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You’re All Surrounded: Episode 5

Despite our hero’s attempts to remain a cold fish, the team starts to gel in its own bumbling way when a case becomes more important than petty arguments. Pan-seok starts to show a softer side that recalls a glimmer of the young earnest detective he once was, and in turn the rookies start to show a more capable side and prove that they can come through. And us? Why we get rewarded with nekkid shenanigans of course.

 
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EPISODE 5: “Sometimes you embrace and live!”

In his room, Dae-gu replays the phone call between Pan-seok and Combat Boots over and over in his head. Pan-seok asks if he’s back for good, and Combat Boots wants to meet.

Dae-gu gets a call from his accomplice S, and swears up and down that he would never forget that man’s voice, whether it had been eleven years or a hundred and eleven—it’s his mother’s killer, and he’s back in the country.

Dae-gu vows to watch Pan-seok around the clock to make sure he doesn’t miss any suspicious activity, and watches the live feed from the spy cam inside Pan-seok’s apartment.

But his spy session is quickly interrupted when his roommates come bursting into the apartment with Soo-sun in tow. He tries to shush them, but Soo-sun just comes running up to Dae-gu with her arms outstretched. He rebuffs her with a finger to the forehead, heh.

She’s amazed that their place is so nice, which it isn’t, except compared to her tiny gosiwon room. Her eyes light up when she hears that they even have two rooms and that Dae-gu has his bedroom all to himself, but he blocks her from trying to take a peek inside.

She launches into her sales pitch about how great it would be for them to have a roommate who can cook, but Dae-gu shuts her down cold. But she promised smoothies and everything!

Many beers later, the whole group is reliving their (self-proclaimed) heroism during the hostage situation and how great it was to actually do something right on purpose for once.

Soo-sun asks if anyone else felt this way when they were launching at the perp all together and wrestling him to the ground—this thumping she felt in her chest, at first from being out of breath, and then from sheer excitement.

She wonders which it was, and looks around the room to see all three boys dozing off. She murmurs quietly, “I think I may have finally found the work that makes my heart race.” She closes her eyes too, and then Dae-gu opens his to gaze at her.

In the morning, Dae-gu takes a shower and mulls over what Soo-sun said. The others are still strewn around the living room asleep, and Soo-sun stumbles up to head to the bathroom. You mean the bathroom where Dae-gu is currently nekkid?

He beats her to it and comes out shirtless and drying his hair, when Soo-sun walks smack into his chest, lips first. HEE.

He stands there frozen while she’s basically kissing his chest, and then when she disengages, she says the most hilarious thing: “Mmmm, strawberry? Do you use strawberry-flavored body wash?” Pwahahaha.

She continues to shuffle towards the bathroom like nothing happened, and Dae-gu finally stops being shocked long enough to drag her by the collar and shove her out the front door. He’d be clutching his pearls if he weren’t naked from the waist up.

On a different, less hungover morning, Soo-sun wakes up in a tent on what looks like the roof of their precinct. Dude, you’re living in a tent? She washes up in the bathroom at work and checks out her newly shorn hair.

Dae-gu goes on a stakeout at Pan-seok’s house, and follows him out that morning. But instead of going somewhere shady, Pan-seok goes to see Sa-kyung.

He happens to witness the embarrassing confrontation at her door where she rejects the young man who’s been waiting outside for her all night. She tells him coldly that she was just having fun and he’s taking this way too seriously.

She then sees Pan-seok waiting for her at the elevator, and he joins her. Around the corner, Dae-gu is clearly shocked that they’re romantically involved. In the elevator, Pan-seok asks how old that kid was and if she’s going to keep living this way. She points out that it’s his fault.

At the precinct, the missing persons team gets moved into the pit with the other detectives and Gook asks Eung-do about the backstory on Pan-seok and Sa-kyung and why they got divorced.

That’s news to Dae-gu and Soo-sun, but then the conversation comes to a screeching halt when the guys see Soo-sun’s short hair. Eung-do compliments her and says she’s pretty no matter what length her hair is, while Gook looks totally smitten, suddenly seeing her in an angelic backlit haze.

Soo-sun wrist-grabs Dae-gu outside to talk, and Dae-gu complains that she changed the only thing about her that he liked. Liar, you think she’s purty. Adorably, it just makes her smile to hear that he liked anything about her.

But her mood turns sour when she hears that he has no intention of apologizing to Pan-seok. She tells him that she was shut out of the team the whole time he was away, and begs him to apologize with her so that she can do this job right: “I want to do a good job, and to do that, I need your apology.”

