ShortCircuit

Before Hee-Ju went missing and was then discovered dead, presumably a victim of the serial killer who liked to dress his victims in doctor's white coats, she was in hospital with her grandfather. The mafia butcher was already following her and stole a doctor's coat in that same hospital (caught on camera). So he might very well be the actual killer, even with no other reason than money, while someone (maybe CSW) paid him to basically execute her.

Her case mimicked the cases of the serial victims, though now that I think about it... where did the bus driver get all those coats? And were they all from the same hospitals, or from a batch sold in stores, or what?... But he (the serial killer) didn't acknowledge Hee-Ju among his victims, so she's very probably unrelated to him.

The link between the first (assault) victim and Hee-Ju is either Cheon SangWoo, OR TaeHo...

To your first question - it's not gay, it's a censored adaptation of a danmei novel. That means, depending on how you want to see the actual story, that they ~could~ just be best friends (soulmates, with no romance involved), IF that's what you want to see in it. But it's obvious (like "you can't miss this if you have eyes to see") that they're NOT ~just~ best friends. There is no sexual content, though, so if you watched some Thai/Taiwanese BL, this is not like those. If (like most of the watchers) you fall for this story... there's the novel that it originated from, and there you'll have all the 18+ scenes you'd want (though even there, the danmei part is still not the MAIN part of the story). This is not a simple romance.

To your second question, yes, there's a HEA, and yes, they end up together. Telling you more would spoil it though, so not gonna say anything else. Be warned the drama starts with the announcement of one of the MLs' death LOL. (He doesn't stay dead, that's the thing, so don't worry.)

Edit: here's a fan-made trailer... just to show you how high-level it is. (subs on)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ldvydu34Is

After a really, really slow start, when I could wait a few days before watching the eps of the week... this is now the airing drama that makes me anticipate each episode.

...Are we there yet?

So... let's say she actually kept the notebook he asked her to hide (the timeline was a bit hard to follow there, I hope I didn't mistake her for someone else). Or let's say there were things in that notebook that shouldn't have become known, and did.

Or. They really did have an affair, and NaNa found out. TaeHo loves NaNa (with some strange qualifiers - as in, he loves her but he doesn't help her bring TJ down, even if he knows her purpose. He actively helps her father and brother... There's something fishy there). So maybe something was afoot - like Hee-Ju telling him she was pregnant, or intending to tell people, or whatever.

OR. It was actually NaNa who wanted her gone, and TaeHo... complied, which would be crazy, but then...

The way things look now, though, it was at least planned by CSW, because the mafia butcher stole the doctor's coat, and is probably good with knives. If someone was ~paid~ to do it, then the butcher probably did, which makes CSW the most probable mastermind.

But we're not even at the halfway point yet, and this case seems to be the liant between the eps, so there are probably going to be a lot more twists until the end.

Well, because LJS, and because it IS kind of catchy, LOL. Though I really wish they'd progress from the prison setting already...

So, Cheon SangWoo really wants to take on TaeHo. I guess he's coming out as the true villain of this season, what with the keeping the daughter off the woman he abused, and being in such a close contact with the mafia butcher guy. Butcher might be the physical killer in Hee-Ju's case, with CSW in command. Or they might not. TaeHo is still a strong contender for the culprit.

This is getting more personal again, which reminds me of season 1. I like it, but I also want more everyday cases, too!!

LOL, OJH's fainting/sleeping when drinking made a comeback :D

I like it - they really coordinated the rejection of their "promotion" beautifully, LOL.

Those guys in SIH - minus TaeSung - are scum, just as the killers they're after. I mean, shooting someone off because things happen in a hot encounter... okay. But kidnap, torture him for hours, make SSH basically murder him through that anesthetic... That's low. Very low.

I'm just waiting to see what his older brother, the psycho, will try to do in order to get at SSH. I bet he's going to throw out in the air all his business with HaeSong and the Kwons.

