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This episode starts with anger, moves to grief and then it's all about revenge. And this gets real fun, watching the "Cassano Family" in action. It's also interesting that of all the cast of 'Babel' characters, it is only little brother Jiang Han Seo who is not underestimating Vincenzo. All the rest consistently keep underestimating him and digging deeper and deeper holes. Han Seo is the only one smart enough to realize that VC is actually too smart and too capable. And that's why he puts his chips on Vincenzo as his one chance to finally be free of his psychopathic brother. But then, stupidly, he still goes along with Han Seung Hyeuk's move to have Interpol arrest Vincenzo. That's stupid on his part because VC hasn't yet taken out his brother completely. Oh, and no, I don't believe for a second that VC is dead because Han Seo is far too lousy of a shot to have actually hit him.
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And just got more intense with their conversation in the park. Having a mother-to-son conversation without really revealing that they are mother & son. SJK (Vincenzo) with the silent sobbing behind her .... that was powerful, physical acting. And then when she hugged him in the hospital! At that point it is clear she knows who he is. Now, all this is foreshadowing for the horrific loss that we can see coming. The show has been warning us all along. But even though it isn't a surprise, it's still absolutely horrifying when the psychopath shows and starts talking to her. This episode (the loss of Mrs. Oh) is, of course, evocative of the loss of Don Vito Corleone in the Godfather. We even get a scene of Vincenzo basically in the role of 'godfather', blessing the coming of the child of Mr. Lee and Hee Soo. The question now is whether the loss of his mother will push Vincenzo to become the same isolated, ruthless, bitter and lonely person that Michael Corleone became? Or will Cha Young and the rest of his 'family' be able to save him from that fate? Hard to say. Cha Young herself is so angry. Things are about to get dark as VC goes into John Wick mode.. And it really begs the question of just WTF the bad guys think is going to happen after doing this? Did they really think this would make Vincenzo LESS of a threat to them? I guess psychopaths don't always think about consequences. Overall, this was a perfect episode. Tragic, but perfect.
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Each episode seems to feature one or two of the many side characters stepping up to help the good-guys' mission. In this one, of all the characters ... Inzaghi steps rises to the occasion to save his pet human, Vincenzo! Unfortunately, the good guys are totally betrayed by prosecutor Jung In-kuk - a surprise they did not see coming. However Vincenzo soon after makes a Mafia-style friendly visit to Jung's family in order to make things right. Later, how Vincenzo keeps a straight face when revealed as the new Shaman to the newspaper owner is a miracle. I have to believe that scene took more than one take to record because it was absurdly funny. How VC kept from having a ridiculous smirk or giggle is beyond me! And once again Jeon Yeo Been just slays me as Cha Young! So perfect as the shaman's disciple, drawing ominous figures with ink & paper, and then dancing silly and cute in the office later! She clearly loved dressing up in the traditional white hanbok!
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This episode was a bit aggravating to watch as both Vincenzo and Cho seem to become barely competent and keep doing things either incredibly slowly, with no sense of urgency or else with frantic carelessness. Given how methodical and competent their characters have been up to now, this kind of put me off. Didn't completely spoil the episode, but it kinda made things flat. Hopefully this is a one-off deviation. I understand that this was done in part to shift the focus from the gold over to the Guillotine file. But it wasn't done with the same level of quality that the show has previously established.
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and even former gangster (now travel agent) Park knows about it. I wonder if an actual balloon ride will come into play in the story at some point? At one point in this episode, Cha Young asks, "To kill that many people, they need to keep hiring and getting rid of hitmen. How do they keep finding criminal after criminal?" This is such a great 4th-wall question because it's something a lot of us viewers of various dramas always wonder! Later, Han Seo is so completely terrified of his brother, he has him point-blank at his mercy and just locks up in fear, hesitating until it's too late. So he fails to finish the job.
