“Longing for You” is shaping as much as be among the finest homicide mysteries of the 12 months if it retains up its stellar pacing. The present doles out data in tight bursts, permitting characters to plan organically. The particular investigations workforce has been reunited, and never a second too quickly. There’s a harmful enemy who has simply chosen to rear their head, and the the reason why could also be greater than what the workforce can deal with. Here are 5 occasions Park Ki Young (Lee Kyu Han) outwitted the workforce this week!

Warning: spoilers for episodes 5-6 under.

1. When he despatched the movies of Jin Woo’s homicide and the actual perpetrator behind the serial ankle killings

Oh Jin Sung (Na In Woo) is horrified to obtain a video from a mysterious sender, displaying that his brother Oh Jin Woo (Ren) was murdered. To credit score Jin Sung right here, he doesn’t go on a bender, however instantly exhibits it to Go Young Joo (Kim Ji Eun), who’s equally shocked. They confirm the video’s authenticity, however there’s no means of tracing the sender. Whoever it was went via a ton of hoops and servers to ship this with out leaving a digital hint.

Jin Sung’s colleagues in Seoul and in his hometown of Woojin are ready to assist him reinvestigate, however one thing equally big surfaces earlier than then. Cha Young Woon (Kwon Yool), contemporary off a stint within the U.S., signifies to Ki Young that he and Young Joo shall be presenting a paper on their seize of the killer within the serial ankle murders. Ki Young seems suspiciously comfortable at that.

The subsequent factor we all know, proper at the beginning of the convention, the identical mysterious sender texts Young Joo a video of one of many ankle murders, displaying that their supposed perpetrator couldn’t have been the particular person concerned. Young Joo and Young Woon instantly halt the press convention, and each resolve that they don’t have any selection however to reinvestigate the murders.

It signifies that they’re placing their careers on the road, and that is more durable for Young Joo as a result of she doesn’t come from a rich background like Young Woon. It additionally signifies that they should admit that they have been fallacious a 12 months in the past after they introduced that they’d caught the killer (who had mysteriously taken his life). But to each Young Joo’s and Young Woon’s credit score, they don’t again down when their superiors attempt to pressure them to faux the video doesn’t exist. Young Joo actually blackmails their chief into letting them reinvestigate, and Young Woon helps her. And, identical to that, the workforce is again in enterprise with two objectives and two murders: discover the sender of the video and discover the perpetrator behind the ankle murders and Jin Woo’s homicide. But he is likely to be nearer than they suppose.

2. When he raised suspicion over the donations being made to Jinjin Hospital

Yoo Jung Sook (Bae Jong Ok) continues to be significantly shady. She holds a press convention saying hundreds of thousands of {dollars} being donated to Jinjin Hospital from one of many wealthiest males on the planet. What she’s omitting is that she’s about to present mentioned rich man’s son a brand new pancreas. She assures him that the organ will take positive. After all, her secretary Jung Woo No (Kim Chul Ki) “sourced” the organ himself. As to the place the organ got here from, properly, nobody is aware of.

Ki Young is on the convention and appears to suspect that one thing is foul right here as a result of he writes a collection of articles about how shady it’s for a hospital to be receiving this a lot cash for, apparently, nothing. The public agrees with him, which is why Woo No calls Ki Young’s boss and has the articles deleted. Ki Young seems livid. And for a second there, he looks like one of many good guys, somebody suspicious of Jung Sook’s machinations. But is he actually?

3. When he leaked data on Bae Min Kyu’s arrest warrant

The particular investigations workforce has an annoying new member. Yang Hee Joo (Jung Ga Hee), the daughter of the chief prosecutor, resented being excluded from the preliminary investigation a 12 months in the past and forces herself on this time. She proceeds to make a nuisance of herself by being utterly tone-deaf on how the actual world operates. Young Woon, Young Joo, and Jin Sung slim down their checklist of suspects fairly shortly. Jin Sung discovered a cufflink on the scene of Jin Woo’s homicide a 12 months in the past and discovers that there have been solely 5 made in Korea. And the one one that matches the invoice on who bought the cufflink is Bae Min Kyu (Jung Sang Hoon). Even higher, the watch that the killer within the ankle murders is carrying within the video is identical as Min Kyu’s diamond-encrusted watch.

