s infidelity, however she refuses to consider him with out concrete proof. Thus, our rookies tail the husband and his affair accomplice, catching them getting into and leaving a resort collectively.

Within the meantime, the husband hires two truck drivers to almost run over Cha-il’s automobile, however at this level, near-death experiences should be par for the course of their line of labor since our auditors brush it off as a mere inconvenience. In addition they chase automobiles, scale buildings, and soar on shifting automobiles with a view to catch their goal, however when Cha-il opens the husband’s trunk, the cash is lacking. The digital camera cuts to Mi-kyung dressed to the nines and on her option to freedom after tricking everybody.

Simply as our embezzling villain makes her escape, Cha-il apprehends her, revealing that he by no means trusted her from the start. They discover the stolen money in a parked automobile on the airport, and Mi-kyung is locked behind bars. Cha-il visits her in jail at her behest, however even after getting caught, she stays audacious and reveals no regret. She tries to attraction to his humanity, stating how a lot he modified, however Cha-il throws her phrases again at her. He selected to change into the person he’s as we speak due to individuals like her, and he plans to point out her how grave her sins are.

After the premiere week, I had adjusted my expectations for the present, however I’m nonetheless shocked by the shortage of nuance within the writing and the slapdash plot. Our auditors act extra like personal investigators than number-crunching pencil-pushers, and at this level, I ponder if the author simply wished to create a police procedural however with out the constraints of the legislation. Our heroes do no matter they need from breaking into locations, stealing paperwork, and stalking individuals all and not using a warrant as a result of they’re auditors, and there’s little to no repercussions for his or her actions. After all, this might all change because the story proceeds, however I doubt there’s any mind-boggling twists on the finish of this highway. The present is straight-forward, which isn’t inherently a nasty factor, however I do hope the subsequent circumstances is perhaps extra fascinating than this week’s villains.

That being stated, I surprisingly don’t hate the present even when I discover it to be a mixed-bag of tropes and plot gadgets that don’t have anything to do with auditing. From the very starting, the present got down to be a enjoyable and wild trip, which, in some methods, it completed. I’m additionally beginning to perceive the “comedy” side, regardless that among the laughs might have been unintentional. On one hand, the present is critical and the performing matches that tone, however on the opposite, the sequences are bonkers and really feel so unserious (e.g., the bike chases and Cha-il maintaining with a automobile on foot). I’m going to imagine this juxtaposition is deliberate to emphasise how loopy the plot is and remind the viewers that, at finish of the day, the heroes are nonetheless simply auditors.

I additionally wish to consider the present is leaning into its ridiculousness and enjoying up the unbelievable conditions as a result of it’s far more pleasurable to suppose the individuals concerned perceive how foolish the story is and are willingly embracing it. Granted, because the present continues, I could also be consuming my phrases if the circumstances change into even much less impressed and inventive, however hopefully, it gained’t come to that. The Auditors is unquestionably a kind of dramas the place I like to recommend leaving your mind on the door as a result of making an attempt to investigate it would solely reveal its flaws, so as an alternative of pushing again, I’m going to easily comply with alongside and see the place the story takes me. Plus, who is aware of, possibly I’ll be pleasantly stunned on the finish.

 
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