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Kmuse's End of Year Countdown - Favorite kdrama Actors of 2014

This was a really hard segment to write. I counted it up and had watched over a 100 different dramas from all over Asia.  Needless to say, there was a lot of competition for a spot on this countdown.  There were so many that I HAD to have on my list since it would not be a complete list of my favorites without them, that it got a tad lengthy.  So please bear with me and I will try to make this as enjoyable as possible with pretty pictures.  I also would suggest any of these dramas to viewers searching for something new to watch since I am sure a lot of you are looking for a good holiday dramathon.

Gap Dong Episode 20 (FINALE) - The End is Here

Gap Dong ends with a surprisingly well done finale which was a shock after multiple episodes of insanity.  Unfortunately a descent ending does not take the bitter taste out of my mouth when I think about this train wreck of a drama.  All of the missed opportunities to create something really memorable (in a good way) is enough to make a drama aficionado cry, but regardless of what I feel about the drama, at least it is finally over.  So let's take one last walk into this world and see what we have learned.

-Things we learned from Gap Dong-

#1 The bad guys are always caught in the end

Even if it is after 20 years, 18+ murders, 1 bullet to the brain, countless inept police, crooked politicians, enabling parents, and a lot of unfortunate people who are mentally devastated by the cops investigation.  Don't you worry, the police will always get their guy.  DGD is given a death sentence and falls apart at the thought of dying.  Tae Oh on the other hand played his cards right and received a 10 year sentence in a mental institution, a much lesser sentence than was originally planned.  I guess the one who can play crazy better wins in the end.  Not only that but by giving up his Korean citizenship (he had a dual American citizenship) and is trying to get shipped overseas for treatment.

#2 All serial killers have an irrational fear of death

This show keeps forgetting it's own premise that the killers (Detective Gap Dong & Tae Oh) are psychopaths and are incapable of feelings.  Unless the writers decide otherwise, then they freak out over everything, especially the fear of their own mortality. It was one of the main flaws I had with the movie.  If the killers are meant to be soulless and scary (because let's just admit that their crimes and actions in the beginning were very very scary) then let them stay that way.  Don't try to make me empathize with them.  This show would have been greatly improved with more "who did it" rather than the prevalent "why they did it".   I have seen Halloween specials on the Disney Channel that provided with better suspense, than the second half of this drama.  And considering what a great concept they had to work with, it is just a crying shame.

#3 Once obsessed with Gap Dong, always obsessed with Gap Dong

Scary Tiger quits the department and has himself transferred to the correctional facilities where he can watch DGD 24/7 and attempt to get him to confess more crimes.  And that is how you become a sad and lonely middle aged man with no one to care for you other than your new BFF Moo Yeom.  At some point, you just got to let it go.  

#4 The only way to get closure is with a confession.

Because the fact that the guy has been convicted and sentenced to die is just not enough.  Unless you know the whys, the whole suffering in prison thing is worthless.  This relates back to the over psychoanalyzing problem the writers suffer from.  I wonder if one of them goes to an intense amount of therapy and is just projecting personal issues onto the plot.  DGD tells Moo Yeom (during yet another attempt to "understand" him) that if he helps DGD commit suicide than he will draw a map showing all the other bodies which are buried.   DGD complies but is given a simple vitamin since at least DGD can't escape his punishment that easily.

#5 All killers are not equal

Tae Oh is getting ready to depart but goes to see DGD one last time to gloat.  He reveals that he understands the point behind the game of Rock, Paper, Scissors.  By letting a "captive" go he is able to retreat and pretend to go underground and disappear.  Thereby, he is free to murder in secret as long as his kills are never found, thus giving himself freedom.  DGD tells Tae Oh that there is no stopping, and Tae Oh just smiles and says "maybe".  DGD tries talking his protege into killing him (I thought he was afraid of death?), saying that one of the two of them had to die for things to be complete.  Tae Oh smiles wider and says that there is no way he is going to ruin his freedom for DGD, his ex-god and ex-hero, now that he has surpassed him by using his own brains.  Now DGD is just a loser in prison and Tae Oh is the true Gap Dong.  

I would just like to point out how great this scene was.  Letting Lee Joon's on screen charisma come out is what attracted me to the drama in the first place.  However when they stuck him in a supporting role rather than the lead, the drama began to fall apart.  The real Gap Dong was just not as good as the copycat for me.

