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Good Boy – K-drama Episode 9 Recap & Review
Allez Episode 9 of Good Boy starts with us back in Sao Paulo in 2018. Jong-hyeon has twisted his ankle here, thanks in part to saving Han-na from speeding traffic on the road earlier in the timeline. This is what aggravated the injury to begin with and eventually leads to his eye being hit. Jong-hyeon receives medical attention but he's determined to carry on no matter what. Back in the present, this fighting spirit serves him well as all our team go up against tough battles. Ju-young has rallied the troops with a lot of men at his disposal and unfortunately Jae-hong is soon knocked out. Dong-ju speeds off to save the rest of the team while Han-na holds her own with the shotgun, which comes in very handy to stave off the baddies for a bit. Dong-ju races in to save Jong-hyeon, who's in a spot of bother with Baek, who swings wildly with his knife. Unfortunately, their spirit is not good enough as the group are left to lick their wounds thanks to Ju-young and his cronies coming in and turning the tide. They also take off with the drugs too, with the tracker ripped off the van. Jae-hong is taken to hospital in the aftermath of this, having hurt his back quite badly, while it appears Han-na has been taken too. In reality, she's in hot pursuit of the truck and clings onto the top, determined to try and stop the group no matter what. With the team light on manpower, it's up to Joon-hyeon and Dong-ju to find Han-na before it's too late. Han-na throws her shoes and various bits of clothing to help show the way at intersections as the pair race off and eventually track down the truck. Unfortunately, it's immediately clear from the tyre marks on the ground that the package has been split into different trucks to throw them off the scent. A glove helps give a crucial clue, with Han-na marking the reg plate – 4131. With this crucial intel, the group head back to the station intent on using the CCTV footage to track down where the truck is. With a potential mole at the police station, Man-sik instead brings them to Insung Pawnshop instead. With the help of Geum-nam, they track down our bald eagle, Gwang-se. With drugs stashed in his teddy bear, he makes them pinky-swear to protect him before mentioning that Ju-young and his group are dealing with some Japanese guys. The Golden bunny initially frinted this, as he used to head all the deals with the Yakuza. Jong-hyeon and Dong-ju question Golden Bunny, who has very clearly been visited by Ju-young and forced into silent submission. It's clear from the metal teeth he places down that Ju-young has been visiting his brother, Silver Bunny. Dong-ju is convinced they need to focus their efforts on finding Han-na before raising hell. He's starting to think a lot more like an officer here, but of course he also has his neurological issues to contend with too, which continue to flare up across the episode. Ju-young is definitely dealing with the Japanese Yakuza here, as he tries to broker a deal with a Japanese businessman. He wants to send the goods out to him in parts and attempts to try and bridge the mistrust. To prove how serious he is, Ju-young kills the man's interpreter and forces the deal through. Unbeknownst to the gang, Han-na is actually hiding amongst the goods as it's smuggled onboard the ships. Whilst there, she overhears Leo calling Yeon-ha his 'black cat' and realizes exactly who these gangsters are. Han-na continues to investigate but while spying on Yeon-ha and Leo, she's blindsided by Ju-young who knocks her out with Baek. They don't find anything on her (given she's thrown it all off the truck for Dong-ju and Jong-hyeon), and they don't kill her either. Instead, they lock her up in a container, with a couple of dead bodies, with the promise of dropping her in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Before she's left to her fate, Han-na speaks to Leo. She brings up the case involving her father, Ji Ho-cheol, and we finally see that he's the one who killed her dad. Although Han-na is left to her fate, she does manage to smuggle a phone from one of the goons, where she makes a desperate call to the emergency services, despite the bad signal. Our group thankfully manage to decipher it and race to Geumpo Shipyard, onto a Russian ship called the Victory. The group race off to try and track her down, using Gwang-se as bait to sneak onboard the ship and bypass all the goons. Dong-ju manages to find Han-na inside the container, thanks in part to Jong-hyeon, as he holds off the goons and gives them time to escape. Unfortunately, Baek winds up stabbing Jong-hyeon in the gut, slowing them down, while Dong-ju detours and heads on inside the ship with the others. Unfortunately there are too many men surrounding them so Dong-ju decides to sacrifice himself and raise hell while Jong-hyeon gets Han-na to safety. They don't get too far though as Leo shows up with his men and shoots Jong-hyeon in the shoulder. He's clearly aiming for Han-na but he steps in the way and takes a bullet for her. As he falls and topples into the water, Han-na drops to her knees and is shocked. The Episode Review Is Jong-hyeon really dead? The preview for tomorrow's episode cleverly disguises this and makes it difficult to tell. I don't think he is dead (it just doesn't seem like that sort of show, does it?) Good Boy could throw us a curveball and raise the stakes dramatically by killing Jong-hyeon off. As for the episode itself, there's a really nice ebb and flow to this one, with a lot of action, a sprinkling of comedy thanks to our bald eagle, and some good investigative work too. Han-na throwing her items of clothing off the truck is quite a clever tactic and I was thinking at one point they may have doubled down on the humour and found all her items of clothing leaving Han-na forced to adopt a goon's clothing, but alas, the show hasn't sunk to that level of crude humour, which is actually to Good Boy's credit. The main story has a compelling structure to it though, with the good guys up against insurmountable odds and fighting back no matter what, making for a simple but highly enjoyable watch. However, it's also clear that these guys are not to be trifled with and right now, Ju-young looks like an unstoppable force. We'll have to wait and see where this one goes next though but tomorrow's episode is shaping up to be a must-watch! 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10-06-2025
