We’ve hit the midway mark with “Longing for You,” and the present reveals no scarcity of fabric to mine from, which is at all times factor. Oh Jin Sung (Na In Woo), Go Young Joo (Kim Ji Eun), and Cha Young Woon (Kwon Yool) are scorching on Park Ki Young’s (Lee Kyu Han’s) path after making a daunting discovery in his house. Ki Young appears to have been planning this recreation for years, with each transfer designed to harm Young Woon at most. But why? And how does any of this relate to Young Woon’s mom Yoo Jung Sook (Bae Jong Ok)? This week gives a number of thrills and a pair solutions.

Warning: spoilers for episodes 7-8 under.

1. When Ki Young kidnapped Hee Joo

The second Ki Young realizes that Jin Sung and his cop associate have gotten into his residence, he seems torn between worry and elation. It’s bizarre as a result of it virtually looks like he needs Jin Sung, Young Woon, and the others to find his little museum of homicide. Not solely has he replicated Young Woon’s examine to close perfection, however he additionally has knives, axes, and photos of the homicide victims on the hallway to it in blatant grotesque view. He has a treasure trove of movies on his laptop together with the one in all Jin Woo’s homicide and one exhibiting what was guessed to be true: Bae Min Kyu (Jung Sang Hoon) killing his spouse. It seems like Ki Young was blackmailing Min Kyu with the video whereas protecting up for his crimes and offering him with victims. It’s terrible as a result of the prosecution has tried to seize Min Kyu 4 occasions now and failed as a result of his assemblyman father at all times springs him out, even when his son has dedicated homicide.

But Ki Young does one thing surprising right here. He kidnaps Yang Hee Joo (Jung Ga Hee), who had been distracting him whereas Jin Sung and Co. searched his house. And an fascinating set of dominoes falls into place. Jin Sung and Young Woon put out an alert whereas specializing in the almost definitely particular person Ki Young would contact: Min Kyu. For the primary time, Min Kyu isn’t untouchable. Hee Joo is the Chief prosecutor’s daughter, so the Chief is not going to bow to Min Kyu’s father. But the rich have their methods to maintain themselves out of jail, and it isn’t lengthy earlier than Min Kyu escapes his home arrest and is on the run: to kill.

2. When Min Kyu kidnapped Young Joo

It stands to cause that the primary individuals Min Kyu would goal when on the run had been the three individuals who had him beneath home arrest: Young Woon, Jin Sung, or Young Joo. He’s afraid of Jin Sung and is powerless towards Young Woon’s mom, and Young Joo is a lady in order that makes her truthful recreation. He medication and kidnaps her. She wakes up briefly sufficient to combat him off and crash their automotive, however when she flees on foot, she runs into none aside from Ki Young.

It seems that Ki Young ordered Min Kyu to kidnap Young Joo as a result of a) he is aware of that Young Woon is in love together with her and desires to trigger him most ache and b) as a result of he is aware of Min Kyu likes to kill girls. Jin Sung and Young Woon are beside themselves attempting to determine the place the 2 may have gone, and so they maintain hitting useless finish after useless finish as a result of everybody is simply too keen to cowl up the crimes of wealthy individuals. It’s simply unhappy.

Ki Young appears to share that sentiment as a result of he muses to Min Kyu that the right crime isn’t one the place the killer will get away, it’s the place everybody is aware of who the killer is however nothing may be finished to arrest them. Min Kyu exemplifies this. Being wealthy robotically makes crime authorized as a result of there isn’t a penalty that may’t be paid off and or human who can’t be bribed, threatened, or butchered. Min Kyu doesn’t care as a result of he has two victims to torture and kill, and he appears to consider that him and Ki Young are in some unholy alliance or homicide membership. They plan to flee the nation and conceal out in Belarus, which doesn’t have an extradition treaty with South Korea (to allow them to’t be deported). That is, till Ki Young betrays Min Kyu, locks him in with Hee Joo, throws a sure and gagged Young Joo in a swimming pool, and leaves.

3. When Jung Sook kidnapped Ki Young

Jin Sung and Young Woon are barely capable of get there in time earlier than Young Joo drowns, and so they solely make it as a result of Jin Sung realizes that Ki Young would have fled to the final place anybody would look: the holiday residence of Young Woon’s household. They rescue each Hee Joo and Young Joo and at last have a superb foundation to arrest Min Kyu, particularly with Young Joo’s testimony that he drugged and kidnapped her. But Ki Young’s about to depart the nation.

Jin Sung races to the airport to cease him, however somebody will get there first. Jung Sook’s creepy Secretary Jung Woo No (Kim Chul Ki) and his staff discretely drug Ki Young, plop him right into a wheelchair, and wheel him out. It’s a circle of kidnapping at this level! Jung Sook simply proved Ki Young’s level as a result of airport safety was in on the entire thing and did nothing to tell the police that another person was making off with their wished prison. We go away with the sinister information that Ki Young is in Jung Sook’s palms and {that a} mysterious girl has landed in Korea and goes by the title Oh Jin Woo, the identical title as Jin Sung’s murdered brother (Ren). She takes a resort room reverse Jinjin Hospital and vows to tear it down. We flashback to Ki Young exhibiting her the video of Jin Woo’s homicide and her trying horrified. And the present closes off there for now!

“Longing for You” is shaping as much as be one of the vital strong mysteries of the 12 months. The twists and turns aren’t out of left area and really feel natural, together with how typically cops bungle an investigation (like those who fully missed Min Kyu escaping his home arrest). The momentum’s holding regular to this point, and there are a ton of little hints right here and there all resulting in the conclusion that Jung Sook has been as much as one thing critically terrible. Ki Young’s complete mission right here doesn’t appear to be envy for Young Woon’s life, and we see that Young Woon was nothing however variety to the child his mom was sponsoring. Rather, Ki Young appears to be out to make Young Woon dig into an unsightly fact involving his household that Young Woon isn’t conscious of. Ki Young retains mentioning that he’s Young Woon and Young Woon is him, and that there’s at all times a cause behind extreme kindness. Was there a cause Jung Sook sponsored Ki Young? Perhaps it concerned harvesting his organs? And did Ki Young discover out?

There’s additionally the critically creepy undeniable fact that Dr. Chu Young Choon (Kim Hyung Muk) of Jin Sung’s hometown, and the explanation Jin Woo went out to the ocean the evening he died, appears to have been romantically obsessive about Jin Woo and wrote diary entries about how a lot he was stalking him. He brushes it off after a nurse at his apply finds them and offers them to Jin Woo’s mom, however subsequent week’s preview signifies that Jin Sung isn’t about to be so simply rebuffed. Bring it on, present!

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Shalini_A is a very long time Asian-drama addict. When not watching dramas, she fangirls over Ji Sung, and spins thrillers set in more and more implausible worlds. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram, and be at liberty to ask her something! 

Currently Watching:  “Longing for You,” “My Dearest,” “My Lovely Liar,” and “The Killing Vote.”
Looking Forward to: “Gyeongseong Creature,” “Ask The Stars,” “The Girl Downstairs,” “The Worst Evil,” “Queen of Tears,” “Vigilante,” “Daily Dose of Sunshine,” and Ji Sung’s subsequent drama.

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