Seoul Busters: Episodes 13-14
by lovepark
Thieves abound this week as our detectives should get better a stolen art work price greater than their collective paychecks (and doubtless their homes, too). Nonetheless, as our group dives deeper into the case, previous wounds pop up, and our heroine is pressured to deal with the difficult feelings she has been burying for years.
EPISODES 13-14
This week opens to a ghastly crime scene full of swimming pools of pink… ice cream. An previous man’s residence was damaged into — most certainly by some native teenagers — and the trespassers stole 50 thousand gained (roughly $37). It’s a small case by most metrics, however as Min-seo leaves, the previous man asks her to search out his transit card which has his daughter’s photograph on it. The point out of a father-daughter relationship pulls at her heartstrings, and Min-seo guarantees to get better the merchandise.
After weeks of teasing our heroine’s backstory, we lastly study why our fiery detective shuts down on the point out of her father. Whereas rising up, Min-seo’s father (a infamous grasp thief) went on the run, leaving his daughter to fend off intrusive detectives and gossipy classmates for 3 years. Then, on her commencement day, none of her mother and father confirmed up, and as Min-seo ate alone, she watched the information of her father’s arrest blasted on the tv. What a horrible finish to an already horrible day.
Whereas Min-seo occupies herself with the stolen transit card case, the remainder of the group investigates a a lot larger theft: a priceless art work was stolen from a collector’s residence. At first look, the case is a conundrum. The art work was locked in a protected room solely the collector’s household knew the passcode to, and the scene reveals no indicators of tampering. It’s as if the piece disappeared into the air… or perhaps it flew away!
Enchanted by his captain’s powers of deduction, hunch-man Joong-ryuk takes a stab at Yoo-bin’s technique and zeroes in on the open window. No human might presumably scale the partitions and slip into the room, however what if it was a fowl? A ski-masked pigeon to be actual.
As Joong-ryuk embodies the spirit of the pigeon thief to re-enact the scene, Jung-hwan mocks his birdbrained senior and movies his ridiculous arm flapping. Embarrassed, Joong-ryuk orders him to cease recording, and through their tussle, our older detective knocks over a vase price 20 million gained. Cheapskate Jung-hwan instantly addresses Joong-ryuk by his title and weasels his approach out of splitting the associated fee.
In change for Joong-ryuk’s home and an infinite debt, the damaged vase leads the group to their first clue: a tuft of white fur. After a three-way physique pileup, Yoo-bin nabs the proof, and the NFS identifies it as canine fur — the very same breed because the collector’s daughter’s canine. Nonetheless, that’s not the one vital info they glean since Jung Eun-kyung (aka, the one-woman-show over on the NFS) informs them that the vase is a knockoff solely price 50 thousand gained. This implies Joong-ryuk doesn’t need to reside on the streets just like the shaman predicted.
As for the case, Yoo-bin needs conclusive proof earlier than making arrests, so Jung-hwan and Tan-shik exit to gather a pattern from the daughter’s canine. One miscommunication-filled mission later, our youngest returns with two balls of fur in addition to a bag of stolen canine poop. Tan-shik might have misplaced his dignity within the course of, however at the least the group now is aware of that the furs match.
In the course of the interrogation, the son-in-law admits to stealing a few items to fund his failing enterprise, however he swears that he by no means touched the tremendous costly objects. Yoo-bin believes him for the reason that current theft differs from his ordinary type, so the remainder of the group head off to research new leads. As Yoo-bin items collectively the varied info the others collect, the puzzle lastly falls into place.
Taking inspiration from the transit card case Min-seo was engaged on — replace, some neighborhood center faculty college students broke in and bought the cardboard — our captain realized that the HVAC technician who visited the house the day of the crime used a drone to movie the spouse punching within the protected’s passcode. It’s a number of work for such a spontaneous choice on the thief’s half, however perhaps that’s why the technician misplaced the art work, too. In an effort to promote the piece, the thief took it to a gallery, however the shady director acknowledged the art work and stole it for himself.
Although the group is aware of the situation of the stolen piece, speeding in with out a plan may truly tip the director off and hold them from recovering the merchandise perpetually. Thus, they search assist from a kingpin within the underground artwork world, however as anticipated, the appraiser turns them away. Nonetheless, on the final second, the appraiser asks Min-seo who her father is, after which nods in approval when he hears his title. Since he owes the grasp thief a favor, he agrees to assist them with the case.
Regardless of their stroke of excellent luck, Min-seo huffs at this flip of occasions, however to her shock, Yoo-bin involves her father’s protection. Yearly within the academy he discovered concerning the grasp thief who stole from the 1%, recovered stolen cultural belongings, and donated most of his earnings to a youngsters’s most cancers heart. He all the time puzzled why the elusive thief was caught exterior a highschool on a commencement day, however now he is aware of the reply.