#6 If you are hot enough, you can be forgiven anything.

Is it just me that thinks it is really really weird that all the characters are acting nonchalant and sorrowful towards Tae Oh?  He did go on a murderous rampage killing 7 innocent women.  He is a psychopath, and yet they all seem to be sorry to see him go and/or for letting him down.   Moo Yeom even calls him a "troublemaker" in a semi-favorable tone.   Dr Maria is even traveling to the US with him to be his therapist, because that just screams common sense.  Just because he has charisma does not make him any less of a killer as DGD, and yet everyone seems ready to cut him some slack.  

Oh wait, I guess taunting DGD was not the smartest thing to do since he finds another disciple in prison who just happens to be released, and has him murder poor Tae Oh thereby making sure that he is the one and only Gap Dong.  Dr Maria finds him bleeding out in front of the hospital and stays with him as he slowly dies of his wounds.  Poor Tae Oh, his character will be greatly missed, and I am just thankful that he made it til the end of the drama since his character was the only thing that made this show bearable.  By far the most poignant moment of the episode.

#7 Don't steal other people's sporks.

DGD is feeling quite tough now that he has killed off his copycat and he is the big bad in prison.  He stomps around like he owns the place, that is until he tries to steal another inmates silverware.  The poor inmate who was victimized loses it and stabs DGD in the eye with a spork (I am assuming it was a spork because that is just the funnest word to use and is a greatly unappreciated utensil).  A very undignified end to DGD who we assume eventually dies on death row.

#8 And everyone lives happily ever after

The last bit was pretty boring after the spork incident.  Just assume that everyone got their happy ending.  The drama ends with ditsy girl, Dr Maria, and Moo Yeom visiting the resting place of Tae Oh's ashes.  They send prayers for his soul and wonder if he had truly meant to stop, since this show had not stomped the psychological crap deep enough into the viewers psyche.  But I can forgive them that, since the show is now officially over!!!!!!

My Final Thoughts

I think you all understand my viewpoint about this drama pretty well after reading the last few recaps.  But just to sum it up in as few words as possible.  It had an amazing concept and the writers destroyed it with their psycho babble and bad character development and poorly planned pacing.  Is it worth watching?  Maybe if you don't mind FF some of the more boring filler, but I would only suggest it if you have literally watched almost everything else.  Save yourself the pain and watch something else.

What's next for Kmuse?

I am at an impasse when it comes to which drama I want to recap next.  There are so many options, but until I actually get an impression on the plots and writing styles, I don't want to commit.  My short list is as follows: Trot Lovers, Fated to Love You, Marriage without Love, and a distant 4th The Joseon Gunman (I think this is going to be amazing but I am worried that my recapping style could not do a Sageuk justice.).  Until I decide on my next drama be sure to check out my recaps for "King of High School" which is so far a really well written romantic comedy.

Sincerely,
Kmuse
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Gap Dong Episode 19 - Can You Say Entraptment?

We have made it to the last episodes of this drama and I am personally jumping for joy.  No more unexplainable plots, no more stupid females, and no more having to figure out how to say "this does not make sense" in a new and enlightening way.  To say I am happy for this drama to end is an understatement.  On that note, lets jump right into the crazy and see if we can wrap up all those pesky loose ends.  I especially want them to explain the wide spread knowledge of the whistling tune (seriously, it is driving me nuts, I might need to start some balloon therapy) and I would not be sad if the nunchucks make another appearance at some point.

Moo Yeom and Detective Gap Dong (DGD) are facing off with each other at the pool.  DGD has decided to prove his multiple personality by killing Moo Yeom while being caught on CCTV, because then he can prove he is crazy and get a reduced sentence.  Although why that is needed before he is even charged with anything, I am not sure.  Moo Yeom is setting things up to have him attempt to kill him so he can officially arrest him.  I guess that makes a bit more sense, but not by much.  Waiting in the wings is the female detective (still in her skimpy swim suit) with her gun as his back up.  DGD rushes Moo Yeom and easily takes his gun away.  I thought that the gun was going to be empty, but the writers proved me wrong and had bullets in the gun.  WHAT?  Seriously?  Why would you bring a loaded gun and let the serial killer shoot you.  And why is lady cop still standing there like an extra from a James Bond film.  I think I would want more back up than a barely covered sex kitten cop even if she is holding a gun.  Sure enough she hesitates long enough for DGD to get off a shot that enters Moo Yeom's shoulder before sex kitten also shoots DGD in the shoulder.  Let's just be thankful that we don't have another miraculous brain bullet recovery to explain.

