Connection: Episodes 9-10

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Our hero zeroes in on vested pursuits and contentious particulars, edging ever nearer to the reality, whereas our heroine skirts the road of immoral selfishness spurred by a selfless trigger. As extra layers of the previous are peeled again, the shrewd intricacies of a deceased pal’s agenda shifts into focus. Simply how a lot had he been conscious of, and the way far did he plan forward?

 
EPISODES 9-10

Returning to April 2005, we lastly see the occasions of Kyung-tae’s demise. Kyung-tae spills gasoline within the midst of attempting to mild a range in his yard, and whereas his buddy Gyu-min is within the outhouse, Jong-soo and his cronies present as much as beat the residing daylights out of Kyung-tae. When Gyu-min subsequent peeks exterior, the yard has caught on hearth. Within the aftermath, a name from Sang-eui sends Joon-seo speeding to Kyung-tae’s home, however by then it’s already too late — everybody has made it out, apart from Kyung-tae.

With that, we return to the current day. Whereas Yoon-ho is out, Jae-kyung pays his home a go to, the place an on-site investigation reveals Yoon-ho used his spouse’s automotive to commit the Molotov cocktail arson at Myung-guk’s home. Alas, Yoon-ho’s spouse capitalizes on Jae-kyung’s transient distraction to name Yoon-ho and warn him of the police’s pursuit. Our crafty taxi driver instantly goes into hiding, rising solely to threaten Tae-jin into serving to him evade the authorities, although one thing tells me Tae-jin’s persistence gained’t final for much longer.

In the meantime, Chi-hyun updates the remainder of the shady trio on Jae-kyung’s suspicions, then asks them why they adopted Joon-seo’s directions so compliantly that fateful evening. We aren’t instructed Jong-soo’s causes, however we do see Tae-jin’s — Joon-seo knew of his affair with Ji-yeon.

As for Chi-hyun, he has a strong motive — he and Yoon-ho bashed Myung-guk to demise and sealed his corpse within the freezer storage, as a result of Myung-guk had been threatening to reveal Jong-soo’s drug habit. Joon-seo coerced Chi-hyun into exhibiting up on the development website by threatening to name the police to the freezer storage, necessitating that Chi-hyun and Yoon-ho retrieve the physique.

Elsewhere, Jae-kyung realizes that’s why Yoon-ho murdered the shop proprietor, as a result of he’d handed by that CCTV on his method to retrieve the physique with Chi-hyun. One factor’s amiss although; Chi-hyun has no concept who then moved Myung-guk’s thawing corpse to his residence, but it surely will need to have taken at the very least two individuals to lug him round.

As for our sleuthing trio, it’s Yoon-jin’s birthday as we speak, besides Joo-song’s shock cake winds up ready forlornly on the balcony whereas Jae-kyung and Yoon-jin pore over Myung-guk’s analysis journals. To their credit score, they make good progress, realizing that Myung-guk had been assembly with Sang-eui usually in Pilo-dong — however they’re then interrupted by an unwelcome customer.

It’s Ji-yeon, who asks that they examine a pension that Joon-seo opened over a decade in the past, then openly calls for her proper to his inheritance. Yoon-jin bristles at her lack of disgrace, and that’s the precise second Joo-song bursts out of the balcony with Yoon-jin’s cake. Cue essentially the most awkward birthday celebration ever, lol. Unexpectedly, the event shocks Ji-yeon to the purpose she throws up within the lavatory, and Yoon-jin finally connects the dots — Joon-seo’s passcode has at all times been Yoon-jin’s birthday.

The subsequent day, Yoon-jin seeks out Joo-song for some recommendation. Having overheard her telephone name together with her colleague whereas hiding out on the balcony, Joo-song’s already found out what she desires to ask. She desires to maintain the massive sum in Joon-seo’s locked account for herself. Yoon-jin staunchly defends her intentions — it’s higher than having the cash go to hypocrites like Tae-jin and Ji-yeon, proper? Nonetheless, Joo-song can’t validate Yoon-jin’s unscrupulous temptation; his bumbling demeanor belies a perceptive thoughts, and he discerns her responsible conscience, at the same time as she denies it.

Sadly, a pal’s dissuasion can’t outweigh a mom’s desperation to supply for her baby. Yoon-jin calls Tae-jin to a PC cafe that she booked, luring him in with the declare that she is aware of Joon-seo’s passcode and threatening to flow into the pictures of him and Ji-yeon, in change for half of Joon-seo’s cash. With no different alternative, Tae-jin permits Yoon-jin to enter the passcode — just for it to end up flawed. Infuriated, Tae-jin strangles Yoon-jin, till Joo-song rushes in. Yanking Tae-jin off her, Joo-song hurls him apart, then carries the unconscious Yoon-jin out. (Yay, Joo-song will get his personal heroic rescue second!)

Circling again to our cops, their present mission is monitoring down the drug vendor Jin-wook. Boss Yoon has captured his underling, since they failed to carry up their finish of the deal, and he or she informs Chang-soo that he can drop by and arrest them each in half an hour. Besides when Jin-wook arrives, he fatally shoots Boss Yoon with the gun he’d beforehand stolen from Jae-kyung.

At that very second, Jae-kyung has been following the listening to assist thug all the way in which to the identical constructing. He bumps into Chang-soo simply as a gunshot rings out, and after they rush into Boss Yoon’s hideout, Jae-kyung acknowledges her again room because the place he’d been drugged in.

On the way in which to the station, the listening to assist thug calls for that Chang-soo set him free, threatening to disclose his acceptance of Boss Yoon’s bribes and Jae-kyung’s habit. Caught between a rock and a tough place, Chang-soo impulsively decides to drive his automotive proper off the street and right into a river, diving out of the window on the final second. Chang-soo survives, whereas the thug dies, however Jae-kyung realizes the window has been rolled down — this wouldn’t have been potential underwater, which betrays that Chang-soo deliberately plunged the automobile.

Oh no, and simply when Jae-kyung and Chang-soo have been beginning to solidify a rapport! Chang-soo retains digging a deeper gap for himself the extra he tries to cowl his tracks, and whereas I wish to consider he harbors good intentions, he’s performing upon it in virtually the worst means potential. On the fee Chang-soo’s going, he’s about to implode sooner fairly than later.

The identical might be stated for Tae-jin, who was humiliatingly put in his place by CHAIRMAN WON (Moon Sung-geun) this week. Regardless of Tae-jin’s excellent aptitude and fervent drive to steer the Pilo-dong challenge, Chairman Gained reiterates that he’s solely helpful as a prosecutor, so he shouldn’t greedily intention any increased. For sure, the bold Tae-jin has already set his sights on greener pastures and vaster horizons, and I feel he’s already twenty steps forward of all his opponents.

Connection doles out its flashbacks in sparse doses, successfully conserving us on tenterhooks relating to the complete fact and the precise intentions of its gamers. Did the fireplace spark accidentally, or was it set intentionally? Was Kyung-tae trapped within the blaze, or did Jong-soo’s squad depart him behind in chilly blood? And what fueled Jong-soo’s vendetta towards Kyung-tae? I really like that the drama units a breakneck tempo with so many reveals, whereas nonetheless shrouding key parts of its core plot in secrecy, and I can’t watch for extra.

 
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