She says it’s possible that she won’t make it on her own, but she wants to earn the right to quit herself if that time comes and the only way to do that is to try her best till the very end.

She sees him waver for just a split second and goes in for the kill with the most adorable oppa-pout-wiggle that she can manage, only with “partner” instead of oppa. Dae-gu backs away slowly in horror: “If you ever do that again, you’re dead!”

Pan-seok arrives and Soo-sun greets him with an apology. She points out that she’s no longer a longhaired teammate, and that she’ll continue to prove herself to him if he just gives her another chance.

The room fills with silence as everyone turns to Dae-gu to hear his apology. Soo-sun pinches him over and over again as the seconds tick by, and then he finally opens his mouth to give a half-assed, “Sorry about that.”

Still, Pan-seok must realize how much effort it takes for him to say that much, because he seems pleased. He tells the rookies that his instincts are never wrong… but the way they dealt with that hostage situation and saved the students proved him wrong, fair and square.

He says it like it’s the first time he’s trying out new words: “Goood… Job.” He even smiles a little.

That night they go to a department celebration where Chief Kang toasts to a job well done by the rookies. The MC even gets Pan-seok up to the stage to sing karaoke, and the rookies join him and Eung-do as they do an embarrassing dance.

From elsewhere in the bar, a man complains about the noise and comes sauntering up to Pan-seok with an air of superiority and general assiness. Pan-seok greets him in jondae as Prosecutor Han.

Prosecutor Han clearly belittles cops as a blanket rule, since he doesn’t even bother to appear respectful of Chief Kang. He tells Pan-seok to go fetch him a blood sample for a case right this minute, probably because he gets off on throwing his weight around, and he’s a killjoy who hates puppies. Or something.

Pan-seok counters that the victim he’s talking about committed suicide, but Prosecutor Han refuses to back down on the stupid errand. Pan-seok grits his teeth and says politely that he’ll go, and Eung-do and the rookies follow him out.

As they go to the hospital morgue to retrieve the blood sample, Soo-sun narrates that on the first day she was praised by the legendary Seo Pan-seok, she also saw him brought back down to earth, much like realizing as a child for the first time that your dad isn’t Superman.

Tae-il tells them that Pan-seok and Prosecutor Han went to school together but basically clash over every case they have to work together. The team parts ways at the hospital, and Soo-sun drags Dae-gu away to go see their stalker stabbing victim.

She’s on the mend and greets them with a smile, and tells them she feels bad because they keep coming to visit all the time, showing them the stacks of cakes that Pan-seok has brought her every single day since the incident. Aw.

Soo-sun continues her narration: “But even without a red cape and blue tights, Superman is Superman, and Seo Pan-seok is Seo Pan-seok.”

Sa-kyung gets called back into the precinct that night for a missing child case, but as she retraces the boy’s steps with her team, she gets the sinking feeling that it won’t end well. She finds fresh skid marks on a bridge and on a hunch, decides to search the ravine down below.

It goes from bad to worse when she finds the little boy unconscious and lying in a pool of blood. She carries him in her arms to the hospital, but he dies in the emergency room. Augh, but he’s so tiny. Sa-kyung can’t contain her tears.

By the morning, it’s Pan-seok’s case, now a suspected hit-and-run manslaughter. Based on the tire treads and traffic cam footage, they manage to narrow the list of suspects down to a handful of people who own a luxury import car.

At the top of their list is a particularly assy rich douchebag, who’s screaming at his chauffer when the detectives arrive to question him. Dae-gu takes the lead and tells him they’re here to ask if he knows anything about a hit and run last night.

The guy dismisses them like he’s too important to be spoken to by people of low social standing. When Soo-sun steps up to try and stop him from getting into his car, he has the gall to call her a bitch and then asks if she’s the kid’s mother here to get paid.

Soo-sun is stunned speechless, but Pan-seok catches the very important clue that none of them ever mentioned that the hit-and-run victim was a child—that means that he must’ve been the driver. The guy challenges them to prove it and drives off.

Gook finds that the suspect’s car wasn’t brought in for repairs, though he does think that the body shop is hiding something. Pan-seok decides to go to Prosecutor Han to put their suspect on the no-fly list for now, just in case he tries to bolt.

Dae-gu uses the opportunity to sneak into Pan-seok’s apartment, but Pan-seok drops by unexpectedly to pick up his cell phones. He stops to open the closet and grab something out of a box, which is just inches away from where Dae-gu is hiding.