Moo Yeom is shot, but tells his partner not to worry, "I wont bleed out before I drive DGD to the prison."  WTH!  Here's a thought, maybe you should tell the stupid injured cop who is hallucinating due to the bullet in his freaking brain, "No you can't drive the prisoner off by yourself and interrogate him, because you are bleeding from a gun shot wound and look like you will pass out....because you let him have a flipping loaded gun you idiot". 

Moo Yeom begins to drive erratically and talks about both of them dying together, making DGD look very nervous.  Our Mad Monk tells DGD that he will bleed out before going to the hospital unless he tells him about the other murders that he has committed (assuming that DGD never stopped, just stopped posing the bodies).  Eventually he passes out and drives the car straight into a telephone pole, scaring DGD enough to admit to another dead body site.  Success on being able to charge DGD with a murder that was not past the point of prosecuting.

Meanwhile, we have Tae Oh hanging out in the woods with Ditzy Ji Wool, tied to a tree and doing his balloon therapy.   Tae Oh texts Dr Maria to come join them or else he will be killing Ji Wool.  So if you leave a victim alone with a serial killer (who you are pretty sure is going to attempt to kill so said victim) are you at all responsible.  The lackadaisical manner in which Dr Maria and Yang Chul-Gon treat this situation is driving me nuts.  One, he had already confessed and was most likely getting the death penalty or at least life in prison.  Why was this even remotely necessary?  Two.  How are you going to watch and make sure bad things (like stupid webgirl getting sliced and diced) don't happen when you are far away in a car and not in the woods watching your sting operation.  A tracking device does not save someone from a gun or a blade.  Three, who knew that the stupid balloon therapy would kind of work.  Either that or the writers wanted to pull in the pervy noona demographic with Lee Joon pursing his lips over and over.   Hmmmmmm  I think we all know what the real motivation was with that concept.

After hearing that Moo Yeom had indeed caught DGD with new charges, Dr Maria announces that it is now her time to do something (again WHY WHY WHY is this necessary?)  She calmly walks into the clearing and confronts Tae Oh, but looks a little shocked when he tells her that they are going to play a game.  (I would like to point out that you could see this storyline coming from at least 10 episodes ago)  

At least we get some of my questions answered as we see that the police have a hover/helicopter camera circling over the clearing where Tae Oh is making the two girls play Rock, Paper, and Scissors.  The cops are monitoring the feed far back from the actual kill site and seem very calm considering they are "catching" a serial killer.   I am sure if Tae Oh looks like he is about to attack one of the girls that were sitting a foot away from him, the helicopter droid can distract him by falling out of the sky and hitting him on the head, enabling the 10 min the police would need to get to the actual attack location.  It makes total sense.

I think I would be more invested in this whole remake of the rock, paper, scissors, debacle if I actually cared about either of the female characters.  Of course when twit girl chooses her life over Dr Maria's, just as Dr Maria was about to give up her life for her twit girl, but instead ends up actually winning the game on accident, I could not stop laughing.  Wow that went very wrong very quickly. Tae Oh spends more time asking important questions pertaining to Dr Maria's lack of sympathy for him, or at least proper treatment of a therapeutic nature.  Her reply was that he was Gap Dong's copycat and she refuses to ever give sympathy to someone who murdered people (maybe she is in the wrong profession).  Tae Oh looks up at the drone and smile, telling  them "when I die.........?" and the scene cuts off before we get to hear the rest. 

I was wondering why everything was taking so long to develop.  If he is literally sliding the knife along twit girls throat, isn't that a good enough reason to call it a day and take Tae Oh back into custody.  But I guess they were waiting for Moo Yeom to get out of surgery, ignore the doctors advice about the bullet in his brain, sign permission for DGD to get surgery, and then drive over to the scene of the 2nd sting operation.  DGD's words about killing Tae Oh are ringing through his ears as he tries to figure out how this situation will result in Tae Oh's release from prison.  He joins the trio whistling Gap Dong's theme song (seriously where did they all learn this whistling thing) and Tae Oh just smirks and automatically gives himself up. 

