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KJ2025 Muyu arrives in time to interrupt Changhe and healer battle. He does not want host informed of Changhe’s breach inside nest. Muyu learns that his vetted team are completely loyal to him, but not necessarily to the Patriarch. He did not anticipate this and spared the guard that allowed Changhe’s entrance. Changhe made no further efforts to battle here but pointed out that those loyal to him may or may not be as loyal to patriarch. While noting this Muyu promises healer to keep her safe. The host wasn’t pleased Muyu spared the guard. Muyu is being reminded that he won’t be able to protect everyone. There is a flashback to the event where only one was to return. Changhe repeatedly told Muyu to kill him but he refused. He even accepted a blow from the patriarch. His courage and loyalty was rewarded as a singular rule breaking event and they were allowed to choose which family clan they wanted. This is how they became part of Su clan and family. Lianyue is taking rabbit to a room to finish healing. He is mocked for his interest and Lianyue tries to pass her care to Changhe. Changhe promises to kill her if that is his decision and his blade is interrupted by Lianyue’s weapon. Changhe claims he was testing to see whose blade is faster. The spared guard finds himself in a trap by Xie clan. He recieves a fatal sword blow but is told the Mu clan had already poisoned him. She is unhappy he was killed before getting more intel. The Xie’s and Mu’s agree to ally themselves against the patriarch. Changhe and uncle realize the Su clan is alone, but they also see that while currently allied, the Mu and Xie clan will turn on each other to provide a Dormant Dragon sword candidate. The Su’s can watch this unfold and strike at a more opportune time. The guard’s body is discovered and they know both clans attacked and that the sword strike gave him the kinder death. The patriarch and healer are getting ready for soul swap as the clans close in to finish off the patriarch. Muyu is left to consider how to prioritize his protection list because he is going to be tested on all fronts without his best friend backing him this time. Here I wonder if the healer will get any thoughts from patriarch about who his successor should be while their souls are interchanged. And what happens to her if something fatal happens to him while they are swapped? Should they be this confident to continue when it’s already been shown the nest is breached and loyalty is for Muyu more than patriarch?
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Rabbit and Tang Lianyue’s battle takes a more humorous turn as she requests to be killed in a way that will let her beauty remain intact. Just when he is showing a rose that will steal all her blood, Muyu interrupts the fight and escapes with her. Even with no rest travel, Lianyue sticks with them so the battle continues. She tells Muyu to continue to the city and she will finish the fight. When Muyu suggests a mole in their midst, she leaves him to ponder if she is the one. She seems to have the same view as Changhe on being a blade for Blood River and wanting other options. The scene goes to Soul Reaper Hall where Muyu has refused a contract because the person they want killed is an upright man who looks out for the people. After his refusal, Changhe shows up and says he will take on all contracts refused by Muyu. It is the only way to keep his friend alive. They are almost to the Spider shadow nest when Xie and Mu clans again strike. They want their own candidate for the Dormant Dragon sword and when the Patriarch refuses another battle takes place. The healer watches him use his own strength to dispel a soul claiming incense that was left in the carriage. During their travels, she requested his name, and surprisingly he told her, Mu Mingci. Once made Patriarch, whoever bears the sword no longer belongs to their clan and is above all three families until their death and next Patriarch rules. His sword is the key to the entrance and there is an elaborate set of traps to gain entrance. She comments to the hunchback that accompanies them that he was poisoned rather than born with that condition. She told him the time for antidote and treatments long passed but for the small nominal fee of the entire building she could cure him. She is as shameful with her mercenary ways as rabbit is with her vanity and wanting men to acknowledge how captivating she is. 😂 These two are quite the pair.🤣 Lianyue is not a murderer and chooses to help her rather than finish the job. His only interest is the Patriarch that killed his elder. In the spider shadow nest the patriarch wants to go ahead with the soul swap and the healer says he needs time to gather his strength back before they make the attempt. While he is resting, she ventures outside the villa to note she has unwanted company. Her attacker is surprised at her skills and right when she has him trapped someone breaks her web and reveals her attacker. Changhe is there to complete his mission of taking care of the healer. This episode had interesting battles and effects to draw you into their fantastical world. I am enjoying how well choreographed they are and the accompanying music. The characters are interesting and they are taking the time to introduce you to their various personalities and relationships to weave you into their story.
