The Wiretap
Hui-Wu’s drug bust is a massive success, arresting Hyun-Jong and his cronies. This gives him more leverage to use against Mun-Gu, who is Hui-Wu’s next target. He’s on the verge of taking the fall for everything, which HuiWu is quick to remind him in the interrogation room. ..
Mun-Gu, a 23-year-old South Korean man, has been in detention for over a year on charges of espionage. With the threat of prison looming over him, Mun-Gu has had enough and decides to talk. In an exclusive interview with the Associated Press, Mun-Gu says he was recruited by North Korea as a spy and that he was forced to carry out tasks such as stealing military secrets and providing information on South Korean troop movements. Mun-Gu also claims that he was tortured during his time in custody. With his story now public, Mun-Gu hopes that it will help bring about his release and encourage other North Korean defectors to come forward. ..
After giving a press conference, Hui-Wu informs the public about Yuchae’s gang and their criminal ties to local government officials. Just before name-dropping who these individuals are, Oh pulls Hui-Wu aside as the Chief wants to talk urgently. It’s not good news but Hui-Wu returns to the stage and points out several corrupt officials involved. Among those is Police chief Jang Hae-Jin and Sang-Tae, the Mayor. ..
Assemblyman Gu is not mentioned in Hui-Wu’s statement, but he is the one who told Seok-Kyu to leave him out. This may be because Assemblyman Gu was ordered by Seok-Hoon to omit Hui-Wu from the statement.
Tae-Seob happens to be with the corrupt official(Gu) and immediately takes an interest in Hui-Wu, admiring how good the rookie is at his job. Gu is confident he’ll be re-elected and agrees to dedicate his life to Tae-Seob. As he does, the man scurries away while Tae-Seob organizes a meeting with Hui-Wu. After this incident, Hui-Wu soon realizes that Tae-Seob has his grubby hands all over the prosecutor office.
Deputy Chief Kim is trying to get a promotion soon, and Seok-Hoon has shown up and asked for one. Tae-Seob is laughing and agrees.
Yeon-Seok, a 21-year-old freelance enforcer from before, is interviewed next. He tells the interviewer that he’s been working for Hui-Wu, the owner of the business card and business. Yeon-Seok says he wants to work with Hui-Wu in the near future and would like to move to Seoul with him. He also admits that he wants to hire Yeon-Seok in the near future. This would mean that Yeon-Seok would need to move to Seoul as well.
Seok-Kyu, the new student at the school, is also in. He admires the kid’s arrogance and guts and wants to change the world. Hui-Wu fires back and suggests he become the Prosecutor General in the future.
Hui-Wu gathers the team as they work to take down Seok-Hoon. In order to get to him though, they’re going to go after Il-Hyun first. This is going to be tough though, especially with Seok-Hoon’s promotion up to the Central District Prosecutor’s Office.
Seok-Hoon called Hui-Wu into his office to discuss the gang case. He admitted that he had caught their attention, but for now, he wanted to keep Hui-Wu under Seok-Kyu’s management. He also wanted Hui-Wu to serve as an informant for him. This meant feeding back information on those in his team. ..
Seok-Hoon doesn’t trust people easily so the fact that he’s trusting Hui-Wu is certainly surprising. Hui-Wu soon detects a wiretap in their office, placed by Seok-Hoon himself. Hui-Wu sees it as a good thing though, believing they should use this against their enemies in order to gain the upper-hand. For now, it’s food time and that comes from Hui-Wu gathering the whole team to eat some delicious dinner. They all toast to Hui-Wu, although Han-Mi soon has to return to reporting.
The prosecutor in question, Jo Tae-Seob, has been accused of corruption and is being sought by the police for questioning. He’s been invited by the prosecutor to meet with a few key people in his inner circle, including Hui-Wu. This meeting could have serious consequences for Tae-Seob if he reveals any incriminating information.
It’s a fascinating conversation about faith and loyalty, something that plays right into Tae-Seob’s beliefs. He’s pretty brazen, admitting outright that he wants to be the one with all the power and change the country. Hui-Wu keeps his cool and plays this game well, so well infact that Tae-Seob admits to Seok-Hoon later on that he really likes him. He doesn’t want the kid held down and believes he’s greatly misunderstood Hui-Wu.
Seok-Hoon moves Hui-Wu to the Anti-Corruption department to work with Jang Il-Hyun. There is a forum for talented and promising young people coming up and he suggests Hui-Wu attend. While he gets involved in the evening, keeping his wits about him and scouting the area, word reaches Tae-Seob’s office that the prosecutor’s office is on the verge of checking Mirae Electronics’ bank account. ..
Tae-Seob tasks Seok-Hoon with burying this and covering it up completely. Of course, this comes from phoning his dog, Il-Hyun. The same Il-Hyun whom Hui-Wu is buttering up at the moment. Il-Hyun suspects Hui-Wu is doing as much, but Hui-Wu spins it as if he’s actually his wingman. Tae-Seob orders Seok-Hoon to bury the evidence and keep the matter under wraps. This is because he called Il-Hyun, his old dog who he abandoned years ago, to talk to him. Il-Hyun knows something is up because Hui Wu seems to be helping him cover it up instead of exposing it himself. ..
Il-Hyun grilled the medical student Ju-Seok hard in the interrogation room. Hui-Wu reflected on how he was the number one suspect but given they fought out in the street, there would have been witnesses. But yet, the report claimed there were no witnesses. ..
Hui-Wu realizes that this is a shoddy report and the only evidence here is the knife and fingerprints on the victim. Il-Hyun is despicable and admits later on to Hui-Wu that Ju-Seok has “got the short end of the stick.” Given he’s poor, it means he’s easy to manipulate. They’re covering up the whole thing but making a big deal of it to distract from the current situation involving Mirae Electronics.
Il-Hyun, the prosecutor in charge of the Hui-Wu case, is under pressure from her superiors to solve the case quickly and with certainty. However, recent developments seem to be leading in a different direction - and Il-Hyun may not be able to keep up. Hui-Wu, a mysterious company with ties to the government, is promising to make Il-Hyun the worst prosecutor in Korea if she doesn’t solve the case soon. With so much at stake, can Il-Hyun get to the bottom of this mystery before it’s too late? ..
The Episode Review
Again, My Life delivers another good episode with this time turning the focus to Hui-Wu infiltrating the prosecutor’s office and playing both sides of the conflict. It’s a clever way of working and something that eventually culminates into that chat between Hui-Wu and Tae-Seob near the end of the episode. ..
It’s going to be very satisfying watching Hui-Wu take these crooks down, and all the blocks are being linked up to do just that; a domino effect of Tae-Seob’s cronies all being taken out before Hui-Wu turns his attention to the big man himself.
The show continues to deliver an absorbing blend of crime drama and thriller elements, although this feels far less sci-fi/reincarnation and more of another prosecutor/law drama. There’s nothing wrong with that of course, but it does feel a tad misleading from the premise of this series. At its worst, this show feels like it’s in danger of slipping into mediocrity.
As the dinner progresses, it becomes clear that Hui-Wu has put a lot of effort into building this team and they are all struggling. The men and women who have helped him up to this point are all struggling to keep up, with some even quitting. However, things look like they’re about to get a lot harder for our protagonist as the dinner progresses.