DGD gets ready for his new trial, and I was surprised to notice that this one was not even half the circus that the first trial in ep 17.  But that does not stop him from freaking out when his sentence is about to pronounce his sentence.  DGD runs about yelling to let him live, and that he did not want to die (is anyone else disappointed that Gap Dong kind of ended up being a whiny jerk and not even half as scary as Tae Oh.).  We end on DGD screaming and begging for his life while Moo Yeom looks on with an expression of disgust. 

I am not sure where the writers are really trying to go with the psychological storyline anymore.  The writers keep trying to make the actions of the killers make some type of sense, they have triggers, or multiple personalities, or it is societies fault.  Why can't they just be killers and let the concept lie.  There is no logical reasoning that can explain the situation and the meandering attempts to give an explanation are just plain frustrating for both the other characters in the drama as well as we the viewers.  Right now I am just holding on to the end because of this blog so I am ecstatic to watch the last episode tomorrow. 

Kmuse

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Gap Dong Episode 18 - This Drama has Offically Jumped the Shark

So this show has jumped the shark, gone and hunted the shark, took pictures with the shark, and stuffed the shark, mounting it upon a wall.  That is how utterly incomprehensible this episode is.  And since it has not gone down in a humorous ball of flames, but rather a drizzly smoldering moldy mess, I will be adding some humor in through comics and meme's.  So at least there is something worth checking out in this recap.

Moo Yeom might have called the two Gap Dongs together, but it is definitely Tae Oh who is running the show.  He mocks both of them for wanting to use him, but when he gets down to the nitty gritty and asks who out of the two, can save his life?  It is Moo Yeom who is forced to back down.  That is something I have always had a problem with in regards to the whole serial killer consultant situation.  

How does this actually benefit Tae Oh at all?  It is not as if Moo Yeom can release him from jail (or maybe he can in this crazy story) since he is already a confessed murderer.  But at the same time, how is DGD (Detective Gap Dong) going to save his life either?  Probably Dr Oh could take the death penalty off the table by her "professional" diagnosis (imagine sarcasm wrapping itself around the word professional) but I could see her recanting her offer of help the second he actually did what she wanted.  So around and around we go, trying to figure out who Tae Oh is eventually going to side with.

"He's a cornered monster, so he will take big risks."  This was a reference about DGD made by Yang Chul Gon.  And yet, I don't see DGD taking big risks quiet yet.  Probably because of the simple minds of his foes.  It is obviously not a huge problem into tricking them with the multiple disorder theory, the simplicity of the therapists questions is somewhat maddening to this viewer (at least it was not Dr Maria, doing the testing).

Therapy 101 with Ma Ji Wool continues with the use of the block of wood which is now full of nails.  Tae Oh comments that he was not aware there was this much anger and need to kill within him.  Ji Wool starts taking out all the nails and shows him the block now full of holes.  "These are the scars you have made with your hate and your killing."  She questions if he feels shame?  He just walks away and says that it is time to stop.  

Hmmmm  I wonder if anyone told her that you can't just easily cure a psychopath.  Especially by trying to create emotions, that he does not have.  I would give her kudos for trying, if the whole idea was not so stupid.  It's like throwing a tiger and a gazelle into a pit together and telling the tiger to not eat the gazelle, have this lettuce instead.  I can guarantee that the gazelle is going to be dinner 10 out of 10 times.

Did anyone else feel that the whole courtroom conviction of Dr Han scene was one huge hot mess?  From what I have had to piece together, they have to convict Dr Han of being an accomplice in order to have the length of time needed to loophole through the statute of limitations law.  Seeing how they know he is innocent of the crime, how is this any different than faking a lab result to convict DGD.  One of them would have been a conviction based on a lie, and the other...........would have been a conviction based on a lie, oh crap, there is a flaw in their thinking (what a surprise).  

And while we are discussing things I have problems with in regards to this scene, let's just lay it all out.  One, they are obviously putting DGD on trial and not Dr Han.  Two, why would this trial be televised all over the city.  I am pretty sure that would be violating DGD's civil rights since he has not been convicted of any crimes and they have outed him on national TV.  Three, what the heck is the monk doing, letting poor impressionable mini orphan monks, watch a serial killer murder trial.  I am pretty sure that is how people like Tae Oh are made.  And lastly, the Jekyll and Hyde performance on the witness stand was so over the top (along with everyone's reactions) that it made me cringe.