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This episode explains what happened to Asuka when she collapsed during last game. There is a lot of parental drama and trauma churning around in her head. Her mentor shares his story and why he hated her father. I don’t know whether to laugh or be creeped out at their dispensing of his father’s ashes. They came back to bar like two guilty kids coated in ash. I have mixed feelings with this choice of grief management. At least Asuka has a place to stay with one who cares about her. The bar owner is their angel. Asuka goes back and wins a match. I am not sure if this is a makeup game for the one interrupted or a new set of games. Her dear brother shared the recording of her with the knife to his betrothed, but left out what happened to her and her mom. He’s a weasel and that girl needs to get away from the family. He pointed out that Asuka plays like her father. I would really love to see her defeat her dad at his own game and in his own style. That would be some lovely karma for both of them. She would be vindicated and he could fade away. I liked that he saw the results of his daughter’s games and I hope it registered deep that the cast away daughter outplayed his beloved and cherished son. 😝
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Detective Choi survives surgery.🥳 His partner was so close in catching him, but even with Shin T-boning the killer’s car he managed to get away. There is some link between killer and the medical director. The director says all the right words and looks and sounds helpful, but Shin knows something is off and hasn’t put it all together yet. We also now know the teddy bear is hiding evidence the director and Catherine’s dad wants. She is surprising her mom visiting home and that is now going to get complicated. Philip’s case has put in motion a change to workers’ contracts so they are better protected. He and Si On are working together and Si On is becoming a fan. She points out to Shin how similar they are and how arrogant when they get things their way.😂 Philip’s struggle with the gymn equipment.😂🤣 He hates shades of gray and for him this is a huge moral dilemma because doing it the right way helps thieves.Shin helps in the background and admires their handiwork. Everything is coming to a head about the 15 yr old case and all of these events are intermingled. The director has now put a hit on Shin so now a week’s wait to see how all this plays out.
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I have not read the novel or watched any of the dramas with this storyline so this is my introduction to this world and characters. The first battle was interesting as two elders were continuing a duel with a 30 year gap. One represents Tang and the other Blood River. They get reacquainted and are interrupted by assassins who want them both dead. The Patriarch’s guardian steps in and protects the patriarch who still gets a poisoned dart from a blossom thrown by his opponent. A healer is found and brought back who immediately and accurately assessed the situation but informed the Patriarch he had successfully killed the one best able to heal him. She says she can heal him for the right price. Two Blood River representatives were unsuccessful at thwarting the healer, but when the guardian refused to walk away, the knife wielder takes first shot at killing the Kui for the sword. Whoever gets the Patrarch’s sword and returns will become the next Blood River leader so there is guaranteed bloody chaos to see who will return victorious. This episode ends with the Kui’s mask cut in half and no winner determined. The Uncle is casually watching and waiting. Blood River is earning its title already.
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This is a well told fast paced story. Asuka is not a Mary Sue character. In spite of her complete creation of her father’s game at the tournament, she learns she is just an above average player. This makes sense if she hasn’t played in 20 years. Her tutor is interesting. He has as deep a grudge as she does but we still don’t know why. It is hinted that maybe his father might be the reason. Her brother is such an ass. I am not sure if he cares for his betrothed or not. Does he really want her life to be smoother or does he just want an easy way out of the shogi world and his overbearing mother? I did laugh when his fancy contract was eaten before his eyes.😂 Asuka has walked through learning the game and has gained the interest of the best woman player, but she gave me a surprise collapsing from PTSD with the rook piece playing her father’s words in her head. I will now have to wait a week to find out what happened with the interrupted match and to see if her new tutor can help her surpass this mental roadblock.
