title: stranger 2
cast: cho seung woo (hwang si mok), bae doona (han yeo jin), lee joon hyuk (seo dong jae), jeon hye jin (choi bit), choi moo sung (woo tae ha)
genre: crime thriller mystery, police story, a bit political
ever since the corruption in the public prosecutor department made public, people started to lose faith in justice system. and the tension between the police department and prosecutor's office didn't help either. they were fighting over the right of investigative. both department leaked other side's weakness to the media, making the feud more nasty. especially after the chief of intelligence (police department) were accused to leak confidential data. people were getting more confused, which one is more corrupt, the police department or the public prosecutor department.
then came hwang si mok again. he was supposed to be transferred again to another small office when he came across a drowning incident. two teen boys drowned at the beach when there was thick fog everywhere. the warning line was cut but since the only witness claimed that he was drunk, he didn't give any help. however, somehow yeo jin found out that there was another couple at the same beach before the boys and the couple was the one who cut the warning line, took pictures and posted it online before deleting it after realizing that the boys who got drowned died. it all seemed to be a simple case, but somehow, the main prosecutor office dismissed the case only after 3 days. apparently, the couple was pretty rich and they hired an ex-judge to be their attorney. si mok thought that this was a special-treat case, filed a complaint that led him back into a mess and got his transfer suspended.
turned out his complaint got back to the main office and at that time, they were supposed to choose people that will represent the prosecutor department in joint committee between the police department and the prosecutor department to discuss the investigative rights. his name got aired once again and chief woo tae ha thought he was a good choice to become a member in the committee, so instead of transferring to another small office, he got transferred to supreme prosecutor office.
meanwhile, chief choi bit (chief of reformation unit, yeo jin's supervisor) used the drowning case to make the public see that the prosecutor office didn't worth to gain the investigative rights. and seo dong jae (yep, he appeared again, as annoying as before) made a move to chief woo, telling him that he had some dirt on chief choi bit with the hope of getting promoted, and a bit irked when he found out that si mok once again got promoted instead of him. but chief woo put them on the same team, unofficially, to investigate the segok case, where there was a police officer got reported to have suicide while it could be homicide and the police department seemed to cover it up. they wanted to use the case to turn the table against the police department, but choi bit ordered yeo jin to investigate it as well and once again, si mok met yeo jin.
on the side, there was hanjo again. yeon jae (former chief prosecutor's wife) tried to secure her place as her brother, sung jae, has been rising to take over the company. she hired the former ex judge who helped the rich couple to get away as one of her legal team. meanwhile, there was an uproar regarding assemblyman that's accused of corruption and it involved both departments. the prosecutor office was accused of dismissing the case that involving assemblyman's son while the police department accused of turning blind eyes since the assemblyman's son had several other cases but everything was dismissed. at this point, chief woo was clearly had connection with assemblyman, as well as chief choi bit. so i don't know which one is dirty at this point, or probably them both?
things got bad when dong jae got kidnapped. they thought the former police officers in the segok case was behind the kidnapping, but they were all cleared. later they found that dong jae submitted another case files to chief woo, a case about a dead lawyer in the middle of the road and the autopsy stated that he died because of cardiac arrest. but dong jae found out that the lawyer couldn't drink any alcohol, but there was alcohol traces found in his body. naturally, both si mok and yeo jin followed this new evidence. and they found out that both chief woo and chief choi bit as well as the former chief of intelligence were all involved in this case. and hanjo too, but at that time, both yeo jin and si mok hadn't found out about this one. on the side, yeon jae tried to cover hanjo's involvement in that case and she commented that only dong jae knew the truth. so who really kidnapped dong jae?
again, there was another shocking turn as the one that kidnapped dong jae was someone else, someone that i never thought at first. but as the drama goes on, it became clear about why this person kidnapped dong jae. luckily, they found dong jae alive, but in bad condition. at the end of the series, we saw dong jae recovering and was about to give testimony about the dead lawyer's case. the kidnapper got arrested, both chief woo and chief choi bit had to pay for their dark past. even the current chief prosecutor. he was forced to resign as he was tied to hanjo again.
yeo jin was promoted to the intelligence bureau and not transferred back to her former station, other police officers were mean to her before her future boss appeared and it was kim won hae (appeared in bong soon, signal and while you were sleeping as well) and he treated her well, so other police officers probably will follow suit. but that's not the case with si mok. though once again he managed to reveal the corruption in both department, he got transferred again to remote areas. oh well.. another open ending is giving us hope that there's a possibility of third season.
what i like:
- again, solid acting skills from all the casts. this time there were more well known casts in the series.
- all clothing and makeup were suitable to the story. no flashy outfit or makeups as this is pretty serious drama.
- twist and turn that keep you guessing, which one is right, which one is wrong, and how it would end.
cons:
- why si mok had to suffer again? why not let him win a little? oh well...- in this series, i started to feel that hanjo's involvement is a bit forced. but it's necessary if you see it until the end.
- this time there's questions about the whole story. especially the segok case. the investigation of the suicide officer got interrupted with dong jae's kidnapping case. i still think it's weird that the captain said that he didn't know about the other's involvement in continuing the bribe while he was the one that suggested it in the first place.
rating: 9/10
binge worthy: yes
recommended for: those who watched the first season and love it. anyone that likes crime murder mystery or police story and doesn't mind watching a drama without any romantic scene.
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