After the courtroom debacle we flash to a room with Dr Maria and her mother sobbing.  Dr Maria holds a small bottle in her hands, and sobs out "Mother, what were you going to do with this?"  Her mother, also heavily sobbing, replies that she was going to kill him.  WHAT?  Now even the 3rd range characters are turning homicidal.  If I thought this was really how society was, I would opt to become a shut in, living out my years on Domino's pizza and ramyun.  Maybe the writers were not loved enough as children, and that is why they are insisting in turning every character into a murderer.

After much scientific study (or at least one test and a replay of the courtroom tape) all of the medical professionals pat themselves on the back and agree that DGD is indeed suffering from a multiple personality disorder.  Something that seems to relieve Dr Maria (I don't know why since that does not change her victim status. She was still almost killed by a serial killer whether he was truly a psychopath or just the persona of a psychopath).  All of her new found peace is destroyed only a few minutes later as she realizes that DGD made a blunder on the timeline in his performance, meaning that he does NOT have multiple personality disorder.   Maybe they should have taken more than an hour to diagnose, then they would not have set free a mass murderer out into the population AGAIN.

The two Gap Dongs start having a conversation via instant message.  Tae Oh wants to know the secret to his freedom (being free of the urge to kill) and in turn will let DGD know what the police have planned.  DGD just wants to leave the country before he is convicted of any crimes.  Their banter goes back and forth until they jointly get their killing urges triggered and start thinking of "completion".  Completion of their murderous rampages under the guise of poor mental health.  I am not sure if this was bad translating or just bad writing (putting my money on the latter), but it seems that they are saying if they do a huge murder in front of everyone, and are designated "mentally challenged" then they escape from a lot of their punishment.  But don't quote me on that since this segment, like a lot of others this episode, is slightly disjointed in content.

Just as Tae Oh gets the go ahead to go kill someone in a public place (in order to get a mentally imbalanced diagnosis and escape death row) in walks ditzy little victim Ji Wool.  Oblivious to the murderous undertones, she blankly goes about "fixing" Tae Oh via balloon and art therapy.  

He suggests leaving (and just takes off the anklet) and travels to the hair salon for a mid episode hairstyle change (Something that I can always get behind, even if it does not make any flipping sense).  The police are actually following the couple, watching and plotting, some type of sting.  Although why they need to do some type of sting on Tae Oh who is almost on death row is beyond me.

Ji Wool had convinced Moo Yeom that she needed to prove that Tae Oh could indeed change.  So she would take him out and give him the chance to make her the 9th victim (Did I miss one somewhere?  I was pretty sure we never got an 8th murder) and Moo Yeom agrees.  He simply tells her that she will need to take responsibility for the situation.  HUH?  So to ease some twits mind, you are going to let loose a serial killer into the population to do a psychological study?  You know in those romantic vampire stories, where the 400 year old vampire (who you would assume has a lot of wisdom and life experience) gives into the teenager who is throwing a temper tantrum to get her way (usually about doing something life threatening and stupid)?  Yup, I feel like I am trapped in that type of a story right now.  Just without the hottie vampire distracting me from the females stupidity.  It is no surprise to anyone, except maybe Ji Wool, when Tae Oh has her tied up to a tree, waiting for Dr Maria to arrive.  Although there is hope since Tae Oh is blowing up is anti murder balloon and seeming to still be undecided as to what he is actually going to do.  

DGD goes to kill Moo Yeom at the pool, but instead finds a unexpectedly buxom detective instead (seriously who swims laps in that sexpot swimsuit, it looks like the neanderthal is coming out in the writers yet again, when it comes to women characters).  Moo Yeom comes out behind DGD and sends the swimming detective (with her gun) out of the room.  Moo Yeom then goads DGD into attacking and stealing his gun.  The two fight off screen and the silence is broken with a gunshot.  THANK GOODNESS THIS EPISODE IS OVER!