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Philip runs into a blast from his past who needs help and is quite pretty. Everybody misinterprets the meeting and thinks she is an old girlfriend. This case involves employees being swindled by employers with personal contracts. These contracts are pretty airtight and were devised by his colleague who got the idea from a case they had won as lawyers. The make the girl dumb because she ran to Philip about a contract and then signed more with them about proof of deposit. They have cleared out equipment and now it looks like she was paid as promised. Shin agrees to help with the case when he finds out how crooked the manager was. Philip can fight their contracts but only by setting precedent and making his own stance hold up in a court of law proving they were exploiting not paying employees. Si On is having to admit to herself she was jealous. That is new for her. She is resting up and prepping for her GED test. Shin shares his secret recipe with Philip so he can impress Si On. Here Philip made some good process. These two are damn cute.🥰 Detective Choi is not letting go and contacted killer’s doc. That didn’t end well because she ends up dead with what is being called a suicide and she had his business card. He continues by contacting medical director. The killer shows up and Choi intervenes but then gets stabbed. They are making it look fatal but I’m hoping he lives just from pure stubbornness. Fortunately lady detective is on way so hopefully that gives him the assist he needs to survive. Shin follows killer to car and hammers on window while killer grins at him. Hacker Kim has figured out that he gets paid when people die. Shin has a plan with the guy that owns the land and creepy kindergarten. He is trying to trap killer, but so far, killer seems to be a step ahead. And now I have to wait a week to find out what happens next.😝 This episode had the team divided up working on things from their past. Si on finishing school, Philip correcting a case where he represented the wrong side, and Shin finding out who paid killer that resulted in his son’s death.
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Jun’s killer was let out of the psycho ward. Whoever the mastermind is that Choi was hunting down 15 yrs ago has resurfaced. They were giving drugs to a healthy brain to feign all the symptoms and lack of emotion. I am wondering if anybody in his dept is part of this because they are shooting his investigation down way too fast. The poor scammed kid survived his suicide attempt but his best friend summed it up when you’re at the bottom when mom scams you and best friend sues you. They have a hit on location of scum mom and partner. They have no conscience because their next venture was stealing homeless ID’s to get property. I am glad Shin is scaring the shit out of them. They deserve so much more. Si On catches on quick how to get into undercover mode.😂 She puts Philip to shame. His smiles at her are really sweet.🥰 Lady detective has some good moves. Shin has some fun with his “kids” and tells them to have a day off at the beach. These two are really cute. I’m so glad that guy made a pin cushion out of the mom’s arm. 😂 The faces of all those scammed people when their money went back to their accounts. I have not heard of effervescent vitamins before, but that was hilarious watching them trying to explain their kidnapping. Shin’s smile when Philip chose to not ask anything about his plan. I am surprised he brought Kim back sushi for real because I thought he was hiding a gun in there. Things are closing in with Catherine’s father and Shin is making progress on the killer. It was a sweet moment when the kid officially told his mom he brought her up on charges. When he recognized her words of truth and walked out sadder but ready to face his future free of her. I liked how they handled that for his character. I also liked the judge praising the guys for growing up well under adverse conditions. That was another good moment to get praise from one who usually would be too high up to notice them. I think it was a good moment for Philip as well. He got to see the law work even if Shin nudged things along a bit. The creepy childcare center with clues about killer and Shin having the murder weapon that killed his son. Things are heating up with the old case. This series continues to be well paced, a great cast, and good story. The team is getting closer and this next episode will test them all.
