Planting Doubts
Captain Cha is a ruthless leader who has dedicated his life to the Korea divide. He has a team of killers who make quick work of anyone who tries to cross him. But when he pulls out a knife, they are too quick for him and he is left for dead. Everything Cha has dedicated his life to has turned into ash as North and South Korea joined together.
Sun Woo-Jin is confident that she’s going to put a stop to everything, but the Professor ignores her call. Cha Moohyuk greets the Professor and tells him that he’s been waiting for him. The Professor ignores him and continues to talk on his phone. ..
Captain Cha leaves the lab, but he does so with a tool from the Professor’s worktable. He intends to run the fingerprints and check if they’re a match.
Inside the Nairobi Mint, a group of people continue to make bank notes. However, there is a rebellion growing among those who have been captured. Director Jo is inevitably at the front and center of this. Given the Ambassador’s daughter is inside the Mint too, it raises the stakes considerably for government officials, who are desperate to resolve this as quickly as possible. However, they can’t use force and risk her being killed. ..
The Ambassador raises the stakes by deciding to grant immunity to anyone inside the Mint who is willing to help them. Our group brush off the news report, confident that no one can be compromised or buckle this way. The Professor though tells them all to remain vigilant, and tasks Rio with a separate mission, given he’s still hacking Cha Moohyuk’s phone.
Woo-Jin brings her worries about the money to Kim Sang-Man, and he shrugs it off, hinting that he actually has someone on the inside about to sneak Anne Kim out. She pleads with him to call it off, worried that they could end up getting a lot of people killed but he smirks in a way that seems like he has an alternate plan. ..
The Professor is so fooled by Woo-Jin that he allows her to take the bomb and escape with it. The Professor knows that Woo-Jin is lying, but he doesn’t know how to stop her. He’s too trusting and he’s going to be punished for it.
Nairobi saves Helsinki from an explosion that rocks the hallway. So what happened? Well, Helsinki found one of the masks, which allowed Anne to sneak away. The latter received a note telling her to meet by the vault, which was rigged to blow.
Captain Cha has been monitoring the robbery and knows that Kim Sangman is trying to contact the robbers. He wants to know what he wants, and he’s not going to let Rio get in the way.
Detective Lee arrives at the lab and tries to arrest the professor. Given Cha’s history with North Korea and his current suspicions about the Professor, it’s a neat idea to throw them off the scent. Moohyuk locks himself in the lab and prints out the fingerprint results as quickly as he can, simultaneously trying to keep the door shut.
Moohyuk is clever and cunning, he manages to get away and runs off with details that Park Sunho is the Professor. Out in the parking lot he rings his contact, and eventually heads over to see Woo-Jin’s mother. Thankfully, the Professor gets there first and injects a tranquilizer into his leg, knocking him out. He hurriedly puts him in the trunk of his car and sneaks into Woo-Jin’s mother’s house. The Professor knows he needs to stop her from speaking the truth, but of course given she has a bad memory, she completely forgets why she was ringing and the Professor is saved from making a horrific choice.
Inside the Mint, Anne manages to sweet talk her way into being on the lunch team of hostages. While making their food, she slips a note into the food, intending to communicate with the others. At the same time, the Director sneaks a gun into the toilets, hiding it in the basin. The hostages are getting stronger and it seems like it’s only a matter of time before they properly strike back. ..
Meanwhile, the Professor heads home and finds Woo-Jin there waiting. She’s grown suspicious of him and demands to be taken upstairs so she can see what else he may be hiding. Specifically, to the workroom. With a gun to his back, the Professor leads the way. The place is completely empty and Woo-Jin apologizes, pointing out that she received intel from Moohyuk and was suspicious. The Professor plays the part well, acting heartbroken when, to be honest, he kinda is a bit–especially if the narration from Tokyo over the top is anything to go by. ..
As the episode ends, Woo-Jin gives the command for all electricity to be cut in the Mint. Just as the lights go out, the hostages strike back.
The Episode Review
The story has its perks and a few unique, original elements, but much like before the narrative is largely following what happened in the original Spanish version. While there’s nothing wrong with that, it’s not exactly lighting the world on fire, given how soon this series has come out next to the original. ..
The acting is great all around though and it’ll be interesting to see exactly who the traitor is among this lot and if it differs from the original tale. Either way though, the second part wastes absolutely no time getting back into the thick of the action and it’s anyone’s guess exactly what will happen next. ..
