The Escape Plan
The group is gathered as they prepare for D-Day. There are celebrations abound, including drinking and smoking, along with some karaoke too. Just like the Spanish version, only with the added bitterness of soju!
Nairobi is rejected by the Professor in her drunken state so instead she shares a touching moment with both Helsinki and Oslo. The Professor is so drunk that she can’t even remember which city she rejected, but she shares a touching moment with both Helsinki and Oslo in order to show her appreciation.
As the hostages run towards the exit, they are met with a determined Chulwoo. He starts to fight Helsinki, but eventually succumbs and is killed. The hostages are then able to escape and return home.
Nairobi and the Professor’s team head for the backdoor, just in time too as Helsinki is choked out. However, that door is rigged to blow if they step near it.
The Professor’s team, including a conscious Helsinki, arrives to find the hostages trying to escape and proceeds to spray the office with bullets, destroying the computers on the desk and hurrying out the room. While Rio is still alive, it appears communication is all completely down.
In the basement, a taskforce head in with riot shields and prompting a big firefight to take place. The Professor’s team are outnumbered and don’t have enough guns to go around, but Nairobi gives them a height advantage, spraying bullets from the balcony, while Berlin manages to topple over a large shelf, forcing them out.
As the hostages scramble up the stairs, they are met with a chaotic scene. Many of them jump down and manage to make it to safety. Just as Anne looks set to jump, Berlin intervenes and grabs her, pulling the pair back up. With the situation back under control, only half of hostages manage to escape, while the other half are still inside.
Back in the Mint, Helsinki is shocked to learn his brother has passed away, while the remaining hostages try to weigh up what they should do. Anne doesn’t see this as a fail though, given half of them managed to escape, but it’s clear the rest left inside are going to be in a world of trouble. Nairobi arrives and tells them that they’ll have to work doubly hard now and she can’t guarantee any of their safety either. Berlin is not happy but before he strikes out, all the hostagew begin clapping. It’s their way of rebelling and Tokyo realizes they’re not going to obey them anymore.
The Professor arrives to a secure location where his own group are holding Captain Cha captive. He informs them that the hostages have rebelled and they’re not in a good way. However, there’s even more issues at play here. After Park Chulwoo shot up the office earlier in the episode, he actually took Berlin’s medication too. Given it’s a rare disease that he’s suffering from, Woo-Jin and the others suspect they can use that to flush them out.
Woo-Jin also realizes that Berlin has ties to North Korea, and decides to try and figure out if there’s an ulterior political motivation here, breaking down the tenuous cooperation between nations.
Woo-Jin learns that the prescription for her medication was forged and it is actually located at a pharmacy near the University Hospital in Gangwon. However, the place appears to be out of business and they have not found anything wrong. When Woo-Jin speeds off, it is clear that there is a tracker on her car. The Professor watches from afar, realizing she is getting close to finding out the truth. The place they find happens to be their old headquarters building, which is complete with numerous banners and flyers for liberating the Korean Peninsula. ..
Tokyo is wheeled outside, tied to a stretcher and left for the guards, who arrest her. ..
As the Berlin team races to find a way to stop Jeon Yongsu from taking over the operation, they quickly realize that they may not have much time. If they’re going to save the operation, they’ll need to get Jeon Yongsu before he can do any damage.
As the episode ends, Tokyo realizes that the Taskforce has found out about her past and she is forced to come clean. She spies her own picture up on the wall and realizes that the jig is up.
The Episode Review
The scene in which Berlin jumps to save Anne is strange, as the city’s top officials were not at the scene. It’s possible that they were too busy shooting at the terrorists. The show could have provided evidence of this if it had been shot in a more professional manner.
The Heist: Despite some clever moments, the Heist’s plot points feel recycled from earlier episodes. ..
This is a review of the game Money Heist: Korea, which feels average at best.