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This is the one day Shin takes off from work with no explanation. Philip has almost figured out why but Judge Kim won’t confirm it. Philip’s parents decide to visit him at work and surprise Judge Kim. His father in particular is miliking it for all he can and Philip is embarrassed but complies. He has bargained for two more months training under Shin when Judge Kim thinks he is getting pulled in wrong direction. Mr. Shin spends the day going over every detail he knows about the day of his son’s death. He relives it and the three seconds he let roll by and shut off when his wife was trying to contact him. He lets himself cry bitterly when Judge Kim meets him at the playground. They go off drinking together. His friend helps him get a new wardrobe for Si On who looks very pretty when dressed like a girl. Philip thinks so too. Shin borrows a very exclusive watch to get a way in to a real estate scam where a young man is being exploited by his own mother to be the fall guy. As things are shaping up for his negotiations with that, his son’s murderer has escaped from the hospital he’s been held in. He realized they were over medicating him and figured out how to fool the nurse. It does not show how he got out of the room but he’s heading for the hospital perimeter like it had been arranged. I am wondering if the dad who’s been following him has helped this guy to escape. I also wonder what date they are talking about for Si On. So does Philip. Detective Choi is the one who told Shin about the murderer’s escape. He has his young protege working with him and she plans to do great things for the department. Shin is not in the mood for negotiating at the end of this episode. He wants a life for a life and seems pretty determined to play it out that way. I really don’t want to wait a whole week to find out what happens. 😭 This drama continues to be well paced and on point with the various cases well choreographed to intertwine nicely and keep things exciting and interesting. There are funny moments but they are not over done and lightens up things. The story has taken a very serious turn for next week’s episode and everybody is concerned Shin is going to handle things in a lethal way.
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This episode starts with Philip teaching Si On defense moves. This is particularly satisfying to see her practice them on the ass thug that’s bullied her since HS. Shin decides his best course of action is to take in the dad by running for city council. His friends think he has lost his mind. 😂 The ones that can help him and those that can’t cheer from the sidelines. The episode focuses on the machinations of local politics and how those powers can be abused. We find out that Philip understands being bullied as well and why he is so determined to bring the politician’s son to justice. He reaches out to the mother of one of his victim’s that committed suicide because he could not move on from his trauma. We are not given his story but his journal is given to one that can offer testimony in court. I thoroughly enjoyed Shin getting the father to personally apologize to the ones his son hurt the most. That was well played. Throughout the campaign, Shin eyes all the candidates and notes the one best suited for the job is the one most likely not to get it. He bargains with the corrupt candidate and then uses the terms to get his apologies to victim and seen as the corrupt one he is giving money. This episode nicely turns the table on father and son who have a real day in court rather than the typical bribes and release they are used to. Shin hands the peripheral candidate votes to the deserving candidate who actually wins. This will be the first time in a long while this community will be represented by a person that actuaries what happens. Shin has a new motorbike rental for Si In and has Philip deliver it. They are now taking turns with deliveries and both are healing from bully trauma. They are feeling vindicated rather than victimized and taking steps to move forward and help others abused by thugs. We get to see Si On vote and the celebratory dinner when their candidate wins. There is another adorable scene with the little sister presenting Shin a picture she drew of him, Simon and Philip. We get to watch all the neighborhood thugs and crooked politicians get rounded up to be prosecuted. This was done in a fun way tho addressing very serious matters of corruption and brutality. It then goes to a somber scene. It is coming close to bday anniversary for Shin’s son and Shin visits the killer on the death anniversary. Here is where we see the vengeful side of the peaceful negotiator. He basically promises hell on earth to the one that killed his son.