Young Woon needs to tread rigorously as a result of they tried to arrest Min Kyu thrice final 12 months and failed. So he orders everybody to maintain the truth that they’re requesting a warrant a secret. Of course, Hee Joo blabs to Ki Young, and Ki Young releases it in all places. The subsequent factor we all know, the warrant is denied as a result of Min Kyu’s father flexes his management over the judiciary (which he earned by bribing them). Min Kyu fortunately beats up a waitress as a result of he feels prefer it, Jin Sung beats him up in flip and breaks his nostril, and the particular investigations workforce is disbanded by Young Joo and Young Woon’s superiors.

Jin Sung is disillusioned in Young Woon for giving up so simply when his superiors requested him to. But he finds out that Young Woon did so for him. Bae Min Kyu was about to have Jin Sung despatched to jail, however Young Woon traded the workforce in order that Jin Sung wouldn’t be punished. Jin Sung solely will get shoved off to the visitors workforce. Even higher, Young Woon isn’t about to surrender now. He invitations everybody to his fancy mansion and exhibits that he has an investigations room arrange there for them to maintain engaged on catching the actual killer after-hours. The prosecution is comfortable to faux that the person they caught a 12 months in the past is the precise one, however Young Woon says he can’t let it go like that. He’s actually altered from the rigid, cussed man who investigated Jin Woo a 12 months in the past. It’s virtually like he had a character transplant. Or maybe one other type of transplant. Hmm.

4. When he had cameras arrange in his condominium

Jin Sung looks like he likes to trigger hassle however he isn’t an fool. He broke Min Kyu’s nostril on goal in order that he might get his fingers on Min Kyu’s burner cellphone. It seems that Min Kyu’s been speaking with a mysterious particular person on an untraceable app that deletes messages. The particular person warned him concerning the prosecution’s warrant too. When Jin Sung calls the cellphone, the one who picks up on the opposite finish is none apart from Ki Young!

When Hee Joo lets slip that the one particular person she informed concerning the warrant was Ki Young, the whole lot turns into clear to the workforce. Ki Young is the mysterious witness to the murders who has been sending Young Joo and Jin Sung movies. But is he actually only a witness, or one thing darker? Jin Sung uncovers proof that proves Ki Young was in Woo Jin on the night time of Jin Woo’s homicide, and suspicion shifts as to whether Ki Young may very well be a killer. Young Woon is in denial that his buddy might do such a factor, however Young Joo factors out that Ki Young has all the time been jealous of Young Woon. Over the previous six episodes, the present has proven that Ki Young wears the identical cologne as Young Woon, and he left his put up protecting information from the Blue House proper when Young Woon returned from the U.S. so he might write articles concerning the prosecution. And Ki Young doesn’t appear to only envy Young Woon, he appears to hate Jung Sook.

Whatever Ki Young’s position, his condominium appears to carry all of the proof. Jin Sung decides to secretly break in, and Hee Joo volunteers to help him after feeling responsible for ruining the workforce’s investigation by spilling the whole lot to Ki Young. She distracts him by forcing him to maintain her firm at a membership after work. Jin Sung even enlists his superior at work (who has a factor for justice) to distract the safety guard, and he breaks into the condominium. But Ki Young has cameras hidden in all places, with a reside feed to Ki Young’s cellphone. He tries to go away, however Hee Joo does an excellent job of pretending that she’s concerned with him and asks if he needs to come back over. Only, there’s one thing unsettling in his eyes.

What’s worse, Jin Sung opens a door in Ki Young’s condominium and finds a reproduction of Young Woon’s investigation room at his house. Ki Young’s copied the whole lot right down to the household portrait. This isn’t simply envy. It’s obsession. Something is significantly fallacious with Ki Young, and if he isn’t a witness however the killer, then Hee Joo is strolling to her demise.

“Longing for You” is doing an excellent job at holding us on our toes right here. At first, it appeared like Jin Woo may very well be the killer, then Min Kyu, then the person who took his life, and now it’s Ki Young. I’m loving the rotating suspects right here because the workforce tries to pin all of it down, particularly as a result of Ki Young’s been a step forward for a full 12 months! There’s a thread these episodes raised that Young Woon hasn’t had the time to handle but. All the ankle homicide victims had beforehand been handled at Jinjin Hospital. It appears possible that Jung Sook assessed their organs then. Could she have killed them to cover the truth that she’s harvesting organs from them to promote to rich donors? The subsequent episodes will inform us extra!

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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,” “Not Others,” “My Dearest,” and “My Lovely Liar.”
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.