The Truth
The card has a strange design that Yo-Han didn’t see coming. It’s a 2 of spades, which means that Yo-Han won the game. This turn of events is shocking, and both Yo-han and Monk are in disbelief. They’re both angry and frustrated with the card’s design.
Yo-Han, meanwhile, gets to fight another day and for some reason Sun-o has decided to help him.
Sun-o tells Yo-an that he was the one who set up the whole thing with The Professor as part of a plan to get Yo-han to change his ways. He knew that Yo-han was ambitious and gusty, so he decided to team up with him in order to take advantage of both of his qualities.
Sun-o wants to be the gambling king, and Yo-Han wants to be at the top of the game.
In the previous episode, Yo-Han was made out to be a criminal and as a result, he decided to take up Sun-o’s offer. He’s also moved out of Doo-Chul’s cell and into the infirmary where he’s being treated for excessive sweating. It’s a nice little nod to the previous episode and an inside joke between the two.
Yo-Han shares his new discovery with the gang, and they are all excited to share in the wealth. Yo-Han is hesitant to keep all of the profits for himself, but Sun-o encourages him not to honour his promise to the security manager and share 60% of the profits with them. ..
Yo-Han is given a gift by Tae-Gwang. He’s in a wheelchair and has vomit on his mouth, but he’s also wet himself. Someone has poisoned his food and Yo-Han is in this horrific state because of it.
Yo-Han returns to his cell after brushing off Sun-o’s offer to help him get his gambling debts paid off. Yo-Han does learn from Sun-o that Tae-Gwang has a USB with the video on it. Could he get it? ..
Sun-o is brought before one of the prison guards, but not really. It actually happens to be Doo-Chul and the others. Doo-Chul has learned that he owes 800 million won right now and intends for him to pay his debts. Part of that comes from setting up Sun-o and stabbing him. In doing so, it would clear Yo-Han of what he owes.
When the time comes though, Yo-Han double-crosses Doo-Chul, calling his bluff. He knows the old man intended on getting rid of him and Sun-o at the same time, something that he learned from the deaf inmate, who helps him out.
The man who revealed the guard’s role in the electrocution of Doo-Chul and Sun-O’s help to him reveals that Yo-Han is wise to what has happened. ..
The doo-chul’s boys charge at the pair, weapons drawn, and immediately start trying to stab them. Only, Yo-Han and Sun-O happen to be wearing makeshift protective vests. Doo-Chul has an actual shiv though, but they’re saved at the last second by the guards appearing and breaking things up. This interjection also comes at the expense of Yo-Han giving up 90% of his earnings to make this happen.
After meeting Su-Yeon, Yo-Han learns more about the detective in charge of Dal-Soo’s case who committed suicide a week after the case was wrapped up. This seemed to ignore key bits of evidence that could have helped Yo-Han’s grandmother.
Su-Yeon’s target here is Byung-Wook. She has ties to him stretching back 20 years and claims he’s responsible for “killing me once before,” as Su-Yeon says. She pleads with Yo-Han to join her, and eventually he agrees. His first task here though comes from taking over the prison.
Yo-Han is taught how to scam (fix the deck) and fight. Although the latter results in Yo-Han being beaten badly. All of this is practice for reaching the big leagues, which is a completely different animal.
Sun-O tells the story of how tips, the table, and the stakes are so high that they get numerous IOUs and even take body parts too. This explains why Yo-Han’s teeth were taken before.
Dal-Soo’s body was found in the fields by Mok Jin-Hyung. There is talk of him being promoted, but it’s unclear if this is a smokescreen to protect his own back. ..
Yo-Han meets Jin-Hyung and asks him about his relationship with Dal-Soo. Thanks to Sun-o’s help, Yo-Han finds out that Jin-Hyung was hired by Byung-Wook to take out Dal-Soo and put him in prison. Knowing that he’s lying, Yo-han loses control and takes a scalpel knife that he had stashed away and proceeds to stab Jin-Hyung in the neck. ..
Yo-Han watches in horror as his mentor, a powerful and respected figure in the martial arts community, dies after a long and successful career. The death leaves Yo-Han feeling alone and vulnerable, and he begins to question everything he knows about life and the martial arts.
The Episode Review
Sun-O confirms to Yo-Han that regardless of the crime, coming out of prison is a death sentence. Jin-Hyung’s lying finally comes back to bite him in the form of a gnarly death at the hands of Yo-han. ..
It will be interesting to see how this is framed going forward – will Yo-Han’s sentence be extended? It would make sense in a way because then Yo-han will be able to fulfil his mission and take over the prison.
There are a lot of good things about this show and there is a lot of tension. Most notably, the moments involving Doo-Chul and his gang certainly increased the tension. ..
The Insider story left readers on the edge of their seats with a cliffhanger ending that left many questions unanswered. The author provides a clear and concise writing style that makes the reader understand the complex plot line.