I do not understand most of the reasoning behind the last twenty minutes of this episode.  Why would they ever chance Tae Oh killing anyone when they already have him dead to rights.  It just does not make sense.  Also, how cruel is it to purposefully tempt him (when you know he is actively struggling with this mental illness) and push his triggers just to prove a point.  I am kind of sick with the writers way of thinking.  I am blaming the writers since they are the ones who are coming up with all this ethically sick plots that are cruel to people with mental illnesses, women, and promoting a kind of stupid brand of justice.  I am so thankful that the drama ends next week.  I am not sure how much of this nonsense I can put up with before going bald from grabbing my hair in angst (the this show sucks angst, not the good kind of drama angst).  So be sure to join me for what I assume is going to be one flipping mess of a finale.  We can all get through this if we hold hands and finish together.

Til next week, 
Kmuse

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Gap Dong Episode 17 - Stupidity Abounds

I swear that from now on I am just going to keep my blogging mouth shut.  Every time I mention a concept that I don't like, whether I am serious or as a joke, the writers seem to take it as a challenge.  Remember last week how I mentioned that I am not a fan of the whole psychological/redemption mumbo jumbo?  Well I think the writers were offended and decided to force me to watch a whole episode filled with that concept.  We still have a week to go and I just want this show to be over, or maybe murdered in a huge mass suicide pact.  At least then it would have a happy ending.

Gap Dong Episode 16 - Intergations and Nunchucks

I just don't understand the theory "everyone can find redemption" ideal that seems to be prevalent in Korean dramas (or if it is not that, then they go the other direction that everyone related to you including your dog should die because of your sins concept) it is such a culture of extremes.  I don't know if it is because I am an American so have a cultural disconnect, or if I am maybe not empathetic enough, but in my opinion if someone killed 9 people then they need to be persecuted for it, end of discussion.  There is no trying to reason with them and make them reflect upon their sins before they are brought to justice.  No, you just arrest them (if you can) and they suffer for what they did.  I don't see the need for a heart to heart with the killers.  Why?  Is it going to change anything?  Get over yourself and just do your job.  I don't want a cop that wants to empathize with the criminals and I think this is one of the biggest problems I have with Moo Yeom as a character. Whether it is a pickpocket, or a serial killer, he wants to understand them and somehow fix them.  This is not a bad trait, per say, but when it comes to a crime thriller, I don't really want to deal with this.  I just want less chatting about life choices and more action.

Detective Gap Dong rejects Moo Yeom's suggestion that he turn himself in in order to be redeemed and free of the guilt (WOW, what a shocker), and is arrested.  When he protests that the statute of limitations has already passed (even if he was Gap Dong) they have no reason to hold him.  Moo Yeom replies that they are arresting him because he is a "menace to the public" instead.  Hmmm maybe my annoying neighbor who lives down the street and plays his music to loud is a serial killer and can be arrested as a "menace to the public".  Weak reasoning on the part of the cops with this one.

It's always the little things that seem to screw over the criminals.  In this case it is the double passports that DGD (Detective Gap Dong) possesses.   One of the loopholes to the statute of limitations is if the suspect had left the country for a certain number of days it is as if he was fleeing persecution.  Due to being a few days short, this originally did not relate to Detective Gap Dong, but the discovery of a 2nd passport under a different name, fixed that.  Or it would have, if they had not still been 8 days short.  So close, yet so far away from success.

"How can you work with the mentally ill, when you are ill yourself?"  Tae Oh says what we have all been wondering for weeks?  How is Dr Maria qualified to work with anyone (mentally ill or not) when she needs so much therapy herself.  Tae Oh questions her abilities when she gives him a diagnosis labeling him as normal (hmmmm even an unqualified blogger like myself would be wondering about that one).  He adds another layer of doubt when he questions her ability to see anything, especially when she thinks that the chief is Gap Dong.  After all, a killer can recognize another killer.  At least we can thank Dr Maria for bringing back the fight within Tae Oh.  Before this he had been timid and confused (which personally was annoying me) but it looks like badass khottie killer is back!  At least for now.

I really enjoyed the interrogation scene between DGD and Moo Yeom for the most part.  It was properly intense, valid questions were asked (although I notice that it was a lot of talking on Moo Yeom's part with only eye twitches from our killer), and proper procedure was being upheld (no beatings and or improper use of hammers involved).  But I should have known it was to good to last.  It was only a matter of time til Moo Yeom brought out the nunchucks.  HEHEHEHE  I swear he is like a magician that can magically make nunchucks appear at a moments notice.  He tells DGD that he should just finish things now and commit a 10th murder and go to jail.  Placing the nunchucks beside his hand, Moo Yeom taunts him trying to instigate an attack.  DGD just looks at him and pushes the nunchucks back, telling him to stop joking.