Prosecutor Han tells someone over the phone that they should send the hit-and-run suspect out of the country because he can’t exactly risk his career to let him off the hook. Two seconds later Pan-seok comes by to request the overseas flight restriction, and of course Prosecutor Han just waves it off without even reading it.

He busies Pan-seok and Eung-do with useless tasks, and Pan-seok finally drops the formalities and lights into Prosecutor Han. Eung-do holds him back and urges him to calm down, and Pan-seok spits back that he can’t abandon his kids and walk away, so he hopes that the refusal to even glance at the no-flight request isn’t what he thinks it is.

The rookies sit at their desks chasing down different angles on the car repairs, and Dae-gu spends a moment gazing at Soo-sun’s pursed lips, which of course sends him back to their morning collision. He pounds his chest where she kissed it, like he’s trying to rid himself of the sensation.

Behind them, the child’s divorced parents arrive at the station and start blaming each other for what happened to their son. Sa-kyung grows increasingly agitated by their conversation, and finally has an outburst directed at the mother for neglecting her son and letting this happen.

She screams that she has no right to blame anyone else, and Pan-seok walks in on the scene and tries to stop her. Sa-kyung just turns to him and screams again, “What right do you have?!” It leaves everyone floored.

The rookies wonder if Sa-kyung and Pan-seok experienced something similar, and Tae-il says he heard that they had a son and lost him in a very similar case—Pan-seok was supposed to pick him up from kindergarten but was late because of work, and he died in an accident just like this one.

Sa-kyung takes a moment to collect herself outside, and Chief Kang comes out to check on her, musing that she wondered if Sa-kyung had moved on when she agreed to take the job here. Sa-kyung says that mothers who lose their children hate being asked if they’ve dusted themselves off, as if that loss could just be brushed off like dirt.

Chief Kang just gives her a silent pat on the shoulder and lets Sa-kyung cry it out on her own. Pan-seok goes for a drive and flashes back to the moment he arrived at the hospital and found Sa-kyung cradling their son in her arms.

She wails that mommy’s here, but he’s already gone. Pan-seok’s legs give out and he just crashes to the floor in shock. (He’s notably wearing the same outfit we met him in eleven years ago, but I don’t know how closely the timelines match up yet.)

At home, Pan-seok opens the box he took out earlier that day, and fishes out a toy robot. He hears his son’s voice bragging about how his dad catches the bad guys, and cries for a moment before putting it away and forcing himself to go back to work.

He finds the team sprawled out on their desks, and yells at them to stop being such babies about a few all-nighters. He demands new witnesses and leads, and tells them to search all the footage until they can find just one eyewitness to corroborate their hunch.

He knows they’re all worked to the bone, but he pleads with them not to give up—they might not be able to save this little boy, but they can help make his death not utterly meaningless.

The team puts their noses to the ground, and Dae-gu combs through all the neighborhood CCTV footage to zero in on a few locals who pass the bridge on a daily route at the time in question.

Gook goes through shots sent in from other cars’ black box cameras, and they catch a break with a picture taken of the suspect’s car before he took it into the shop. The headlight is smashed in.

Pan-seok gets sent on more time-wasting errands by Prosecutor Han, but still manages to use every other waking minute scouring the crime scene with a flashlight strapped to his forehead and a broom, like a crazy homeless highway spelunker.

He spends the entire night that way, and then his teammates catch a break when Dae-gu spots one of the potential witnesses on the street. They take the grandpa out to lunch and he tells them he heard a crash and saw the car, but then when he goes to the bathroom, a man in a suit approaches him.

Pan-seok runs into the station and asks where the witness went, and they hang their heads and tell him it makes no sense—the grandpa said he saw everything, then went to the bathroom and came out saying he didn’t remember a thing. Eung-do guesses that it was Prosecutor Han’s doing.

Ever the dogged cop, Pan-seok simply tells them they keep at it until they find someone else, and goes back to his foraging. This time he spends all night searching the ravine, and ignores a request from Prosecutor Han’s office sending him on another evidence run for a different case.

By morning the team calls with the good news that another witness came forward on his own after seeing their public notices. This time the detectives swarm the high-schooler and stick to his side so he can’t change his story.

As Pan-seok gets ready to leave the ravine, he spots a shard of plastic, and then another. He takes out the picture of the car’s headlight after it was smashed in, and it looks like they’re a match.

