Sixes and Sevens
Hui-Wu is at a loss. He’s tried to get involved in the protests, but he can’t seem to make a dent. He knows that if he gets too involved, he could get in trouble. So Hui-Wu decides to stay home and watch from his house.
Tae-Seob, a politician, is trying to climb the Blue House ladder in order to become President. He is stopped by Hee-Woo, who realizes that this timeline is different from his own. This makes Tae-Seob’s job harder because he does not know how to deal with this change. ..
The prosecutor is Hui-Wu. He’s first assigned to work on a case involving Mr. Park, a man who tells the police he didn’t commit a crime. The prosecutor is determined to find out the truth and prove that Mr. Park did not do what he’s accused of.
His son, Park Sang-Man is distraught as his father is taken away. The case itself goes on for a long time but Hui-Wu convinces Sang-Man to keep his head down and work hard. Hui-Wu is going to try and help prove his innocence but that’s going to take a long time. Not wanting Sang-Man to go through 10 years of hell, Hui-Wu speeds things up, obtaining the evidence himself.
Despite everything pointing to Mr Park being the culprit, the clothes he wore that day don’t have any bloodstains on them. This would point to a big hole in the police’s investigation, which Hui-Wu confirms when he brings the man’s clothes to Prosecutor Jang.
Hong In-Pyo’s wife has been talking about killing him and now they have proof to confirm it. She killed him that night, in a bid to try and get rich as she was having an affair with another man. He’s the one who actually spilled the truth to the police, something helped by Hui-Wu encouraging Jang to bring him in for questioning.
In-Pyo’s wife saw an opportunity to frame Mr Park, having earlier witnessed him confronting In-Pyo. He goaded Park to stab him but Mr Park walked away instead, dropping the knife on the floor. This allowed his wife to jump in and take full advantage of this. Thankfully, she was arrested. ..
Prosecutor Jang is a little suspicious of Hui-Wu’s perfect methods, given he managed to predict all of this perfectly and help give his career a jolt. Still, he’s snapped out of this by Kim Seok-Hoon, who greets him in the hallway and confirms that there are great expectations on him now.
With the case wrapped up and Han-Mi able to spend more time with her family now, Sang-Min heads off to wish Han-Mi good luck before her exams. After, she brings the results to Sang-Man and it turns out she’s passed. It’s worth pointing out here that Sang-Man has also passed too.
Han-Mi, a high school student, applies to universities and is accepted to a women’s college for English studies. However, her older brother calls and tells her that she can only attend because he has connections at the men’s college she applied to. Han-Mi though wants to study journalism. ..
That night, Hui-Wu’s parents brought him the sobering news that he had been drafted into the military. Of course, this was compulsory in Korea but for Hui-Wu, this was technically the second time he needed to do this. What a bummer. Hui-Wu headed back to see Woo Yong-Soo and tasked him with handling his money while he was gone. ..
On the eve of him leaving, Hui-Wu reflects on how he’s been changing everyone’s lives; all the people closest to him have seen their lives made better. Even Tae-Seob’s is changing too, which makes for an enticing match up between the pair.
After saying goodbye to everyone (and all the girls in his life!) we cut forward 7 years later. Hui-Wu has completed his military training, finished studying and passed the bar exam to become the top rated prosecutor. They’ve never seen anyone complete this so fast. Hui-Wu is finally back.
Hui-Wu is assigned to work on the Gangwon District Prosecutors’ Office’s criminal cases unit. His colleague, who is also a prosecutor, asks him to look into all the cases that have come back as inconclusive in the past six months. The reason for these inconclusive findings could be corruption within the police department, but Hui-Wu isn’t sure. He wants to find out more about what’s going on and whether or not he can help bring justice to the victims.
Sang-Man and Woo Yong-Soo have been working together for a while now, despite Woo’s initial rudeness. The two have a close relationship, despite their differences. They’re only temporary though, as Hui-Wu brings Sang-Man with him to visit the gang. They’re running their own illegal gambling business, taking place in the seedy underbelly of these venues.
Hui-Wu came to the casino with a large sum of money ready to gamble, but each time he tried to call out a bluff, he would lose. He decided to put all his money on seven, but when he called out the number, it would only go back to six. This was part of his master plan and Hui-Wu was able to lose every time.
Do Ah-Jin meets Hui-Wu the following day, courtesy of a number and a note reading “I have something to say.” While together, Hui-Wu wants her to give information on the Yuchae gang and believes they should work together in order to wipe them out. Unfortunately the police aren’t going to help, leaving Hui-Wu alone to tackle the gang himself.
Sang-Man shuts off the lights, allowing Hui-Wu to gain the advantage. When he shows up at the billiards hall, he ends up fighting with them all, managing to gain the advantage and take out the goons out, one at a time. Sang-Man and Investigator Oh are shocked, but thanks to Ah-Jin’s intel, Hui-Wu even manages to gain the ledgers and documents needed to incriminate all of the gang.
Lee Yeon-Seok, a prominent member of the gang, shows up and begins fighting with Hui-Wu. Hui-Wu knows that if he’s left behind he’ll become the most prominent fist in the country. He refuses to leave him to that fate so he gives him a stiff kick to the face and decides to recruit him as Sang-Man’s security instead, playing on their side this time.
As the episode ends, the head prosecutor comes storming into the room, marches up to Hui-Wu and slaps him in the face.
The Episode Review
The first part of the episode essentially works to show that the more Hui-Wu progresses with his life and gaining in power and strength, so too is Tae-Seob, as these two are on parallel lines ready to absolutely decimate each other later on in the show. ..
This time around, the series focuses more on the drama involving Hui-Wu’s career and this case involving the gang.
The episode starts with Hui-Wu gaining more influence, with Sang-Man and “elder” by his side. This is a nice touch and I imagine that will continue throughout the episode. I would imagine Hui-Wu will need a whole team to fight against Tae-Seob, which sets up quite the showdown to come!
