Idol I Episode 11

And the murderer is… dots connect and the net finally closes

Episode 11 delivers the payoff — the net is closing in and the dots finally start connecting. Choi Jae Hui wakes up after his accident, and the very first person he asks about is Ra-ik’s ex-girlfriend. That alone is our first major clue that something about her has been off this entire time.

Then the evidence starts stacking up fast: an earring appears at the scene (and of course it happens to be hers), there’s security footage placing her in the garden, and the final nail in the coffin is that Kang Woo-seong had a habit of recording everything — including his own murder. That reveal hit hard. And yes… it confirms that the phone we saw earlier was the missing phone after all.

I also have to give credit where it’s due: the prosecutor actually does a full 180 here. Instead of blindly chasing career points and repeating his father’s mistakes, he pivots toward the truth. Growth! We love to see it.

The ex-girlfriend is arrested and charged, and her face-to-face with Ra-ik is honestly chilling. She blames him — if he hadn’t left, if he hadn’t smiled — but the reality is she’s missing a few marbles and has been living in her own warped version of events. The difference now is that Ra-ik doesn’t absorb that guilt the way he might have before. In a healthier relationship, with real communication and care, he’s finally able to recognise what love actually looks like… and what it doesn’t.

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