Pan-seok takes the whole case, from witness accounts to matching headlight pieces—all but the silver platter—and drops it on Prosecutor Han’s desk with a satisfied thud. Thankfully a less corruptible prosecutor is there to look at the case and commends Pan-seok on delivering airtight evidence. Prosecutor Han seethes knowing he’s been outmaneuvered.

The only thing he can do is throw Pan-seok in lockup for disobeying a direct command, which is futile in the grand scheme of things. But Prosecutor Han isn’t above being petty for petty’s sake, and tells Pan-seok he’s messing with the wrong people.

Prosecutor Han: “Don’t you know that above the person who runs is the person who flies?” Pan-seok smiles: “Don’t you know that above the person who flies is the one who’s ardent?”

 
COMMENTS

Pan-seok is such a great character with so many uphill battles to win. There’s something so endearing about his slow but steady collect-all-the-cigarette-butts way of doing things. I laughed when I saw that after eleven years he still goes out into the field with that broom and dustpan like it’s his first day on the job, but it also speaks volumes about how he’s still the same guy at heart. His way of doing things is not particularly smart or efficient, but it’s thorough and dedicated and tireless; most of all, it’s thankless work and though he never puts a name to why he does this, it’s clear that he feels a personal duty to uphold justice at the expense of all else.

It’s hard to imagine him having done anything remotely corrupt in the past when he’s the guy spending the night in the street to go up against the dirty prosecutor. I won’t rule it out completely, but there has to be some other reason why Combat Boots is in contact with him. It WILL make sense, because it has to, because Pan-seok is pretty much the embodiment of everything you want the good guys to be.

His backstory was a surprise, since I expected his divorce with Sa-kyung to be something simpler like his workaholic nature driving them apart. It makes a lot more sense how their rift got to be so vast once we learn that they lost a child, and that they both blame him. Gee, and here I was thinking he carried a lot of remorse for Dae-gu’s mom when that’s just the tip of his iceberg of guilt. It’s amazing that Dae-gu doesn’t see how similar they are, though his perspective is obviously skewed. With Soo-sun idolizing him as Superman, they’ll probably both have a rude awakening when they discover that the real Pan-seok is somewhere in the middle—neither hero nor villain, but just an earnest man.

It wasn’t a particularly action-packed episode, but I like where we are with the characters for the time being. Phase 1 of the Roommate Gambit seems locked and loaded, now that Soo-sun is homeless and angling for an invite to join the boys. I mean, we’ve already got naked bathroom run-ins and accidental kissing collisions, and she hasn’t even moved in yet. I’ll take that as a good sign that roommate privileges will only up the ante with more unexpected surprises. I mean, who knew that strawberry-flavored Eun Dae-gu would be something not gross?

 
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Wow GF! You've got this recapping down to a science. That was pretty fast! Thanks for the recap!

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i can't get over that shower scene in my entire life xD but the story of Seo Pan Suk was pretty tragic its really sad but makes me believe more he wasn't with the evil guyz who killed Eun Dae Gu's mom

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I totally agree with the shower scene haha. When she was walking towards the bathroom with Daegu taking his shower I was expecting her to scream like every other girl in a drama but I was so baffled when she went like "Hmmmm Strawberry?" Laughed so hard at that! :D

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That's the perogative? privilege? of being drunk!

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Puppy really likes strawberries huh??? :-)

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Hahahaha.....LOL so true
And now finally we know about Puppy's favourite flavour....heeeheee
The shower scene was a homerun--included in Seung Gi's best drama scenes.

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YES I root for the bromance (romance sure there ain't a drama with no romance) and Pan Seok is the NICE guy who pretends somemthing else under his cold face is a very warm heart. And the SHOWER-KISS scene I was expecting her been chocked (like all dramas) but she was like : ah u taste like strawberry. I mean girl u're making him edible ( and he already is <3 <3 )

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Holy speedy recaps, Batman! Thanks for being so super-quick, girlfriday! I haven't even watched the episode yet, so I'll go do that first and then come back later to read the recap.

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ditto! :)

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I am so in love with this show...and nekkid roommate shenanigans? Yes, please!!! :-)

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Woah Girlfriday! This has to be the fastest recap yet.

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Still can't believe Seunggi did a shower scene. And someone kissed his chest. Not that I'm complaining!

I really want Soo Sun to move in. She obviously will soon. I just want to know hooow. When she does Dae Gu won't want her move into his room, but I think jealousy will come up and he can't let her move into the other room either. So, it's just going to be great all around. Also love that he's the first to start falling in love (well she was first in the past...) and being aware of her.