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The episode starts with an adorable scene of a young boy negotiating with Shin for lesson on winning claw machine. 🥰 Shin has met his match as the prize is not relinquished til the slime is traded. Then the delivery of sage advice from the boy before he leaves. 😂 The scene shifts to Philip overhearing the discussion between Shin and colleague about how Shin masterfully snuck Lee and mom out while taking the hit he failed to keep everybody safe. Philip is disappointed in his boss because he sees this as cheating and illegal activity by one who should be teaching him the law. His natural judge self runs through the stats of the crimes and punishments Shin is guilty of even as he preps to see Si On. There are scenes of his imagined coolness on a motorbike interrupted by the harsh reality of Si On telling him her grandmother drives better.😂 Shin has another adorable scene with a young child. This time it is Si On’s little sister who gets the prize duck from claw machine and asks Shin to help her sister with a bully. Si On is getting stitches in her arm but has not discussed the injury with anybody and instead doing her best to keep it secret. That cute pinky swear with Shin and Ye On to help her big sis and take care of the bad guy. 🥰 There is an older gentleman in shop who is overseeing Shin’s management of the chicken shop. Philip looks up the guy and finds out he is a corporate billionaire wanting Shin to get sweet rice flour. Philip’s head is spinning trying to figure out who Shin really is. He and Shin are having lunch at Pluto’s and find out about the customer harassing Si On. He’s the politician’s son and a royal ass who manhandled Shin and caused her injuries. He is also the school bully most likely responsible for Si On dropping out of school. Philip, as usual, can list off the crimes and punishments for the assaults. Officer Choi is finally promoted to detective and gets back to old stomping grounds. He gets his file box of the case where Shin’s son was killed and a hidden notebook he had stashed trying to determine the mastermind behind it. He is still haunted by the case 15 years later. The thug has had another place a delivery call and Si On finds herself dealing with him again. This time however, Philip shows up and Si On is surprised the nerdy guy has some martial arts skills. She is impressed but won’t admit it. Philip chooses to follow her advice and he doesn’t go for the money as planned but he ends up getting hit on the head and wakes up in the trunk of a car. Shin and Si On get there just in time to keep him from being flattened as scrap metal. Shin pays the thug a visit and gets his voice recorded and plots something with hacker Kim. Philip’s smile when Si On tells him he is better suited to be a judge than delivery guy.🥰 Shin visits to thank the one who helped him get passports for Lee and mom. He shows her a pic of the odd guy in his shop and told her he had a pic of her daughter on phone. She panics as she knows it is her daughter’s father and he is still looking for her 15 years later. Philip is so close to a first date with Si On and Shin calls to trash his dinner plans. 😝🙄 They plan how to deal with thug and then decide the best way is to go through his father’s political plans. Shin goes and has a chat with the dad, while his son chooses another plan, to burn Si In’s bike. He is pleased with his destruction but is stunned to see Philip alive and well monitoring the fire. Things are heating up for Shin and company, literally. This drama keeps a good pace and has a complex storyline. The flashbacks add to the current chain of events and fills in the gaps as to who and why things are going down the way they are. I am enjoying the music as well. It is a good watch as we all wonder…who is Mr Shin the great negotiator? How does he have the connections he does? And why do they let him do the things he does when it’s gray and not particularly legal?
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The episode begins with a scene from 15 years ago. Shin is banging on the glass asking a man with vacant eyes why he did what he did. He is then at home in fetal position on the floor and Judge Kim is with him trying to rouse him from this state. It then skips to present where Philip is questioning the Judge about Shin. His observations aren’t helping him because he is completely lost and flustered trying to figure it out. Philip is very linear in thinking. Good is good, bad is bad and anything outside the box is alien to him. His brain hurts trying to comprehend how Shin does what he does. The judge makes a very astute observation for him. It is not how Shin moves, but how he makes the opponents move. He is a master of spinning his observations to both understand the situation and how to get the parties to a place of understanding. Judge Kim chuckles as his top aide leaves in total confusion when he told Philip to ask directly to learn. Both actors do an excellent job portraying the mentor/student scene. He talks himself in with Lee and the hostage and evaluates the situation. He knows the mayor is hungry and that Lee would respond better with comfort food so he orders ox tail soup. His reaction to plastic containers leaves you grinning because it is such an unexpected complaint. He chides his former student for not following his training better. He walks back annoyed with their lack of courtesy and next time soup arrives in clay pots like it’s supposed to. Shin has added Philip to the group by having him be the phone link for him. They know they are working with an ammonium nitrate bomb and that there is a separate detonator that works aside from the timer. Hacker Kim is very like Judge Kim. 