I definitely didn't expect a kind of mellow slow moving mystery to turn The Bourne Identity at a snap of fingers, LOL. That came from the left side :D But now things are moving on SSH's side, too.

I'm taking back what I said about Dongrim, he's not the snake in the grass, he can't bring himself to betray HWS, awww~ Let's give him a hug. Also, nobody in that mausoleum is sane, up to and including the wife. And oh, Mr. Kim is DEFINITELY a HUGE fan, he's fangirling so hard for HWS and not even undercover like TaeSung - or is he?... I'd love it if he were on the good guys' side, he's cute in his obsession :D

Wow, I definitely didn't expect things to turn out like that!! The plot thickens...

The initial case is still the one undecided, Hee-Ju's murder is probably not linked to the serial killings (and that one is about closed, give or take what the killer decides to do in order to get away). The side-stories in the first season get some sequels, so to speak (KDC's family is still around, Hee-Ju's grandfather seems to be important too, Eun-Hye is still not out and in the clear from her 'hood times and so on). And there's a lot of mystery related to the circle in which the killer of HJ is moving...

Have patience, things will develop :D

The South Korean prosecutors are directly and closely involved in the conduct of any investigation. The Criminal Procedure Act (article 195 and 196) provides them with the legal authority to conduct investigations themselves and to direct investigation agencies. Furthermore, they have ample resources to carry out an investigation on their own initiative. (says so here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1756061618301782)

From other dramas, I gathered the police usually tends to investigate petty crimes and even get involved in more complicated crimes, but (presumably, take it with a lot of grains of salt, LOL), white-collar crimes or investigations involving more sensitive and politically-linked cases usually go directly to the prosecution (think the former president of SK who went to prison, or the related case of the Samsung CEO&heir who did almost 7 months in prison for fraud and bribery and was just released a few days ago). The police can and does support the prosecution via gathering evidence and maybe give statements, but the prosecutors are above in hierarchy and can decide how a case goes to trial and how it's followed up, if need be.

I remember that - I thought, though, that there was something about clans. I mean, they used to have (and keep records) of who was from this or that clan. And I imagine they'd be pretty careful of whom the clan name came to.

But then, it's going to come up again some time, I think (because Mrs Kwon lost a child - who was the child, who was their father, how did it happen? Maybe it has some relation to MinJo's "accident"...

After ep 4 - well, I'm invested now. I thought it moved too slow, but the pace is just right. It's not the roller-coaster that TDJ was, but there's some substance. And I LOVE the hate/love WooSin has with Mrs Kwon, LOL, she's absolutely bonkers. But they both seem to enjoy those scenes, it's like they're old friends. I'm living for their interactions :D

BTW, why is her name Kwon too? Is it the same name as the HaeSong boss, or just a coincidence?

Actually what came through for Chen Yu was that he's rather calculated, or at least intelligent enough to pick up clues. I mean, they said he ws first in class in his major. He didn't seem that emotional to me, maybe feeling guilty or something. But it's early scenes yet.

And yeah, the twin jades (LOL, wink) necklaces do look a bit tacky/romantic. BUT let's let the boys be :P

Still, the broken corner of WZF's jade necklace and his wounds show he's the one who killed the cook/druggie. Even if they explain it away as self-defense, I don't think it works that way in China. He (Feng) is still a killer... And he's on a vigilante track. We'll see where that leads.

Sadly, I'm one of those who studies in perfect silence, because I am easily distracted (yes, even by low and calming BGM LOL).

I'm going to have to try some lo-fi some time, though, just for a look on the other side of the studying fence :D

So there's an interesting relationship between Chen Yu and Wu Zhen Feng. Feng might have been a policeman, as the description says, but it looks pretty obvious he's a vigilante/killer now, doing justice his own way (again, I'm amazed they allowed this. Maybe they had some terms for c/rights expiration, LOL, as with TOoL, and risked it to air it anyway so not to lose all that work and money - wow the list of sponsors at the end! - that went into it).