Poor Pan-seok. Don't tell me his child died the same day of the case with Dae Gu's mother dying and his disappearance. Now I'm wondering how long things will stay a secret. Dae Gu has gotten away with a lot snooping so far, you'd think he's going to soon get caught.

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my theory is he left his son to go check on poor Dae Gu the night his mom died , and then was on his way to the school when he was called that his son died. so when he was infront of the school he had to ditch to go check on his son. that's how boots knew where Dae Gu was right ? but i jsut can't get the pendant part did Pan Seok drop it maybe ?

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Lulu I totally agree with you because that's what I was thinking. I'm very positive that his son's death and the cause of his divorce is because of that accident ten years ago where sungi's mom was killed. A horrible accident that ties then all together. I can't help but think that Go Ara became a cop because of what she witnessed when she was younger in school, and I have a very strong feeling that SHE is the one who kept the pendant. Because lil sungi dropped it in the school when he was running away from that bad guy, and she was the last one on the scene..just a hunch but it works be interesting to see how the death of his mother brought them all together like that through fate.

Thank you girlfriday for the recap, and can't wait for next episode. :)

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I think you are mistaken. Ji Young/ young DG did not drop the necklace. Combat Boots dropped it. That's why Jiyoung was wondering how it got into CB's possession. The necklace was in the pocket of Jiyoung's jacket, and Jiyoung told PS this over the phone. So he was surprised to see that Combat Boots had it, and hence thought tt PS had relayed this info to Combat Boots n was in cahoots with him.

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Crazyahjumafan you could be right. I would have to go back and rewatch that scene again. But I thought young suengi's character found it when he came from school on the step. Combat boot came back to the house to look for it. However when young suengi was running from him in school...he dropped it in the science lab and that's how I thought it happened. So young suengi dropped it in school, but combat boot never found it in school..(?) And I assumed after that..that go ara's character may have found it herself since she was in school at the time.

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Thank you for the recap GF.
Not gonna lie, I replay the shower scene over and over again. What I love the most about this drama is Seung Gi showing his nekkid body. It's such a treat from him. Hahaha.

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@Osi, don't worry you're not alone.. I just keep on replaying the shower scene..I was surprised that Seunggi seems has no qualms of showing his body right now.. as far as i can remember even in 1n2d he's not like this confidence as showing his body.. First time i seeing him was during the 2009 Hoipe concert, ("chocolate abs" then bathtub scene on K2H and GFB.. now in YAAS He's been spoiling us..not that im complaining >.<

Like GF love where the story is heading..and i just can't wait for ep.6! CSW & Seunggi rocks it! YAAS figthing!

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I've always had a feeling it had something to do with losing their child when I saw that level of hatred Sa Kyung has for Pan Seok and those sad and regretful eyes Pan Seok show when he was slapped (2nd episode?). I'm completely self-projecting, but I think couples can forgive a lot of each other…except when it comes to some tragic thing happening to their child. Ugh…Sa Kyung must've lived daily with that pain. One for losing a child, and second for living with deep hatred towards somebody she must've once loved deeply.

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Yes you're right about Sa Kyung but now I'm starting to feel sorry for PS too, guilt of having indirectly killed his baby, guilt of having indirectly killed DG's mom, deeply hated by someone you loved before, belittled in the workplace by your school mate, now even the killer has come back and planning to torture, I don't know how much can he take until he reaches the boiling point, anyways in other news I'm loving the show and all the cast members esp Seung Gi, Go Ara and CSW.

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I like how Pan-seok just pulls out a roll of kimbap from his jacket pocket and munches on it while holding onto a broom. Yeah I agree while it's mysterious as to why he's in contact with the killer, there's more to the story.

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Well that sure got dark. I remember two weeks ago when I was deciding which show to watch and thought this would be the nice light cop comedy compared to amnesia lawyers, split up brothers, and whatever the hell Doctor Stranger is. How times have changed haha. Still enjoy it though

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"Whatever hell doctor stranger is" Lol ! So true ! :D

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LOL!

Yeah, some dramas make a wide turn mid-course and leave you holding the bag. The amnesia-lawyer drama is actually getting better and better. The script is good, but the understated delivery makes its punches really powerful. Then again, it can suddenly go schizo in the next episode, too.

I don't know if Seunggi is having fun working in this drama. So far, the dark, brooding, avenging hero does not seem to be Seunggi's thing. Instead, he looks like a sullen teenager grounded by his foster parents over his Instagram account. And besieged by a girl with the biggest mouth in school out to get him to be her prom date. AND the teachers are busy waging turf wars on several fronts with each other. Now that is a drama I can enjoy.

