Dongjae the Good or the Bastard: Episodes 9-10 (Remaining)
by solstices
It’s time to bid goodbye to our lovable weasel, whose story maintains its partaking hilarity all the best way to its last minute. However the time has additionally come for him to bear the burden of his disreputable previous — will it drag him down irrevocably, or will it pave the best way for a recent begin?
EPISODES 9-10
At Gyeo-re’s trial, maknae prosecutor Shi-woon’s arguments get torn down by Lawyer Kang’s expertise and eloquence, a lot to Dong-jae’s dismay. Then Lawyer Kang summons Chan-hyuk as a witness, and Dong-jae intercepts Chan-hyuk to have a phrase earlier than he’s escorted in. The thugs who tortured him have all been apprehended, and as for Wan-sung? Chan-hyuk is the one one who can convey him down together with his testimony.
Determined to dig up dust — fairly actually — on Wan-sung, Dong-jae will get himself employed on the building web site. Then the supervisor asks for his title, and a flustered Dong-jae blurts out a really acquainted one: “Hwang Shi-mok.” HAHAHA. Regardless of an exhausting day of exhausting labor that has Dong-jae wolfing down 5 servings of meat all by himself, no leads floor.
Then rapidly, a security inspection is introduced, resulting from be carried out the subsequent day. All the employees are informed to take the day without work, which naturally rings alarm bells in Dong-jae’s head. Plus, he’s simply seen a suspicious, differently-colored spot on the bottom.
That night time, Ji-hee lies in wait exterior Wan-sung’s home whereas the boys stake out the development web site. Two hours of ready within the chilly later, a truck of males — together with Wan-sung’s secretary — drives in to dig on the irregular spot. As our trio anticipated, Chief Jeon did certainly leak their suspicions to Wan-sung.
The boys unearth a decomposed skeleton to be floor up into mud, and Dong-jae instructs Byung-gun to maintain monitoring the state of affairs whereas he sneaks away to name for backup. Alas, a terrified Byung-gun will get caught, forcing Dong-jae to unplug the machine’s twine earlier than Byung-gun is was human mince. Wielding a plank, Dong-jae rushes out for a heroic rescue — solely to have the incoming police squad steal his thunder fully. HA.
In the end, Ji-hee apprehends Wan-sung for proxy homicide, holding up a freshly-printed warrant to his face. Within the interrogation room, Wan-sung claims ignorance; there’s no proof that he ordered his males to kill. Unfazed by Wan-sung’s shameless sneering, Ji-hee has him transferred to the police station’s holding cell.
In courtroom, the apprehended thugs testify towards Wan-sung, whereas his secretary claims he merely adopted Wan-sung’s orders. Chan-hyuk perjures himself and divulges his torture at Wan-sung’s fingers, however Jung-ki turns the argument round, accusing the prosecution of coercing a good assertion with the provide of letting Chan-hyuk stroll free.
With that, Jung-ki calls Dong-jae in as a witness, revealing “Shi-mok’s” building web site moonlighting and accusing him of mendacity to gasoline his private vendetta towards Wan-sung. However our wily weasel has come ready, since Wan-sung’s dashcam has been overwritten and there’s just one individual able to meddling with it.
An audio recording rings out throughout the courtroom — it’s Wan-sung’s voice, loud and clear, instructing Gyeo-re to verify the reminiscence card and ensure the footage is gone. Because the choose helpfully informs Wan-sung, all calls are recorded in correctional services, together with the police station’s holding cell. Completely bested, Wan-sung bursts out into hysterical laughter, shedding his mood in a match of fury. “Reduce the crap,” Dong-jae scoffs. Ha, burn.
Sadly, Dong-jae nonetheless faces disciplinary motion for his previous actions. (But when it’s any consolation, Ji-hee, Byung-gun, and Shi-woon all submitted testimonies affirming Dong-jae’s latest contributions, aww.) Dong-jae might not have uncared for his duties, however the bribes he accepted sullied the prosecutors’ integrity. As such, Dong-jae might be dismissed from the prosecution service. Nooooooo. As he walks out, a devastated Dong-jae drops to his knees, his prosecutor lanyard clutched in his grasp.
