Chang-ho correctly predicted the prosecution’s evidence against the VIPs, which includes the late Professor’s Seo DNA and blood that was found on their bodies. But the defendants cleverly worm their way out of it with a video taken in public of the three trying (pretending) to resuscitate Professor Seo.
Gong Ji-hoon finds out that the IP address of the person who uploaded the video is unknown and tells his people to track it.
When the court takes a recess, the Mayor asks Mi-ho what’s going on. In a different room, Ji-hoon and the VIPs are seated with Prosecutor Choi. They realise Chang-ho knows all of this because they gave him the trial strategy when he was first hired as their lawyer.
Ji-hoon then gets a call from Hye-jin, who demands divorce papers in exchange for Professor Seo’s paper. Ji-hoon agrees despite Han Jae-ho’s protests. He meets Hye-jin in a café and asks her for Big Mouse’s location. She gives it up and Ji-hoon sends the police there. The two then exchange the divorce papers and data card. Meanwhile, the police find only a TV playing Chang-ho’s video at the location.
In court, as predicted by Chang-ho, the VIPs are found not guilty due to insufficient evidence. Chang-ho then reveals that the real motive was the academic paper written by Professor Seo and not the money. ..
The relief on the faces of the VIPs outside the court is short-lived as they watch a truck roll up with a large screen on its side, displaying the video of Chang-ho. The hidden camera in the café then captures Ji-hoon admitting that he and the other VIPs killed Professor Seo. As Chang-ho steps out from behind the truck, everyone inside the café is shocked. ..
Ji-hoon, the café owner, is trying to drag Hye-jin out of the café but Mayor Choi arrives and warns him about reporters being on their way. Ji-hoon crosses paths with the reporters but is confident that none of this can actually touch him. ..
Mi-ho arrives in the US and thanks Hye-jin for keeping her promise. The latter then heads off to the airport to start a life in the US.
Chang-ho tells the reporters outside the court that he was abducted from the mental hospital by Ji-hoon and Prosecutor Choi. He says that he will bring proof that he is not Big Mouse to his trial. He shares a sweet moment with his family before officers arrive to take him back to prison.
Just before he leaves, Soon-tae tells him that Jerry is alive! Chang-ho sends a short letter with Soon-tae, who puts it under Jerry’s pillow. But someone with a tattoo of Big Mouse’s symbol takes the paper away. ..
Chang-ho arrives back at the prison, his focus now on getting Big Mouse.
Jerry is in the hospital, and someone gives him a small piece of paper. Jerry reads it and tears it up.
Chang-ho is sitting with some inmates when the room leader tells him about a ghostly disease spreading through the prison. People seem to cough up blood and later go berserk and become violent, leading to the medical staff leaving. Chairman Yang says that it happened once, years ago, but they suddenly got cured. It also seemed to happen only to model inmates.
Ji-hoon visits Chang-ho and tries to get him to invest 100 billion won into a real estate development project, as a way of paying him back. Chang-ho laughs in his face and tells him to book a room at the prison. When Chang-ho insinuates that Ji-hoon was also behind Seo’s death, Ji-hoon says that he wasn’t the person the VIPs spoke to on the phone.
Mayor Choi and his wife go swimming again. Joo-hee asks him to not get too involved in the case of Professor Seo’s death. He says he will only get involved if it is for the Elder’s sake. ..
The three VIPs visit the Elder to ask for help but end up making him angry. Mayor Choi arrives and gives the Elder Professor Seo’s secret paper along with the original file. The Elder is highly impressed. The VIPs, who have been told to confess, then argue with Choi Do-ha. They say he was also an accomplice. ..
In a flashback to the day of the crime, we see that the VIPs made a phone call to Mayor Choi. They were hoping that he would help them out and then they ordered one of their men to cause an accident that got three people caught. Mayor Choi was also involved in destroying the dashcam footage.
Mayor Choi reminds the three of them that there is no evidence of his involvement in the disappearances of the students.
We switch to a scene with the Elder burning Seo’s paper in a bonfire. Joo-hee arrives and they talk about the time when the Elder was against her marrying Choi Do-ha. Now, he hints that Do-ha has his approval.
We see Mayor Choi unlock the storage area with the gold bars. This is the same person that initially hid them in the ground in the first episode. The camera moves to reveal that this person is Mayor Choi. And he doesn’t just have the gold bars, he also has a copy of Professor Seo’s paper. What a turn of events!
In a flashback, Mayor Choi and Hye-jin discuss the risks of remaining in possession of Seo’s paper. Choi promises to provide a new life in New York if she hands over the data card with the paper.
Chang-ho goes to the church and puts a message in the bible — he wants Big Mouse to be here by 8 PM or Chang-ho will stop helping him.
Mi-ho is puzzled by the discharge data and decides to investigate further. She finds out that an inmate from Gucheon Penitentiary was admitted to the hospital with a blood report that seemed abnormal. Mi-ho is worried about the implications of this information and decides to speak with the director about it. Joo-hee tells her that she will have to resign if she continues investigating, but Mi-ho insists on finding out more. ..
Mi-ho meets Mayor Choi and tells him about the paper. He says he will speak to Joo-hee but Mi-ho says she has already resigned. Mi-ho inquires if Hye-jin said anything about Seo’s paper to which Mi-ho replies in the negative, but we now know he’s only pretending.
Someone enters the church and sees a message from Chang-ho.
Nurses from the hospital are back at the prison, handing out vitamins to inmates. One inmate then suddenly coughs up blood, and the nurses look on in horror. ..
Chang-ho waits for the justice tarot card to show up on his screen. The card is ten minutes to 8 PM, and he has been waiting for this moment for a while.
Mi-ho goes to visit Jerry in the hospital, but finds that his bed is empty.
Someone, we can’t see who, approaches Chang-ho. Chang-ho gets up and turns around, his eyes widen and the episode comes to a close.
The Episode Review
The whole court case and social media gimmick was a really fun ride in this episode. It felt like something different from the usual prison games and politics. Seeing Chang-ho one-up all the VIPs is truly satisfying, particularly after he was tortured by them. Seeing him in a snazzy suit, looking like a VIP himself, makes you want to cheer for him.
It’s disappointing to see him return to prison because it would have been more interesting to see him navigate the outside world in his current situation. Although, we did get a tantalizing ending with some background music that only made the anticipation stronger.
The mayor of Seoul seems to be behind many of the events in the episode, from destroying dashcam footage he hired Chang-ho to finding gold bars. I can’t help but think that there’s more to the story than this.
The episode left many questions unanswered, like why Mi-ho didn’t insist on getting the paper from Hye-jin and why Hye-jin didn’t mention she gave it to Mayor Choir. But all in all, these events leave you with an itch for the next episode that can’t come soon enough!