There's no inkling as to CY's family background for the first ep, and given they're all mostly in uniforms I guess the intimate aspects will relate to friendship between two cops or newly graduated officers or whatever. There's time.

I wonder how they'll manage the corrupt Cpt Liu - he couldn't be undercover or a drugs' relation while at the same time sending teams to investigate his link into the network... But there are scenes in the ED that show him standing with the rest of the cops at some monument, probably honouring fallen cops, so that would undermine his corruption role... I'm pretty interested in seeing how they do it.

So, after one episode - CY and WZF will play hide and seek, probably WZF leading the police a merry chase to catch all the druglords, and eventually either 1. WZF ends up in prison and lives, or 2. he sacrifices himself to save CY and dies.

I hope I'm wrong and there's plenty of turns and twists and nothing close to what it appears to be from ep 1 :D

I can see why they would get shy of showing it on TV, actually given the current political situation, I'm kind of amazed they're releasing it on the web, too. Going by the first episode only (so much to see, so little time! T_T), there's a corrupt cop, drug networks operating freely for years under the nose of said police officer (big no-no), unruly policemen (LOL, talking over their superior, as if :D, but it's a drama, it passes :D), a vigilante ~hero~ with suspect connections etc. I'm sure there'll be a later spin in order to make it all wash and have a nice, censors-approved drama, but so far, it aims at being much darker than expected.

Technically... The OP reminds me of Be Reborn (and I've already recognized a few faces from that series, LOL, DSH you changed teams :D - well, not DSH, Tian Xiao Jie appears to have had a cameo as the officer who got hurt three years back, really hoping he'll be back, he's kind of addicting in a strange way; I also hope I'm not mistaking him for someone else LOL), the edits are also kind of similar (though TBH, it wasn't all that smooth, but as I said, I've only had time for ep 1, I hope they improve as they move along), and there are a few more this reminds me of, in terms of how it's filmed, the light/darkness contrasts, etc (like Medical Examiner Dr Qin, for example). The music, sadly, isn't anything to write home about (or not yet, anyway. The ED is the usual spoiler-full fast cut of all important scenes that they could put in, LOL, and the song, better not listen to it...) The cast - for what I've seen - does a good job, WYB was a little too loud in the first scenes, but I guess it's either the role, or he was still adapting. There's place for improvement, he can do it.

Anyway, onwards to the speculations...

And we have a love triangle LOL, poor detective's going to find out the chief's daughter is really NOT all that into him (or who knows, she might see the light eventually :D)

I do NOT like what's going on with Eun-Hye, those punks are going to cause some real damage, I hope they don't end up killing the grandpa who might want to help her. OJH, hurry up and do something!! Or KDC, but he'd take some hard road to follow, if he knew.

The TJ Group drama is pretty strange - so the mother sent the daughter away and killed herself before her (son? I couldn't make out well who was breaking down the door) family did it, and then the daughter came back for vengeance? And she seems to have some psychosis too, that Tae-Ho knows about and is caring for. At this time, given her words about Hee-Ju, it's either her or Tae-Ho who killed her... The other girls were the serial killer's work (and HIS sister is another piece of work - I get it, she's uncomfortable speaking about it... but people are dead!! He basically confessed to her, she definitely understood that, and she's still not talking? The heck!!)

OJH is smiling a LOT more than in the first season, I like his little not-so-hidden smiles a lot. (So does everybody else, obviously, LOL). KDC learned to play his boss like a fiddle, LOL, I loved how he indirectly told him they gave the case to the other team, while not admitting THEY gave it away LOL.

Much, much love for the team! This is getting really good :)

What I like best about this second season is the grinding detective work. Finally someone took the pain to put it in a drama!! So many days spent watching thousands of recordings, so much footwork to track a killer's and his victims' steps, so much hardship to make an accusation stick, even if you have some proof they're actually the killer. I like it, I want more!

There are some funny moments, but it's mostly a tense and fast-paced police/heist story.