Two months later, Dong-jae arrives on the correctional workplace he’d been instructed to go to. A number of different dismissed prosecutors present up, after which the subsequent one that walks in has Dong-jae’s eyes going large, although we don’t see who it’s simply but.
Circling again to our prosecutors, Byung-gun’s dream has lastly come true, for he’s being transferred to the Supreme Prosecutor’s Workplace. As the opposite prosecutors bid him goodbye, Dong-jae waltzes again in together with his shoulders confidently squared. “Jo Byung-gun, seems you have been nothing a lot in spite of everything,” remarks Dong-jae, leaving a confused Byung-gun spluttering. LOL, by no means change, Dong-jae.
In Chief Jeon’s workplace, Dong-jae confronts her for overlaying up her son’s college bullying case. Her brother’s case has additionally been investigated, for Dong-jae is now a part of the Ministry of Justice’s Prosecution Investigation TF crew — below Lawyer Kang. Yesss!
We rewind to the crew’s first assembly, the place Lawyer Kang informs them that their function is to smell out corruption inside the prosecution. In different phrases, those who actually besmirch the prosecution’s title. Since they’re all disgraced prosecutors, they’d know finest how their colleagues evade detection to commit soiled deeds. Omg, this job was virtually tailored for Dong-jae!
Settling into his new function, Dong-jae remarks that he’s glad he’s nonetheless helpful, although he wonders why Lawyer Kang give up his legislation agency. The reply is easy: Lawyer Kang didn’t need to proceed defending the individuals he would’ve put away up to now. In an uncharacteristically gentle tone, Dong-jae admits that he appreciated being a prosecutor, then regretfully muses that it’s a ridiculous sentiment since he’s the one who messed all of it up. Lawyer Kang factors on the market’s all the time an opportunity he may work as one once more, to which Dong-jae remarks that’s much more ridiculous. After Dong-jae leaves, Lawyer Kang can’t assist however surprise: is it simply him, or is Dong-jae much less mouthy now?
Maybe Dong-jae has certainly matured from his newest trials and tribulations, however as everyone knows, he bounces again quick — particularly now that he’s discovered a brand new function. As Dong-jae walks out, he smugly slides on a modern pair of sun shades. “F***ing bastards, you’re all screwed,” declares our favourite weasel. And with that, we’ve come to the top of our offbeat story, replete with a hilariously quirky soundtrack.
What a satisfying finish to a downright entertaining present! From its witty humor to its endearing forged of various personalities, this present actually shone in its deft storytelling. I’ve to applaud the scriptwriting crew for crafting a story that feels devoted to the unique Forest of Secrets and techniques sequence, whereas carving out a definite coloration for itself.
My solely criticism, when you may even name it that, is that we didn’t get a Shi-mok cameo past his title. However I like that Dong-jae is now within the excellent place to hitch fingers with Shi-mok and Yeo-jin in removing corruption, making me anticipate Season 3 all of the extra. (As a result of absolutely it’s within the works, proper? Please let it’s so!)
The instances might have been wrapped up pretty merely and rapidly because of the present’s brief run time, however I appreciated how the primary case — with Kyung-hak getting caught transferring his sufferer’s skeleton — turned out to be foreshadowing for Wan-sung’s downfall. Plus, with Gyeo-re out on probation and a bankrupt Wan-sung left to rot in jail in the identical cell as a smugly cackling Kyung-hak, I’m fairly glad with how our last case closed.
Dong-jae’s flip within the highlight proved to be each his undoing and his making, displaying a pleasant vary of weasel personas from his silver tongue to his softer edges. Additionally, it’s hilarious that for all his moonlighting and disguising, the one outfit Dong-jae by no means acquired to put on is his prosecutor’s gown, LOL. In a means, it’s becoming — Dong-jae might not fairly match into the expectations of a really perfect prosecutor, however that doesn’t make him any much less succesful, or any much less deserving of the title. For those who shut one eye to his useless preening, his petty squabbling, and his shrewd scheming, that’s. However that’s exactly why we love him, isn’t it? See you once more, our beautiful weasel!
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