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i can't get past seung gi nekkid shenanigans.

i simply an't

is this the same kid from 1n2d who ran away from skin show like a plague? (apart from showering with the hyungs)

and why is pan seok is wearing the same clothes as on the day deagu's mom died?

did that happen on the same day??

this show is getting so much better

and a jealous paranoid seung gi is my favorite, he nails those scenes very well from my girl is a gumiho to k2h , even also in brilliant legacy and lil bit on gu family book

ps girlfryday thanx for the positive and witty recap. some of them out there are buthering the show prematurely though they claim to love seung gi and cha seung won

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Lucky Yoona! :D

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I'm not used to seeing LSG looking so cold and hateful. We all usually see him being super sweet and considerate. I know it's called Acting, but still my eyes can't get used to it. :)

I like Go Ara a while lot, in Reply and now in this.

The rich pretty boy in the group hasn't been given much of anything to do. It's almost like he's just wallpaper. Hope he gets his chance to shine too.

Very few shows surprise me, but this one keeps taking unexpected turns. I thought it was comedy, then it throws in DG's revenge wish against Pan Seok, who might have a connection w the killer. Now we have PA's marriage that crumbled under the burden of their dead child. Enjoy comedy, but appreciate a good drama w comedic elements even more.

During the speech about a young child being robbed of his opportunities, I can't help thinking of the students on the Sewol. May they RIP.

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My hypothesis as to why PS is in contact with the killer: Killer was a detective too. Or maybe just someone invovled in the case ans since he knew how thorough PS can be that's why he said "because is PS I have to find the pendant". Is was obviously and inside job. Dau gu connected the dots as well, he was just off about that insider being PS. Maybe PS figured it out later too who the insider was but by then he would have fled and he's now back? Or maybe PS doesn't know yet that he was the killer and maybe he just called as a collegue or maybe PS is being blackmailed I DUNNO. But one thing is for sure, PS CANT EVER NEVER have been involved in that. Don't even go there, show!!

on another note HOW MUCH DO I LOVE Go Ara in this pwahaha the post shower scene was outrageously hilarious. she doesnt scream, instead she says YUM STRAWBERRY. HAHA Best

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yea, it's possible that ps didn't know combat boots killed deagu's mom just knew was shady because he didn't suspect that they will really kill her or deagu. or maybe he was used for the whole thing and he found out later. he may have screwed up bad than what we already know thats why he didnt want rookies on the job

can't wait for all of it to add up and for the bromance to come when deagu realize that both of them are on the same boat .

if deagu and ps join together they have a better chance to fight the bad guys and how awesome it will be!!!!!!

hope a love traingle won't ruin things between ps and deagu more,these two need to patch up AND start bonding AND be all bromancy ASAP

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The person that killed the female student and, had DG's mom killed is most likely someone in a high political position and with ties to the police. Police corruption seems to be one of the main points in this drama so, I think that the guy that is the former Commissioner (now Assemblyman) and the a- hole prosecutor (maybe was a former cop, maybe PS' old partner?) are most definitely involved in the whole thing. Maybe PS' phone was bugged back then and that's how the killer knew where to find the necklace and DG. The people involved knew that PS was way too dedicated and wouldn't rest until he found some type of evidence. I go as far as saying that the people involved killed his kid in order to break him. The killer was probably PS' main suspect (PS mentioned that the guy left the Country) and since the statute of limitations is about to expire, he feels safe and came back. The first thing he does? Start messing with PS. Oh and I sure hope that DG's informant is not that a-hole prosecutor.

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I think this episode made me really appreciate the kind of detective Pan-seok truly is. His sincerity and dedication towards his work is something that hasn't changed in 11 years, and if there's something I'm sure of; it's the fact that he can't possibly be someone to purposely cause another's death. He'll definitely be one of the biggest reasons why P4 would want to be good cops. Bringing justice to people is as much an honour as it is a duty, and Pan-seok's earnestness will teach them just that.

I'm seriously happy the love line has started. Soo-sun and Dae-gu are adorable together in that they're so opposites in every way possible with just about nothing similar in any shape or form. Seeing them fall for each other would be lots of fun even if I'm admittedly surprised its Dae-gu who's seeing stars first rather than the other way around.

If I have a complaint, then it's probably going to be the weekly-based individual cases. I didn't think they'd go this direction. If the case is interesting, the episode turns out great, if not, then it can get draggy. Up till now, I haven't quite felt that yet. But I'm still hoping they drop the per-episode cases and regularly focus on characters outside work too. Like their growing friendships, group dynamics, living together and stuff like that. I also hope they'd show much more of the love line since all the characters have great energetic chemistry together. I didn't expect Gook to be Dae-gu's competitor, but its cute nonetheless.