Tae Oh lures our ditzy teen, Ji Wool,  to meet with him.  Cranky and sick of dealing with his games, she puts on a tough facade and denies him his plea to help him emotionally.  At this point I am not sure if he was actually sincere in his request, or just using her to push buttons.  Either way he sure pushed Dr Maria's buttons, which resulted in her hurling death threats and practically frothing at the mouth with rage.  He correctly guesses that she must associate Ji Wool with her dead friend and continues to taunt til she storms out of his cell.  Yet another breech in ethics since I am pretty sure you are not supposed to threaten to murder your patients. 

She obviously has not calmed down when she begins her interrogation of DGD (is it normal to have victims be part of an investigation?  Especially when they are not part of the police department).  Instead of being able to get him to admit anything, she instead ends up looking like an emotionally crippled crazy girl.  I suspect I would feel a lot more for this scene if Dr Maria had not spent the last 16 episode driving me crazy with her stupid antics and overly large doe expressions.  Whatever the case, chalk one up for DGD, and sign up Dr Maria for some therapy sessions because one of the two obviously has some mental problems.... and I am not sure if it is the serial killer.

I am pretty sure that identification by touching one's hands is still not a legally accepted.  I can't believe that they are expecting us to buy into the idea that Crazy Dr Maria can remember exactly how the killers hands felt (especially when she could not remember his face) and then identify so said hands twenty years later.  I don't know about you, but my hands are a far cry from the way they were twenty years ago.  It is one of those things that changes with age.  But recognize him he does and then he taunts her asking "how did you win rock, paper, scissors?" with a smirk.  This sends the unstable ditz off her rocker again as she attempts to strangle him.  It is at this point that I am wishing that someone would just put this girl in a corner and give her a timeout.  Preferably for the last four episodes of the show.

But nope, instead of a time out, we have to suffer through her poor acting for a while longer.  Showing her adeptness at poor decision making skills, Dr Maria decides that it is the perfect time for to go back to work.  And in the non-sane state that she is in, she goes to visit Tae Oh, because that is just the smartest thing to do right now.  She tells him that she has the ability to get him out of this jail (Really?  You can turn back time from before he confessed to seven murders?) or put him on death row depending on what he does for her.  He asks what she wants and she replies that she wants him to rip out his hero's throat for her.  Is he going to spend all his day's as a pathetic copycat?  Again, if this character had not spent the last 16 episodes being so so so annoying I would have applauded this twist.  We get a tough killer Tae Oh back, and Dr Maria does something somewhat interesting.  However, since I have my "don't agree with anything this stupid girl does" rule in play, I have to suspect that somehow this is just going to turn into another annoying Dr Maria stunt.  To bad, since this is the first time I have found her interesting, in forever.

I have to admit that when Dr Han piped up that he was an accomplice in the 4th murder, I screamed at my TV.  WHAT THE HECK WRITERS!  Stop throwing in killers!  But the sacrificing of himself in order to keep DGD locked up was actually pretty smart.   By outing himself as an accomplice (there were two DNA samples found at the crime scene) he is able to keep the investigation going, where without his confession, DGD would have been released.  Add to that the fact that he had been out of the country for several years (which is added onto DGD's days out of country) and the statute of limitations law is revoked.    They can now officially arrest DGD.  Sorry writers for my wish that the kdrama gods would strike you down.  I rescind that wish.....at least for now.

Random Thoughts

My favorite line of the episode was when Moo Yeom said "I might have died if it was not for my nunchucks".  Oh writers, how you delight me with your nunchuck flavored wit.  Can I suggest that for your next project you do a drama about the love between a boy and his nunchucks?  I promise to tune in.

This concludes a solid episode for this un-solid drama.  I really enjoyed seeing how the writers were able to utilize the police procedures to actually be successful for once.  I have gotten so used to the cops being bumbling idiots, that it is almost a shock to see things going in their favor.  However with four episodes left and the penchant for these writers to take things in weird directions, I suspect we still have some killing left to do.  Because let's all admit that we kind of want to see Dr Maria killed off about now.

Kmuse

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