As Min-seo listens to those particulars, she admits aloud that she all the time knew the reality however denied it due to her satisfaction. She agrees with Yoo-bin’s evaluation of her that she will get too near circumstances, leaving her with blind spots, however he tells her that typically he envies her capability to get close to as a result of somethings can solely be seen up shut. He thinks she ought to observe her coronary heart to keep away from any regrets, and gently reminds her that asking for forgiveness and accepting it are restricted by time.
With the appraiser’s help, our detectives study {that a} Korean-Japanese purchaser appeared, so armed with this information, they provide you with an undercover plan to trick the director. Yoo-bin gives to go in as one-half of the dealer couple and assures the others that he’s, in actual fact, a card-carrying member of the Hamlet Society. “To be or to not be,” he bellows to the boisterous applause of his crew.
Nonetheless, as soon as it hits showtime, Yoo-bin reveals that he solely did Hamlet, and he actually leaves Joong-ryuk (aka, the client) behind to march onto the stage to flub his traces. Fortunately, Min-seo is there to cowl for him, however the director throws one other curveball when he addresses Joong-ryuk in Japanese. Min-seo involves the rescue as soon as once more, and he or she finally ends up sandwiched between a stroke affected person and man with hyperhidrosis.
Despite all of the hiccups, the director continues with the change and brings out the stolen art work. His smile disappears, although, as quickly as our detectives confirm its authenticity and drop their acts. Whereas the director escapes, he jumps into what he believes is his getaway van, however in actuality, he stepped proper into the arms of our ready crew.
As promised, the commissioner rewards Yoo-bin’s group — on the behest of our captain who wished the others to realize the accolades — and our foolish detectives settle for it with gusto. Beginning with Joong-ryuk’s hearty introduction, none of our detectives wish to be outdone as they state their titles, and the poor commissioner virtually begs Tan-shik to take it simple earlier than his request is dutifully ignored with an ear-splitting shout.
With their main case resolved, Min-seo returns to her earlier one in hopes of discovering the person who purchased the stolen transit card. After scouring the subway CCTV footage, she found the client’s commuting route and waits on the station for him to point out up. Yoo-bin drops by to maintain her firm, and although Min-seo finally finds the cardboard, the photograph is gone.
Whereas returning the previous man’s card, Min-seo learns that he, too, has a strained relationship together with his daughter. He tells her that he was a foul father and husband which is why his household lower ties with him and he solely had that one photograph of his youngster. He looks like asking for forgiveness can be too shameless of him now, however Min-seo tells him to strive since his daughter is likely to be ready for precisely that.
The dialog makes Min-seo mirror on her previous, and he or she remembers her father not because the felony who by no means confirmed as much as her commencement however because the hero who jumped in entrance of a runaway cart to avoid wasting a stranger’s youngster. It is smart why the reality should have felt like such a betrayal to younger Min-seo who thought the world of him. As she lastly accepts the duality of her father’s legacy, she gathers up the braveness to see him. With a smile, she needs him a cheerful birthday as tears stream down her face.
This week was in all probability probably the most emotional storyline but, however as a substitute of feeling overly saccharine, I discovered Min-seo’s backstory candy and insightful. The present took its time to ascertain the story in earlier episodes so the reveal didn’t really feel too sudden. Additionally they instructed her historical past in layers so the viewers grew to become aware about the entire image in tandem with the character’s personal self-discovery. As a result of the plot was centered on Min-seo relatively than her father or her circumstances, it allowed the viewers to expertise her feelings alongside her, due to this fact making the ultimate scene really feel earned relatively than pressured.
Because the highlight was on Min-seo this week, we additionally received some good moments between her and Yoo-bin, highlighting the expansion of their relationship as effectively. I completely adore how our stiff captain is opening up because the present goes on, and whereas I like his oddball facet, I recognize his thoughtfulness, too. Because the present has established him as blunt and socially inept, there’s no hidden agenda behind his phrases, which supplies his affirmations extra weight. When Yoo-bin compliments you, he isn’t being facetious or manipulative. He merely states issues as he sees them, and his no-nonsense angle is commonly what our detectives have to wade by way of all of the pointless baggage that weighs them down.
What I significantly preferred about Min-seo’s story and Yoo-bin’s function in it was that the present all the time uplifts her company. Slightly than drive her to make up along with her father as a result of he’s household, the present provides her room to grieve, be offended, and resent her father for very legit causes, however then provides her grace to simply accept the truth that she was additionally being petty, egocentric, and prideful. Yoo-bin provides her recommendation by merely steering her within the course she all the time chooses and reserves judgment as a result of he is aware of that it’s not his place. He simply hopes that she gained’t remorse her choice as a result of, in the long run, she doesn’t need to forgive him as a result of he’s her father however she can forgive him as a result of he was her hero which makes all of the distinction. She nonetheless loves her father as the person she as soon as knew him as, and deep down, she is aware of that her recollections of him aren’t fallacious. Thus, she will lastly settle for him as a flawed man with out denying all the great she noticed in him, and as a substitute of letting the previous maintain her again, she will transfer on and rebuild.
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