The Mission
Yo-Han heads off to scout out the Shinseon-Dong guys. Sun-O has warned him that these guys are incredibly crooked so he needs to be careful. He heads in to see the Warden, asking about it. The Warden claims to have been sent from an unknown affiliate but he refuses to say who. Yo-Han is suspicious and asks for more information, but the Warden won’t give it up. Yo-Han leaves, warning Sun-O that he needs to be careful around these guys. ..
Do Won-Bong, the King of the Loan Sharks, meets Yo-Han, a loan applicant from Gangnam. Despite trying to pay him off with gold bars, Yo-Han doesn’t work. When Su-Yeon leaves the prison, Prosecutor Hong happens to be watching Su-Yeon and has a photographer snap photos of her leaving.
The prosecutor, Hong Jae-Sun, is responsible for the death of Yo-Han’s grandmother and the framing of Yoon Byung-Wook. There are also three other people involved in this tragedy: Hong Sang-Wook, Yoon Byung-Wook and Jo Hae-Do.
The Bukyeongpa gang is a dangerous group that could be the true leader of the organization. Su-Yeon is concerned that it could be her older brother, Yang Hwa.
The trouble is, Su-Yeon is being followed so she can’t go to Aram Orphanage, which is the hotspot for where Min-Ho is located. More on this in a minute! Timing is of the essence, Yo-Han contemplates whether to ring Sun-o and get him involved.
Yo-Han, a recent computer science graduate, has discovered that Younghak Industries and Geojun Construction are in collusion with the Warden, who has made numerous deposits to them. The investigation reveals that the Warden is using these companies to launder money and conceal his activities. ..
Yo-Han is asking a lot of questions and in order to bring out Won-Bong from hiding, he hurts Jang Chul-Woo just like he did, using a brick and an injury to his foot. Yo-Han asks for his help in finding a child that went missing seven months ago. ..
He opens it and finds a dossier on Won-Bong.
Yo-Han arrives at the address inside to find a man with a broken jaw. He’s the man who ripped out his teeth and crew has been taken out in prison. Hae-Do is not happy about this.
With things looking bleak, Hae-Do brings out a lawyer he’s been keeping, who’s bloodied and beaten. When he learns Won-Bong has sent him, the lawyer helps Yo-Han escape, shutting off the electrics and fleeing in the streets with him.
Although Yo-Han manages to make it out unscathed, the same can’t be said for the officers who show up to arrest Hae-Do. They cause a car accident and bundle him into a van, with the police in a dire state.
Su-Yeon is able to track Yo-Han and get the information she needs to break into the orphanage, but she has a problem. Yo-Han is already there.
In the episode, Hae-Do plants a tracker on Yo-Han earlier in the episode and knows exactly where Yo-Han is. He doesn’t know the significance of the child though, something that Yo-Han uses to his advantage. They manage to evade Hae-Do, and flee into the parking lot.
The pair try their best to escape from Hae-Do, who follows them in. He’s recovered and begins chasing after them. Dal-So is the real culprit who killed his grandmother, Min-Ho.
Yang-Hwa quickly tracks down and chases down Min-Ho and Su-yeon as they try to save Yo-Han. However, Yang-Hwa is quick as a flash and stands back up to pursue them. This leaves the audience on the cliffhanger of what will happen next.
The Episode Review
This week’s Insider episode sees Yo-Han now outside the prison, courtesy of doing a mission for Do Won-Bong. It’s certainly quite the development and helps to change up the scenery to outside the prison. That 5 minute recap at the beginning was massively helpful too, as there’s been a lot of narrative thrown into this across the 7 episodes so far.
It seems that the action is now taking place outside of the prison walls and it’ll be interesting to see how that develops over time. ..
The Yo-Han kill list is growing; the people he needs to take out and get his revenge. In that respect, it gives the show a lot of direction going forward and a clear vision for how this one is likely to play out. However, with so many players in this game, it does also have the adverse effect of diluting the characters thus far.
The Insider prison drama series has been slow to start but there’s still enough here to enjoy. The cliffhanger ending certainly leaves things on a nail-biting note, as all eyes now turn to the next episode.