😂 He brought the complaints to Shin to negotiate knowing the circumstances. Lee had tried every legal way possible to get justice for his brother and money and power kept it hidden. The location was approved illegally because it endangered water supply. All the environmental tests were also falsified. The law worked in their favor making the environmental things past their statute of limitations. However, Kim the hacker found evidence of the payoffs which still could be prosecuted. Shin called in his team to get Lee and mom safely to new location with new names. His student smiled when he saw them knowing there was no way Shin would give up on saving everybody. Shin used the remote to distract first responders in area and get Lee out. It was an impressive plan created in half a day. Philip saying Kim could be a good hacker🤣 He has no clue who he is working with. I am wondering how much he will know by the end of drama. We learn of the incident that changed everyone 15 years ago. Two children were held hostage and Shin only knew of the one. He received calls of the other but ignored because he was saving a child and keeping everybody alive. The most sorrowful irony is that the other hostage was his son. The great negotiator renowned for saving everybody in hostage situations failed his family. This broke them all. The woman who saved Lee mother and son was the woman he helped then. Shin kicks Philip out and sees he forgot some textbooks. As he goes out to give them to Philip, his former student enters. At heart he agreed with his mentor, but as an officer of the law he had to be against it. I can’t blame Shin for his choice. There was no reason to assume the law would take care of them now after failing so consistently prior. Shin made sure no parent on his watch would share his pain. His student couldn’t argue with this. They will have to agree to disagree at how things ended. There is a man in the shadows disguised and looking for Shin as the episode ends. This drama did an excellent job making you understand his pain and sorrow. It gives it in spoonfuls so it is bearable. We are now seeing how this child’s death destroyed a family and broke the spirit of a legal team. One victory at a time they are healing and learning to face the day with more hope. It is now more clear why he is both annoyed and pleased with the two young people around him. They are becoming his family as well as his team.
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This episode demonstrates the little things that cause people to snap and make a big noisy deal out of it. The first is a peek at apartment living and how noise is a factor of irritation. Philip is being his future judge self and reviewing stats in his head with percentages at how it effects people. Shin sees two arguing and tries to leave but is called in to help judge. A local distributor is guilty of selling close to end date dairy products to a shop. Because she is losing sales she is behind in rent payments. Shin pretends to call the main distributor to complain and ready to provide name of local supplier and then ‘calls’ lawyer about repercussions of going to debt collector. Neither call was real but it gave both sides clear view of repercussions of not settling the matter between themselves. When they reluctantly make up he goes inside shop and sees On Pursuit on tv. His takeaway was the HI group produces the show. So these anonymous tips has the show reveal unsafe and unethical business practices of places that ruins their business and makes their owners feeling pressed to sell. Shin made the time to get the dash cam memory card before jumping out of the car on train track. Si On id’s the truck driver as one of the guys that chased them earlier. Philip wants to go to the police and settle the matter but Shin knows there is not enough evidence to get the real bad guys yet. Philip is guilty of seeing the world too black and white. There are times when it is only shades of grey and he has not experienced enough real life to understand that yet. Si On has a lot more street smarts so she is on same page as Shin about these people buying businesses cheap to build their resort and having others bullied or killed if not cooperating with their plans. The masterminds pulling the strings are rich and powerful leaving no evidence they are behind it all. Shin finds an old friend at a police