You Should Give Up Hope As Long As You’re In Here
Episode 2 of Blind begins with Sung-Joon being questioned at the police station about what’s happened. After gobbling down the food, he makes a statement and is eventually driven back whence he came. It turns out the officer is in collusion with Baek Moon-Kang, the man in charge of Hope Welfare Center. This is the place he tried to escape from at the beginning of episode 1. ..
Hope has been twisted into a cruel word, describing this proverbial prison where the kids are treated badly. ..
Ji-Eun testified that she and Sung-Joon were together when he hit her with a car. She testified that he was driving and she was in the passenger seat. She also testified that he hit her with a car, but she didn’t know how it happened.
The jury and the crowd are in uproar when Man-Chun describes the car, pointing out it’s a black SUV with a honeycomb grille. Of course, this does absolutely nothing to narrow it down. However, this is when he brings up that Sung-Joon was the one driving.
Sung-Joon arrives at court with a new statement, including that his car was actually a motorcycle, and the bloodied knife too. There’s also the subject of the car with the missing key.
According to Man-Chun, the rain would have washed it away and the police are well-known in these parts for planting evidence. As for Sung-Joon, he’s figured out that Man-Chun has a signature – which happens to be those awful Joker-esque cuts across the mouth. The woman Man-Chun was living with just so happens to sport these same scars across her cheeks; nasty cuts that are eerily similar to that seen on Ji-Eun.
After hearing both sides of the story, the jury deliberates and comes to a verdict. The jury finds that Man-Chun is guilty and he is sentenced to prison. Notably, the camera focuses on Sung-Joon as he seems pleased with the verdict. ..
Sung-Hoon sentences the man to life in prison for stabbing his lawyer with a pen. One person who is not overjoyed about this is Moon-Kang. As Sung-Hoon reads out the charges, Man-Chun stabs his lawyer with a pen and throws himself at Sung-Hoon. Before he can stab the guy, Sung-Joon grabs Man-Chun and holds him back until the officers can cuff him. ..
Before Man-Chun is taken away, he promises them that they’ll die for what they’ve done today.
Sung-Hoon questions his brother over Man-Chun’s statement. Sung-Joon is pretty taken aback by his brother’s lack of faith in him, while all the jurors (minus one, who decides to head home alone) decide to have dinner together.
A motorcyclist drives up next to a Ministry of Justice bus on its way to prison, causing the bus to crash and tip over. Man-Chun breaks free from his restraints and escapes. ..
Sung-Joon races after Man-Chun, only to find out that he is not the only one after the judge. A rival gang member, Sung-Hoon’s target, is also on the loose.
A man-chun snatched a crucial document from a bus, which happened to be the name and address for all the jurors. Although he only managed to get a little piece of it, this document holds the address for Eun-Ki, which is where he’s heading. ..
Sung-Hoon is checking up on her, and she confirms that there’s no one there. However, that’s not the case. Man-Chun is there and he holds her up at ransom.
Police surround the building. Sung-Joon, who had been observing from a distance, decides to go it alone and hops over to the adjacent building to stop Man-Chun. ..
Sung-Joon doesn’t have permission from the chief to do this, but he heads round the back, while the negotiators hear Man Chun tell them he wants to be released from custody within an hour. He knows this isn’t going to fly with the president but as he chuckles evilly, Sung-Joon jumps over the gap between buildings and flies in the middle of this skirmish between Man-Chun and Eun-Ki.
Sun-Jun fires a shot at Eun-Ki, but it misses. Sun-Jun turns around to see Sung-Joon getting stabbed in the back.
Jung Yoon-Jae, the man who was paid by someone higher than himself to kill Ji-Eun, is revealed at the hospital. He tells Moon-Kang that he was paid by someone named Jung Yoon-Jae, and that he knows who killed Ji-Eun.
The Episode Review
Episode two of “Murder in the Moonlight” continues to deepen the mystery here, as it seems there’s much more to Ji-Eun’s murder than first meets the eye. It’s clear that Yoon-Jae is the brains behind this whole operation, which makes sense given the flashbacks we’ve been witnessing involving Hope Welfare Center. ..
Sung-Hoon and Sung-Joon could both have a bigger role in this case.
There are many intriguing aspects to this case, especially with regards to what Moon-kang is actually doing and what his shady past entails. Additionally, it is also interesting to note how he got the name of Crazy Dog in the first place.
The jurors in this case are a big part of the story, but we’ll have to wait and see what else is going on. For now, the show continues to be great and leaves the door wide open for where it may go next.
