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Good Boy – K-drama Episode 11 Recap & Review

Countdown Episode 11 of Good Boy starts with us in Sao Paulo 2018 with Dong-ju competing for the gold. He points out how, in boxing, you have to wait for an opening and strike when the moment presents itself. This cuts us back to the present, as Dong-ju leaves another illegal business with a pile of dead bodies in his wake. However, this has also taken a toll on his relationship with Han-na too. While Man-sik continues to wallow in self-pity over what's transpired, Gwang-se is in the line of fire. A warning goes out looking for a chubby male in his 40's with a bald eagle tattoo. He meets with Man-sik undercover (or at least the best he can!) and isn't happy about the 'waste of tax payer funds'. He does know though that Gwang-se is feeding Dong-ju inside info and demands to know where he is. Elsewhere, Jong-hyeon returns to the station and is called in by Forensics to take a look at a file. There are 2 unidentified bodies here and it brings him on a collision course with Han-na and the others, who are also out investigating in their own way. Han-na is piecing together fragments of the Oh Dollar case. Han-na receives the name of a shady area called Hyedong Oil, which is precisely where Man-sik and Jong-hyeon are also situated. As everybody scrambles to the rooftop, the group are joined together in harmony as they fight off a bunch of gangsters. Even Gwang-se helps by pushing barrels at them! Afterwards, Dong-ju speaks to the team about his findings. He admits that he's beaten a whole bunch of guys for their watches but even now, he's not got any answers. He knows there's a whole load of money behind this operation but nobody seems to know its origin. Except for Ju-young of course. Jong-hyeon may actually have a bit of a clue though. Remember the dead bodies he learned about with forensics? Well, one of the bodies was missing his front teeth so their thinking is that it could be Silver Bunny. If he's dead, this would mean Gold Bunny may actually talk to themabout what he knows. Now, trhe bad guys are actually held up over in Insung City, at the Goldengate Central City construction site to be precise. Ju-young tasks Jong-gu qwith overseeing operations for the time being, which doesn't go over well, while Ju-young decides to use Mr Baek to distribute out drugs in Insung City, but doing so quietly behind Yeon-ha's back. Yeon-ha is still clinging to hope that she'll see her sister, and she's being worked to exhaustion. Leo actually helps her out and offers her a boat ride back to Russia too. However, Yeon-ha is determined to do right by her sister, given she made a promise back in the day to come for her and they pinky-promised. You certainly don't break one of those! Meanwhile, Ju-young invites Dong-ju out for lunch. He's paying of course, so Dong-ju stuffs his face. He isn't deterred by Ju-young's threats and seems in a much more upbeat mood compared to the last time they met. It seems like he has the upper-hand. As for Ju-young, he's bitter and discontent with life and believes nothing good comes from working hard. Flashbacks show more of this, with Ju-young originally on the straight and narrow, working hard to pass his civil service exam. That is, until smugglers found him and beat the guy down. Having heard his life aspirations, the smuggler sees potential and offers him more money and a way to get ahead of the masses. With one of these watches we've been seeing so much of, Ju-young ditched the straight and narrow, embracing going all-in as a criminal. Jong-hyeon heads over with the DNA results to the prison, which confirm Silver Bunny was their guy. Golden Bunny then talks, revealing that Ju-young is on another level. He has unimaginable wealth, and he doesn't count it like normal people – he weighs it. In tons. All of Insung runs by his money, from top to bottom. Ju-young has basically turned this entire city into his own playground. This is where Oh Dollar comes into it. One of the Russians who used to work under him now works with Ju-young, whose name is Sergei Vronsky. He was also a witness with the Oh Dollar murder case, and Dong-ju has actually seen the guy before. They're not going to call back-up though (I mean they haven't for the whole season so why start now?) and they can't really get Jae-hong to jump onboard too, given he has kids to provide for, it's not so easy for him to abandon everything. The group do eventually track down Sergei and learn that he can actually speak Korean (the subtitles say he's 'speaking English but that's obviously not true. Ignore Amazon's terrible subtitles here!) With the façade slipped, the group bring Sergei back to their hideout and spook him into talking. Sergei reveals there's a cash container but it could be hidden in 53 different places. They need to find it before Ju-young catches on to what they're doing, giving them a tight window of time. They need to pretend like nothing is going on so as not to arouse attention. Dong-ju does continue to provoke Ju-young through all of this, sending him numerous selfies, while they slowly cross off each location over the nights. Ju-young starts to catch wind of what's happening eventually, given all the photos Dong-ju has taken. One in particular involves a shipping container at the dock. When he learns about the autopsy report for Silver Bunny too, he heads off to the dock, where he finds a shipping container… and all his money gone. As he screams to the heavens, angered by this, the rest of the team observe and listen to his screams. It seems the tide may be turning now. The Episode Review So it seems Jae-hong has officially been relegated to the backburner in this series which is disappointing to be honest because his character arc is actually quite good. We do learn about Ju-young's past a bit here though and understanding how he turned to a life of crime. He's clearly equated money with success and done everything he possibly can to obtain as much as he can, regardless of who he hurts along the way. This is not dissimilar to Ironheart of course, which debuted earlier this week with the exact same arc. Only, Riri is framed as a hero, go figure. Back to Good Boy though, and this episode now starts to evolve the plot in ways that doesn't just see our good guys beaten to a pulp and left reeling. They're not on the front foot and it'll be interesting to see how Ju-young reacts. If this guy has his hand in every business though, he should be absolutely rolling in it right? It would be akin to stealing a bunch of cash from Jeff Bezos – sure it would put a dent in his bank balance, but he'd accumulate it back simply through interest and business ventures. The idea of an entire city being built on blood money is an interesting one, but it also means that this guy should be nigh-on impossible to take out unless you get to the heart of the issue or expose the root cause of corruption. As I said before, I hope the show doesn't go the route of Itaewon Class and throws in a last minute twist to take him down. However, the ending does seem to hint that things are about to pick up in a big way so we'll have to wait and see what the writers have cooking. Previous Episode Next Episode Expect A Full Season Write-Up When This Season Concludes!