Also... Seung-gi is ridiculously hot lol. That kiss had me laughing and blushing at the same time. He was so flustered. I can't wait to see him burn in jealousy when Soo-sun starts crushing on Pan-seok; because that's so happening, right? They wouldn't just make Soo-sun continuously say "Team Leader is such a superman" for nothing now, would they?

P.S. I was so tempted to punch my screen whenever that prosecutor showed his face. Grrr! He's also the bitchy doctor in Angel Eyes who's screwing Dong-joo's mind, isn't he? The actor does villain roles well, because I know I loathe both his characters with equal fervor.

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I haven't read the recap coz i have to watched the ep first but i was speed-scrolling it then stopped at the chest-kissed pic then the shower scene image also. ^_^ nekkid shenanigans everyone? Ha!

Tnx for the recap GF. It was Fast!

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i still can't get over how pan seok promised dae gu's mother that she will be protected as a witness and eventually died with no one protecting her. so much for promises :(

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Oh my gaaaaaaah Go Ara is so lucky...she kissed LSG's chest. *throws jealous fit* LOL. It probably took a lot of convincing for puppy to do shower/nekkid scenes. It's ok puppy were not gonna pounce you like SS did :-)

I love that he's so shy showing his body to everyone.

Anyway, the show is doing really well balancing the comedy and drama.

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go ara is lucky yes, vie versa for seung gi too since it's the very hot go ara.

but man imagine the awkwardness. yoona and go ara are label mates and are like sisters ... wonder how many takes they did and what happened behind the scenes

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but since it is acting I don't think Yoona has a problem with it... she knew he was an actor when she started a relationship with him, people never get that it is acting and the kisses are not real so I don't think there is a problem there.

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um....I also just bought strawberry scented shower gel yesterday. somehow it is not how you picture a dramatic guy with secrets to smell. or is it another one of his...khmm. secrets....

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Your comment made me laugh so hard.

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Gahhhhh, weekend come fast! I've been working round the clock and have managed only 1 episode of this. reading the recaps though and it killing me to not be able to watch.

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Girlfriday, your song choice! LOLOLOLOLLLLL

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OmO....And now I noticed why the "song of the day" name seemed a bit weird.....hahaha

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K dramas are really popular. now Tamil TV channels are dubbed and telecasting the K-drama like BOF. I hope i will see LSG soon in Tamil channels :)

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A fellow Tamilian at dramabeans ! I never thought I would run into one here !

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That partner-pout-wiggle is pretty devastating. I'd back away and try to avoid eye contact, too.

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Thanks GF!!! I love this drama, and Cha Seung-won did a great job here. I don't know if its only me, but Go Ara in this drama makes me remember of her last portrayed in Reply 1994, in a better way, a lot.. Soo-sun character fit her perfectly, or maybe its her 'real' character. Do you remember when she came to Running Man twice?? And its always Jong-kook oppaaaaa :))

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after the mandatory scratching head shower scene (not complaining), i was expecting the usual accidentally opening bathroom door, but that strawberry nekid chess kiss was so hilarious, i literally LOL i woke everybody up.

great writing and greatly executed too. i love those two. their expression were perfect.... :))

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I haaaaaaaaate that assy Prosecutor Han!
You're only a squid compared to tall-built-in-suit Pan Seok ajusshi!!!

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The owner of the Rolls is the same actor who plays the loveable doctor in Wonderful Season, right? The one who is in love with the older sister.

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I had to check back to see if this is true...it does look like him though..but he was so sweet to the sister in Wonderful Season/Days! Hard to imagine him being assy :/

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"we get rewarded with nekkid shenanigans of course"

Not all of us, sadly. As fine a specimen of manliness as LSG is, and there's no doubt about it, this episode proved that Ms. Im is a VERY lucky lady, there are still some members of the audience for YAAS still waiting for the reward of nekkid shenanigans that we know will NEVER come. The ugly spectre of gender discrimination rearing its head again, I'm sure we won't see Soo Seon in any state of undress even remotely comparable. Life is not fair.

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I am finally warming up to the show!

Its got my heart and I care, Pan Seok searching for glass pieces spoke volumes on his character. The pain of losing his child,along with another kid going missing because of his own fault ? His guilt ratio must be quite high. It works or not, you keep doing your best.