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My goodness that whole sequence leading up to and the start of the Mafia Game was hilarious!. And then later Mr. An chanting, "Director Tae!" along with the window cleaning lady!!!!!!! And then when he shows up to pull service rank and get Vincenzo out!! THE HUG!!!!!!!!!!! Then the Welcome Back Corn Salad party!!! I'm dying! One of the funniest episodes so far. The later scene of Jiang Jiang Han Seo and Han Seung Hyouk practicing shooting kept triggering me because they both kept casually pointing the gun barrel towards the other, including when handing it to the other person! Folks. NEVER POINT THE BARREL AT SOMEONE. Always handle it pointed away from people. As for the last scene - gotta agree it's way stupid and out of character for Vincenzo to risk getting that close to his mark. Hopefully that will make more sense next episode.
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Just when it looked pretty grim for the tenants, facing a brutal squad from the Seven Swords gang, Mr. Tak shows up to demonstrate his skills with scissors! The rules are suspended now as we have moved from scheming and courtroom shenanigans to outright gunfights. Terrific tempo in this episode climbing to a very tense ending.
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Not all of it pretty. We get apartment break-ins by goons that the good guys fight off. And then we get a pretty sick and bloody murder by Jun Woo, just to further establish his already-strong 'psychopath' credentials. Later, the bad guys seem to be winning everything and brutally getting rid of obstacles with impunity. Aside from violence and gore, Cha Young (Jeon Yeo Been) continues to crack me up with her goofy physical comedy. She is so awesome in this series.
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Is unfortunately not stronger than the power of a domineering Mom and her Corgwn. Loved that we got some more zombie moments! Loved also how, despite losing the 'battle of the signing ceremony', Vincenzo and Cha Hung still managed to land some solid shots before walking off in bold fashion!
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The episode picks up where the last several minutes to eh prior episode left off with more long, drawn-out maudlin minutes wasted on Jiang He & Lou Zishang's family reunion. Just skip to the 5:30 mark. It's not worth watching. The rest of the episode is pretty good. Nothing crazy - it's a typical 'wrap up' final episode that gives an overview of the events that happen in the next several years as a result of the main story.
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I liked that the final sequence of steps by Gu Jiu Si and Jiang He to stop Lou Zishang were clever and precise, but not over-the top flashy. It seemed more realistic. Overall a very good episode that got to a very bad extreme before turning around. The only 'negative' of the episode was the overly-drawn out end scene between Jiang He and Lou Zi Shang. After a minute of that I was rooting for the gunpowder to go off.
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Lou Zishang's psychopathic evil is in full bloom now. His willingness to slaughter innocents is completely unhindered by any morality. Oh man. So upset about Wan Zhi!!! Zhou Ye is going to be so sad. With two more episodes two go, it's not surprising that things went totally dark in this episode. A hint of the turnaround comes in at the end. in the form of the message telling Lou that the Zhou army has been wiped out by the flood/landslide. That seems very likely to be a fake message sent by the good guys.
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He should have settled the succession before bringing Fan Yu back to the capital. Now everything he built is at risk of being destroyed.
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that kinda finalized for me that she was in on it. The fact that she was the one who arranged the funeral was already a big clue. Later, it's pleasing to watch Jiang He completely dupe Lou ZiShang. And of course, our girl is back. The revenge arc has started. We do get a 3 year time jump at this point, which means poor Jiu Si has been suffering in heartache for 3 years. But hopefully his heart will get healed soon.
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is crazy. They gave up all their wealth (more than once). They have risked their lives and endured brutal misfortunes again and again. All for the sake of the people. The show has several more episodes so I personally don't believe Yu Ru is dead. But even having to fake her death this way is awful. The pain and sorrow this blow deals to all the family and friends is horrible. I know things are probably going to get worse before they get better - too many episodes left - but the ultimate revenge arc needs to be good. Also - when are they going to explain why Lou ZiShang has such a psychotic hate for the Gu family? Did anyone else want to bash the pathetic psycho with a baseball bat when he was sitting drunk crying over YuRu's death?
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