station. He was demoted over something that happened 15 years ago and Shin reminds him it wasn’t his fault. Shin asks officer Choi to run a background check on the truck driver. It then goes to the host of On Pursuit who noticed the anonymous tips matched land locations for a resort project. He realizes he’s been used to ease land purchases for unscrupulous developers and agrees to the terms requested by the salted seafood co op. While Philip handles the settlement agreement, Shin has a chat with the bum of a grandson. The kid does love his gma, but he is a lazy guy that has no intention of continuing the family business or marrying to please her. He took money from an unknown person to make a video of the maggots. He planned on taking his gma to Seoul to open a shop there. Shin is disgusted with him and takes a call. Officer Choi sends him the background check if the driver. The papers now have to be filed with the court and since Philip didn’t like dumplings he gets the task.😂 Shin is now on a mission to bring pain to his would be killer. He goes to the dumpling shop of the wife and Si On gets video of the daughter studying. Choi had the fun task of chasing him down when he fled scene after learning Choi knew who he was. It ended up in a hostage situation where Choi has a PTSD flashback. Fortunate bystander hit knife holder over the head with a pan and Choi got him cuffed with nothing happening to the woman. Choi allowed a 3minute chat with Shin while in holding. After Shin explained it would only be fair to hit his wife and daughter with a truck the way he did with Shin and Aide, the guy talked. While the realtor, mayor and local bully were celebrating resort plans, On Pursuit host revealed the resort plan, who responsible, and apologized for treating the fabricated tip as real. Nice win for Shin.😁 When he meets with his friend the judge, there is already a very big case being brought against the HI Group. This case has the judge’s full attention. Shin chides him for being used to sway public opinion and laying the groundwork for the much bigger case. He then hands the judge receipts for every cost while working on it.😂 The judge denies it, but his grin suggests otherwise. These two have significant work history between them. Choi is now very popular after being recorded saving the day with hostage scare. Si On Philip and Shin are having a celebratory meal of their successes. Si On has to be carried home and Philip notices the pair of wheelchairs and little sister. He is re assessing hi opinion of Si On. The truck driver caught their chicken stream on computer and he is determined to give Shin payback. Kim, the hacker friend, wants Shin to handle a cyber bully. Shin goes to an out of the way location and notices the ingredients for a bomb. He quizzes Philip about what he sees and uses 3 locations for reference, Oklahoma bombing, one in Bali and one in Oslo. He mentions seeing one in Middle East. Some commenters dropped the drama and lowballed its ratings saying drama put racism and stereotyping Middle East as terrorists in drama when that was not the case at all. So for any not wanting to watch for that reason, Shin stated facts where bombings had occurred and his personal experiences with one. He did not choose any specific race of people as culprits. Just that all races could have radicals inclined to use that as a way to make bombs because fertilizer easy to get. Shin is processing the complaints and how they focused on causing death and lying about it. He visits the guy’s mom and learns a bit about him and then finds a room where the schoolbooks are still tied up in new bundles but there are very detailed files on cancer, deaths in Yongdan and tests not adding up to the death toll. The mayor of Yongdan has a bomb vest on and is saying on video how he is responsible for deaths and deserves to die. Shin and police are closing in on the location. Philip is making his way there and following Shin’s instructions. They all end up at Yongdan’s fertilizer plant. Shin gets inside when he mentions the brother to hostage taker. He understands the situation and chooses to be Lee’s negotiator. Philip gets a call from his friend who was looking into who Shin is. That gets cut off when Philip arrives at the scene. The negotiator sent out recognizes Shin and is shocked to see him there. Shock number two is when he says he is Lee’s negotiator and not the mayor’s. He lets his old colleague know that if they want the hostage alive they will have to negotiate through him. From now on, Shin will be letting them know what the demands are. The episode ends here with everybody asking Why? Why is Shin on the side of the kidnapper? This drama is well paced and tells a good story. There are many twists and turns that completely changes what to focus on that keeps it interesting. I also enjoy the music. The actors do an excellent job with their characters and bringing them together as a team little by little. It is believable and not over acted or forced. I also like we will find out who Shin is as Philip does.
