Black Out: Episodes 12-13
by mistyisles
We’re nearing the end line, which implies some characters are lastly uncovering the reality whereas others are lastly going through down the results of their decisions. However the actual masterminds who stored the reality buried all these years are decided to clean themselves of culpability — and so they’re superb at it.
EPISODE 12-13
After fatally taking pictures Min-soo’s father, Dong-min runs dwelling and barricades himself inside along with his gun. When the police arrive, he agrees to let Chief Hyun are available in — however provided that he comes alone and unarmed. Although Sang-cheol slips in by a again door to intervene if issues go south, there’s no want. Chief Hyun performs on Dong-min’s guilt in the direction of Bo-young and efficiently convinces him to drop the gun.
On the police station, Dong-min expresses no regret for avenging Bo-young. However he does really feel immense remorse and disgrace for a way he handled Jung-woo’s household. He virtually begs to be punished for pushing Geum-hee off the overpass. Later, at Bo-young’s funeral, Dong-min bows out early to alleviate Jae-hee of the burden of his presence. Maybe some individuals can change in spite of everything?
In stark distinction, Byung-mu’s dad shamelessly asks Jung-woo to write down an enchantment to spare Byung-mu from jail. Jung-woo seems to be him straight within the eye and delivers a supremely satisfying rejection to the tune of: “I additionally had a father who beloved me.” Byung-mu can rot, thanks very a lot.
Talking of shamelessness, Chief Hyun has discovered a brand new scapegoat in Hee-do (by which I imply he arrange this backup plan from day 1). As extra of the reality involves mild and it turns into not possible to disclaim that Jung-woo was harmless all alongside, Chief Hyun blames Hee-do for botching the preliminary investigation. Enjoying the a part of a magnanimous superior searching for his wayward underling, he advises Hee-do to resign honorably whereas he nonetheless can and let Chief Hyun clear up his mess.
Eleven years in the past, Chief Hyun had used circumstantial proof to persuade Hee-do that Jung-woo should be responsible, and that in the event that they couldn’t show it, they’d be letting a assassin stroll free. So Hee-do planted blood from the crime scene on Jung-woo’s sneakers, sealing Jung-woo’s destiny. Now, Hee-do realizes that Chief Hyun performed him. He doesn’t dare inform Sang-cheol every little thing on document, however he leaves the sneakers and a written rationalization for Sang-cheol to search out.
As for Chief Hyun, he continues to throw everybody however himself beneath the bus whereas making it sound like he’s humbly shouldering accountability. When Assemblywoman Ye threatens him with Su-oh’s portray of him on the warehouse, he threatens her proper again with Su-oh’s different portray of Hyung-shik murdering Da-eun — plus photograph proof that Hyung-shik groomed Da-eun previous to the homicide. They land in a stalemate: He agrees to wrap up the case (with the promise of a promotion as soon as she’s elected governor) and she or he returns her “hostage” (Su-oh).
In the meantime, Na-kyeom seethes with jealousy over Jung-woo’s rising friendship with Seol. When the CEO of her leisure firm confirms that Jung-woo doesn’t and has by no means returned Na-kyeom’s emotions, Na-kyeom throws an absolute screaming match and refuses to return to Seoul. As an alternative, she devises a scheme to show issues again to the nice outdated days when she was the one particular person Jung-woo might depend on.
After luring him to her place with the promise of definitive proof (the video she took of Da-eun’s homicide), she tries as soon as extra to persuade him to depart the previous behind and are available away together with her. When that doesn’t work, she medication him and enlists her unwitting supervisor to assist carry him to Seol’s house. That’s proper — she thinks that if she kills Seol and frames Jung-woo, she will put him “again into the chicken cage” and have him all to herself once more. Which, it seems, was the rationale she didn’t inform him the reality eleven years in the past — as a result of she was jealous of his emotions for Da-eun.
Fortunately, Sang-cheol has already found the monitoring app Na-kyeom put in on Jung-woo’s telephone. He reverse-tracks her location, beats Seol to the door, and grabs the knife out of Na-kyeom’s palms earlier than she will harm anybody else. Then it’s only a matter of discovering the place Na-kyeom hid her outdated telephone’s SD card (in an outdated yearbook that she plastered with Jung-woo’s photos just like the creepy stalker she is) and turning the video in as proof towards Hyung-shik.
That is dangerous information for Assemblywoman Ye, who has been working around the clock to cowl up her husband’s errors. Truthfully, it’s virtually comical how badly he retains screwing up and the way she retains having to inform him to remain put, shut up, and let her do the considering for him. Lastly, when the information breaks that Hyung-shik killed Da-eun, she orders him to show himself in. She has no intention of truly letting him go to jail, however he’s so distraught by the thought of her abandoning him that he decides to take issues into his personal palms.
He’s nowhere close to nearly as good at technique as she is, although, so his plan consists of getting a former affected person sneak cash out of his workplace for him so he can, presumably, make a run for it. Jung-woo interrupts and guarantees at hand over the cash in trade for solutions, however Assemblywoman Ye’s minion will get there first. However the time Jung-woo identifies Hyung-shik’s automotive, it’s filled with poisonous fuel and Hyung-shik has handed out from regardless of the minion injected him with. Jung-woo smashes the automotive window and drags Hyung-shik out, however we’ll have to attend till subsequent week to search out out whether or not Hyung-shik lives to face correct punishment for his crimes.
Within the meantime, we have to discuss Su-oh. As I discussed above, he’s again dwelling now, and spends most of his time within the basement of his greenhouse. And as I feared, Chief Hyun has not advised him about Geon-oh — as an alternative, he lies that Geon-oh went again to the States to do some extra touring. However the huge reveal about Su-oh this week is that he has a secret room inside that greenhouse basement that solely he is aware of about… and that’s the place he retains Da-eun’s physique, which he carried out of the greenhouse after Hyung-shik killed her. In Su-oh’s thoughts, this room is picturesque and fairytale-like, and Da-eun’s physique is completely preserved. (After I mentioned Su-oh holds the important thing to the reality, I didn’t imply it like this!) It’s as unhappy as it’s horrifying, and I can’t assist questioning what, if something, it is going to take to persuade Su-oh to cease “defending” Da-eun’s corpse from being found.
As for the 2 murderers, good riddance I say (assuming Hyung-shik is definitely lifeless, in fact). However poor Jung-woo getting so near solutions solely to have them repeatedly ripped from him on the final second. Technically, these immediately liable for Bo-young and Da-eun’s deaths are being punished, however not in a means that’s actually satisfying. And the highly effective individuals behind them — specifically, Chief Hyun and Assemblywoman Ye —nonetheless handle to wiggle freed from penalties. I believe Chief Hyun’s most chilling second this week was him pulling Jung-woo apart to “apologize” for “messing up” eleven years in the past, as a result of this sort of mistake simply occurs generally, my dangerous. He’s gotten this far as a result of he is aware of simply what to say to make himself appear to be a midway first rate particular person. However Jung-woo and Sang-cheol have caught onto his manipulative methods eventually, and I sit up for seeing his downfall subsequent week.
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