But one thing am missing from the show,I want more. More character interactions , there is so much story happening that character moments and discovery are being missed. I can see they have a plan to tell the story, but attachment to characters better be early than late !

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As an Airen I waited FOREVER for that shower scene!!! Thank God oppa has decided to grace us with his strawberry flavored body ;)

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Ladies on this site. Mark my words. This AFTER (he got out of the shower at the time she run into him, and was walking in the living room) shower scene is of historical proportions. I don't remember anything like that in ANY of the 200 dramas I watched. Brilliant!! With one pen stroke (or camera close up) the writers fulfilled the longest held fantasy of all ladies (let's face it- we wanted to do the same while watching ALL these, otherwise useless, steam producing clean muscular torso scenes) out there, and they knew it. We now moved to a new era - smelling the freshly showered hero of our dreams. Better than 3D. :)

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Wow. What a super fast recap!! Thanks GF for the superb recap..

about our OTP though..
I admit they'd make a cute couple, but I just can't deny that I always think what would Yoona think when she saw their scenes.. LOL..

by the way, will there be a God's Quiz first impression recap? :D I haven't watched any season of the series, but the fact that it makes it to the fourth series must mean something right? Hehe.

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BTW: The you-lost-our-child theme came from 2009 movie Secret with Cha Seung Won playing detective in it as well. Good movie.

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need to watched subbed version asap!!
thanks for the recap, GF! you're really fast! :D

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I have a feeling that they killed Pan-Seok son in order to try and take control over him and the case with Dae-Gu mother. That's just my thought.
I can't to see how it unfolds. I really don't think that Pan-Seok is a bad cop or guy and I hope this misunderstanding doesn't wait until the end of the drama to fix itself. My 50 million question is why is the man that killed Dae-Gu mother is calling him?

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I was much happier with the involvment of the two older cops this episode. The newbie were working with them and under supervision. And it turned out to be an effective way to investigate. Yay teamwork! More please.

I know it is on purpose, but it is still funny how PS is the dad, the other cop is the mom, and the rookies are actually called 'my kids' in the show. It feels warm.

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Prosecutor Han: “Don’t you know that above the person who runs is the person who flies?”

Pan-seok smiles: “Don’t you know that above the person who flies is the one who’s ardent?”

Me: What's ARDENT??? :D

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That's not short hair: I keep mine that length and I still need to tie it for working out or even just concentrating on work.

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this Prosecutor Han actor seems to be everywhere these days? does he really want to be stereotyped as a villian?

anyway, i am liking this drama more and more and more... and i am liking LSG more and more and more too!!

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this ep was so sad T^T

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Is that Ho Gook I spot as the rich douche's driver? Something in his expression makes me think he's hiding something (after watching GG14D, I'm suspicious of everyone/everything).

I can't even look directly at the screen when Prosecutor Han appears because I am seething so much. I hope Pan Seok gets to deliver a kick to his stomach soon (literally or figuratively, just as long as one of them happens).

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I can’t get over the ‘strawberry scene’…! It’s a LOL! I like the way SooSun reacted to the kissing-chest incident. I was expecting she would yell her heart loud or something like that. Her reaction is so guiltless and cute! I like her character so much! On the other hand, DaeGu is just a wow! I’m speechless…! At least now he get to see SooSun as a woman and he also can’t get over it! 

Who cares about the ratings anyway??? As long as WE enjoy the show and continue to love the P4, I think that makes YAAS a BIG HIT.

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Aaargh! That jerkass chaebol's son who is guilty of the hit-n-run is the same actor who plays the sweet doctor who is pursuing Dong Ok in Wonderful Season/Days weekend KBS drama! Good actor.

THANKS for thhe recap. Am enjoying the series very much.

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I got to see some nekkid badeh. Ahaha not that I expected it. strawberry body wash? That's..sweet. I always wondered by Pan Seok has an air of guilt whenever he's around Sa kyung. Now I know why. I can't imagine how hard it is for Sa kyung to live everyday missing your child and to see the person you love and blamed at the same time.

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I don't know if I was the only one thinking this, but who leaves a child unattended for thirty minutes outside? I mean, what kind of teacher does that?? Sometimes if the situation calls for it, the parent might be late picking up their child and therefore it's the teacher's responsibility to look after said child until the parent picks them up. If anything I'd be pissed at the teacher in charge.

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Aigooo.. Liking the nekkid scene and lips-on-the-chest-moment so so mucchhhh!! Seung-gi never fails. Saranghae, oppa. <3

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