Falling Apart

Woo-Jin meets the Professor, who bumps into her car and then offers to take her out for coffee. He invites her along to his coffee shop, which happens to be Café Ciao Bella. Of course, this is a nod to the original series. And it is, of course, a deliberate ploy to bring Inspector Seon into his plan.

Woo-Jin wakes up in the hospital to find his mother and Professor waiting for him. He remembers that he was trying to save the girl when she passed out, and he’s grateful that she’s okay. ..

The Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation Summit is scheduled to take place in the near future, but the various officials are fuming after Berlin and Seoul’s antics last episode. The news continue to report that all of this was done to impede the summit. Kim Sangman is expected to drop a lot in approval points with the public as a result, but he’s confident that those on the inside will cave at some point.

Berlin gives a speech inside The Mint, pointing out that the officials are the real thieves and at 3pm tomorrow he’s going to release all the hostages unless they choose to stay voluntarily. Sangman sees through this and believes it’s a ruse to communicate with their guys on the outside and as such, they decide to double up the security for the upcoming Summit.

The Professor is concerned that plans are changing more rapidly than he’s foreseen, but inside the Mint, Berlin makes good on his promise and shows off the bags of money he has, promising them all that this is real and if they choose to stay, they’ll be able to get their hands on the money. The Director is completely shot down from his suggestion that it’s all a ruse.

The Professor was banking on this though, and flashbacks show that he wanted the hostages on their side, otherwise they easily could have rebelled and revolted against them. If a hostage does choose to go for the money, they’ll be on their side and as such, there’s no way they’d jeopardize the mission. It’s essentially a bribe disguised as liberation.

Denver has been in a relationship with Mi-Sun for a few months now, and while they enjoy each others company, he’s warning her not to take the relationship too far. He believes that if Denver stays in Moscow, she’ll be conflicted and unsure of how to move forward. Berlin is also not much help either, prompting Denver to decide to break things off with Mi-Sun. Mi-Sun is shocked and heartbroken when she leaves the room.

Woo-Jin and the Professor meet outside the Mint. Woo-Jin tells the Professor that she is off the case and knows that he saved her in the street. The Professor admits that his feelings are real for her, but Woo-Jin catches him off-guard. They hug each other after their confession.

The Professor’s father had dementia too, which explains why he had such trouble harming Woo-Jin’s mother. After regaining Woo-Jin’s trust and solidifying their ties together, everything is back to how it was before. When Woo-Jin leaves, she gets stuck on the Professor’s words “dementia too.” She speaks to her mother and realizes that the old lady actually saw the Professor outside that night with Captain Cha.

Woo-Jin manages to piece together that this whole charade of meeting Sungho has been connected and she knows the true identity of the Professor now.

Tokyo’s part of the plan is about to begin. The Professor heads back to HQ, where Tokyo is given a package to give to Berlin on the inside. Sangman’s communications cut out midway through the transmission, and this is all part of his plan. The big moment arrives for Tokyo to make her grand re-entry, complete with a motorcycle charging for the main entrance. ..

A sniper is told to make the shot regardless of the other hostages (where were they during Berlin’s death-defying leap at night?!) but they end up hitting the numerous drones around her. As a result, Tokyo is back inside, some of the hostages are gone who don’t want to be there, and Berlin gets his package too.

As the skirmish between Moscow and Denver unfolds, it is revealed that the Russian gunman has been shot and killed. Mi-Sun and Denver discuss what happened, with Mi-Sun encouraging Moscow to apologize to his father.

Captain Cha breaks his wrist and fingers in order to free himself from the cuffs, and in doing so charges away from the Counter-terrorism group who show up to track him down. Unfortunately, he steps out in front of a car that knocks him down.

Meanwhile, Woo-Jin learns the truth about the Professor’s upbringing and, more specifically, his ties to North Korea. At the same time, Tokyo brings the group together and warns that the Summit has been pushed up and they need to get out of there by tomorrow. ..

The Episode Review

The Money Heist series in Korea continues to be a hit, with the same plot points and slow mo. The addition of those drones is a nice touch, but ultimately we know where the story is going. Unless the creators decide to inject this one with some new and interesting plot points, of course.

The episode is okay overall, with twists and turns abound but again, the narrative is largely the same so anyone who has seen the Spanish version will already know where this one’s going.

This is an enjoyable watch and the final two episodes leave everything wide open for where this may go next.