A Very Old Future
Episode 4 of Blind begins with the kids all rallying together at the Children’s Center. The upcoming routine inspection is a big moment for the kids, as Prisoner 11 tells them all that they’re going to escape. They need to prepare themselves. ..
That night, the jurors all talked about what they wanted to do when they were older. Yoon-Jae raised his thumb to the air as we cut to the present and saw our maniacal Joker killer, complete with statues depicting the different jurors. Is the killer among them? ..
Meanwhile, Hye-Jin’s father struggles to announce the death of his daughter, going on to mention how there’s an ongoing investigation and they can’t rule anything out yet. As for Sung-Hoon, he watches through his monitor and thumbs Ji-Eun’s earring, the one he found in Sung-Joon’s car. He shows up unannounced while the officers are all discussing the case, and shows off text messages from all the jurors he contacted that night. That way they can trace through the alibis for each of them.
Sung-Hoon and Sung-Joon are more interested in each other than in their brother, Moon-kang. They ask him about his ties to Soon-gil and he reveals that he has a similar spider tattoo to the one seen on the driver last episode.
Moon-Kang was surprised to hear this and asked Soon-Gil what he meant. Soon-Gil then told Moon-Kang that one of the kids from back then had been sneaking around, and that he knew where the child was.
The jurors are left in a state of shock as they watch the video of their daughter being tortured and killed. They are unsure who killed Coco Mum, but they know that the Joker killer is among them. They are also sickened by the sight of their daughter being choked out and killed.
Eun-Ki and Sung-Joon return to the car after getting out of it first. Eun-Ki is guilt stricken over what’s happened, saddened by her fellow juror passing away and believing herself to be partly responsible. Sung-Joon does his best to convince her that’s not the case.
The mystery of Sung-Joon’s true identity is solved when it is revealed that he is actually Yoon-Jae, the brother of Yoon-Jung, the Station Chief. This explains one mystery.
Sung-Joon is summoned to speak with Man-Chun on the roof, alone. Man-Chun drops to his knees and pleads with him for help, pointing out he has a 7 year old son. His kid needed brain surgery but he didn’t have the money to pay for him. Man-Chun actually received a call in the heat of the moment from a shadowy figure, promising to pay for his son’s surgery if he did precisely what he asked. ..
This errand was undertaken by Moon-Kang to collect a debt from Ji-Eun. When he accepted, the money was in his account but in return, he had to stay quiet. He clearly hasn’t done so so thus far.
Moon-Kang took the audio recording and Man-Chun is worried that this caller is going to get revenge. Man-Chun has the original copy of the recording to prove all of this, which convinces Sung-Joon to at least entertain the idea. He also promises to look after Man-Chun’s son – if everything he’s just said proves to be correct.
Sung-Hoon arrives at the hospital with a close call. When he makes it to the roof, his brother is gone and the security guard up there is also knocked out. Did Man-Chun push him? It doesn’t look good, especially when Sung-Hoon learns his brother was up there at the time.
Forensics on the scene find a button, while we cut to Sung-Joon and find him driving away, ignoring any calls on his phone. Unfortunately, the killer shows up at Man-Chun’s place. The next scene, Sung-Joon is caught red-handed in the apartment, standing over Man-Chun’s wife while she has a knife stuck in her. ..
Sung-Joon claims that the perp has just left and he’s in the wrong place at the wrong time, but it’s no good and he’s eventually forced to flee, narrowly avoiding several bullets in the process. When Sung-Joon stops the car, it would appear that the killer is in the backseat, as the guy chokes him out with a bag.
Word of Sung-Joon’s alleged murder spreads to the jurors, who discuss on instant messaging what this may mean. At the same time, Sung-Joon’s parents show up at Sung-Hoon’s place but his mother is more worried about her appointment and how this will affect her rather than her own adopted child. “Did the two of you not expect this?” Sung-Hoon bites back, pointing out that Sung-Joon’s past has all but confirmed he’s the killer. ..
When we cut across to Sung-Joon, he’s tied up and left bloodied and half naked. It’s Moon-Kang who has kidnapped him, and that familiar whistling from Crazy Dog is a horrible reminder of the past.
Sung-Joon races through the woods, breaking free from his bindings and trying to thwart Moon-Kang’s goons.
Sung-Joon makes a daring jump down a large chasm and is forced to run for his life. He’s bloodied and battered, but still alive.
The Episode Review
I’m starting to doubt whether Sung-Joon actually is Yoon-jae or whether he adopted that name. We know there were two kids under the floorboards and I’m thinking that given the other kid so recklessly jumped down to try and do what’s right, this could actually be Sung-Joon and he took Yoon-Jae’s identity and necklace as a way of honoring his friend after he lost his life at the hands of Crazy Dog. It’s just a thought anyway but it seems like that could be where this show is going.
As the episodes tick by, it seems that Sung-Joon is not the killer but instead just a guy stuck in the wrong place at the wrong time. That could be wildly off the mark, and it seems too much of a coincidence that Sung-Joon was at the crime scene for both Man-Chun’s wife and also Man-Chun himself. It could be that Man-Chun jumped after getting spooked while the idea of there being more than one killer can’t be ignored either.
The subject of the wooden statues has been a mystery to many, with some believing that they may be carved by Sung-Hoon and that he is involved in all of this, perhaps imitating his brother and pretending to be Yoon-Jae, intent on outing him for unknown reasons.
At this point, it’s anyone’s guess as to who will be the killer in Blind. There is a lovely underlying tone to the show that makes it an intriguing thriller. The whodunit is deliciously paced and enticing, and I can’t wait until next week’s episode! ..
