Deep Breath

Jiwoo is in hospital waiting to hear from the captain. He’s hurt, having been in surgery for four hours while Pil-Do confirms they’ve found blood and fingerprints at the scene. Are they Jiwoo’s?

Mujin realizes that Jiwoo has uncovered the truth and decides to kill her. It doesn’t take long before Jiwoo is grabbed outside her apartment, a bag thrown over her head and three goons dragging her to a bath full of water, ready to drown her. However, Jiwoo fights back. ..

Taeju steps into the scene when Jiwoo dispatches the other goons and reveals the harrowing truth. It wasn’t actually Mujin that killed Donghoon after all, it was him. He was the one who landed the killer blow. Jiwoo manages to thwart the threat of Mujin’s subordinate as they fight, eventually leading to Jiwoo killing Taeju. ..

Pil-Do and the other officers are alerted to the presence of Mujin by a temple tip-off, but they don’t have to wait long for him to show up at the police station on his own accord.

Now, it has been revealed that Mujin has his own agenda here, which comes from antagonizing Pil-Do about Cha and claiming these officers are prey for the predators (that being Mujin.) Mujin’s lawyer happens to be Ms Kang, who walks past the officers nonchalantly and sits with Mujin while he’s being interrogated. ..

Jiwoo arrives at the scene to find Mujin revealing that he is going to prove his innocence. However, Jiwoo is quick to dispel this confidence, claiming the mole (herself) can’t be used anymore. She also mentions the warrant they’re about to obtain, which will arrive in a little under a hour. According to Mujin though, he can prove he’s not the one responsible for his heinous actions.

This article comes in two parts. The first is a report on the knife that was used to kill Cha and the second is a look at CCTV footage from the night of her death that matches Jiwoo’s car and description.

Jiwoo somehow manages to skip out the front of the station, as Pil-Do can only watch in shock as she takes off. How on earth did none of the other officers stop her? Anyway, she gets away with the knife, subsequently resulting in Mujin released thanks to a lack of evidence against him. It would appear as if Jiwoo is planning this to get her revenge on the crime boss. It’s also a test too on Mujin’s part, determined to see how far Jiwoo is willing to go for her cause.

Pil-Do is unsure of what to believe, reflecting back on Jiwoo’s moments of vulnerability while our protagonist grabs the knife and throws it into the water in the middle of a long stretch of road. She’s alone and it would seem that she’s going after Mujin on her own. ..

Meanwhile, Mujin heads back to Dongcheon Gym where he finds Taeju’s corpse ready for him, serving as a warning that Jiwoo is ready to come for him now.

Jiwoo prepares to leave the crematorium after paying her respects to her father, but is stopped by Pil-Do. He figures out that she’s at the crematorium, thanks to an earlier inquisitive eye at her apartment. There was no urn on the wall and as such, Pil-Do realized she was seeing off her father. ..

Pil-Do quickly arrests Jiwoo while Mujin decides to have Kang do everything he can to release her from custody. Apparently, he wants her to come for him. I guess he owes her that much. So while Kang sets to work figuring this out, Pil-Do sits down with Jiwoo and demands she open up and tell him her real name. ..

The Episode Review

The author has included a few contrivances to make the story more interesting, but it is still incomplete. The police should have been able to catch Jiwoo much sooner and there are still some unanswered questions about her movements.

This episode was good, but not as great as the last one. It’s a deep breath for the finale to come.

The final episode of Pil-Do promises to be quite the dramatic affair, with Pil-Do confronting Jiwoo at the end. Although Mujin’s motives over letting her be released are a little sketchy, seeing Pil-Do confront Jiwoo is a nice touch. ..