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The episode opens with Mr Shin walking to work. On the way, there is a guy on top of an apartment building dousing himself with fuel and threatening to set himself on fire. Mr Shin appears to be an average guy just minding his own business but he is far more than that. He smells a gas leak and breaks a window to vent and avoid an additional explosion. He talks the guy down with a hamper of laundry and chocolate milk, gets the ass of an owner away from the scene to quit stirring things up, and signals the police when safe to apprehend the young man and get him some help. He then rebukes a young police officer for being so dismissive about the little things that make people snap, offers him a coupon to his chicken shop and tells them to give him a call if any rewards are offered. They combine comedy with a serious situation and show Shin to be a great negotiator. This was well choreographed and the comedy not overdone. The next scene shows all the new judge aides graduating and excited to get their first assignments. Philip is joyful that the judge he admired most handpicked him. He questions his sanity when he finds himself being told to work in a fried chicken place.😂Shin and the judge have a heated discussion outside and it is clear they have history, but not so clear what that history is. The judge tells Shin he has a smart aide to assist him and to get working on a case file. There is a seafood place filing a complaint and he wants Shin to negotiate and get them to settle out of court. Philip finds himself the delivery boy who gets posted on a livestream. 😂 He makes his escape to find the shop empty but two adjacent shopkeepers wanting to see Mr Shin. It is clear they aren’t getting along. Philip finds himself locked out and is let in by the delivery gal Si On who literally kicks him out of the way to let him in. Shin and aide are heading to meet with On Pursuit producer. Philip makes the mistake of critiquing Shin’s driving and listing the various traffic violations he committed. He then finds himself tossed out of the car and fired. The host of the show was introduced to Shin and they briefly discussed the topic of salted seafood cooperative that was filing a complaint against the show. Shin was not as successful as mediator with this case, but he’s just getting started. He has bad luck with the salt seafood co op because they know the maggots were a set up. The biggest one not complying is a granny who learned her grandson planted the maggots in the barrels. Shin and aide learn there is a realtor making a land grab from the business location and already has a buyer for all the properties not even sold yet. At the restaurant, Si On has a busy night of deliveries. Everybody is disappointed seeing her and she finally sees the blog that has Phillip on it. Apparently many hoped to meet him in person. 😂Philip goes home and has difficulty responding to his parent’s questions about his new job. The granny gave up and tried pills to end it after grandson’s betrayal. She told them to just settle and be done with it. Si On makes the guys wear the pink helmet.😂 She and Philip tend to have painful encounters for him.. 😂🤣 The realtor has sent some thugs after Shin and he and Si On have a chase with her bike and their van. Now both sides have pics and know who they are looking for. Si On calls in some friends to distract them enough to give up the chase for now. Shin has called in his hacker friend Kim to get info on the realtor. Here is where he learns the HI group has had a resort plan that started two years ago plotting how to get that location from salted seafood co op. 😝 While he was finding out all this information, his aide Philip had busted his ass to get an settlement agreement written up and signed by all the shop keepers. Shin arrives just as they were all signed , sealed and delivered to tear them up and said there needed to be a revised agreement that gave them what they initially wanted to include an on air apology from On Pursuit show. When they were leaving they were steered towards a specific road where they were sandwiched between two construction trucks over a railroad track. Philip got out and watched the car get hit and knocked off the tracks. Shin managed to hurl himself across the track on other side. The episode ends with him glad to be alive lying between the track rails. Philip is relieved they survived and wondering what Shin had discovered to change his mind. This was an exciting first episode to introduce the characters with interesting situations and some comedy to lighten things up. This is an enjoyable watch if you like this type of genre so don’t let the rating discourage you.
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This is the last episode. Dr Shirakawa got accepted at Kodak hospital to start training as a pediatric cardiologist. Dr Arai has returned to NICU. Komatsu is planning her own maternity care center so she can be more hands on with women’s care after the birth. The young couple had a beautiful baby girl. She shared this poem with their families after deciding to go through pregnancy with Down syndrome child. The poem is Welcome to Holland by Emily Perl Kingsley. It is a beautiful description of the journey of parents with Down syndrome parents. Please look it up and read it. ❤️ Komatsu’s friend had a beautiful baby and then an amniotic embolism. It was very serious surgery but mother and baby doing well. Dr Shamayo is becoming more confidant in emergency medicine and Dr Konotori says he will stay put and be the link to get everybody together. Dr Shinomiya decides to take over his dad’s practice as well as continue his research. The latest resident decided to follow him there and Dr Shinomiya is ever grateful to Dr Konotori for sending him. 😂 This is a lovely and thoughtful series that helps us appreciate life. I am very glad I watched both seasons and highly recommend.
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