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Good Boy – K-drama Episode 4 Recap & Review
Monkey See, Monkey Do After the tense meeting with Ju-yeong at the office, where Dong-ju punched that window and shattered it, episode 4 of Good Boy begins with the battle lines drawn between these two formidable foes. This broken glass though sees Man-sik reprimand his junior, especially when they get an expensive repair invoice through for 3.3 million won. There's inevitably still bad blood between Jong-hyeon and Dong-ju here, who bicker over the best way of handling the their case (and who's trying to win over Han-na's affection). As a result, the group are split in half to cover more ground. Dong-ju gets jealous when Han-na is paired with Jong-hyeon though so he decides to jump in her place instead. They don't get far in their search, mostly due to the pair clashing, but Jong-hyeon continues searching into the night, checking over the CCTV cameras in the area and noticing a lot of cigarette butts on the ground. Han-na and Jae-hong track down the slippery Oh Jong-gu, the man who was given the bloodied watch by Ju-yeong last episode. They ask outright whether he's involved in Gyeong-il's death but he keeps a cool head and doesn't slip. On the way back, Han-na is picked up by Hwang Kyung-chul, who has some info for her. He brings up how, back in 2008, a Russian mafia member was shot dead and her father was in charge of the crime scene. He has files for her about the whole endeavour, and hands them over for her here. Now, the suspected cause of death for her father stems from a gunshot to the head, suspected to be a mafia member, but it was closed as unsolved, despite the obvious links. Man-sik does his own digging into the watch with the pawnshop and this links to Gwang-se, a man sporting a bald eagle tattoo. He used to be well-known for smuggling cars and has ties to the Golden Bunny gang as well. He eventually reveals that there's someone called Monkey, who's the best in the country at smuggling cars. There's a guy at Insung Customs that covers for him too, which directly links in to Ju-yeong. Monkey still has the car, and the team need to tread carefully here. If they talk too loud or make it known at the station what they're doing, Ju-yeong could very easily hide everything before they bust the operation. As a result, the group decide to use a bait car to lure Monkey in. Unfortunately, the one he's likely to go for is the Commissioner's. With Gwang-se's help, they manage to get the car and the plan is set to go ahead. On the way, Dong-ju and Han-na end up in a rather compromising position during their stake-out but it doesn't take long for them to re-join the others, much to Jong-hyun's annoyance. The operation goes ahead, and they race into the warehouse. Unfortunately the team are undermined by Dae-yong and his group, who sweep in and try to take all the credit for busting Monkey and his smuggling gig. Despite a big skirmish, Monkey manages to get away. However, he's found by the side of the road not long after, having been stabbed in the neck with a screw-like knife from the perp. It seems to indicate that this guy is a professional killer and covering his tracks. Forensics also uncover cigarette butts, not dissimilar to the ones found on the dock with the CCTV cameras, but it leaves them at another dead-end. Meanwhile, Man-sik also has the unenviable task of facing the Commissioner's wrath, especially when he finds out about the trashed car. Despite all of this though, the operation exposes the scam, and a fair few goons are arrested. Naturally, Commissioner Cho takes all the credit for this! Jong-hyyun theorizes with the group afterwards that this entire ordeal is connected to both the Russian mafia and a drug operation run by an armed Filipino group. Unfortunately, they didn't find Ju-yeong's car at the warehouse. However, they do realize that Monkey needed an insider to fudge the paperwork, explaining why Lee Jin-su was killed. He came across Ju-yeong's scheme and was killed for it. All the documents he uncovered were also burned too, which we saw earlier on with Ju-yeong . Ju-yeong is pissed and he takes his anger out on the Section Chief when he confronts him in the bathroom. Time is very much of the essence here, and in order to find the goods, the group head to the dock and look through the shipping containers one by one. They only have until 7pm to find the car though and while Dong-ju confronts Ju-yeong as a way of giving the team some time, they actually track down the car. A chase inevitably ensues, and the team work together to catch Ju-yeong at the intersection as he twists and turns his way through the streets. Han-na stands right in the middle of the road to try and stop him. Ju-young sees this and decides to stop him before he hits her, jumping off the roof and slamming into the windshield. Ju-yeong is captured, and very likely going to miss his flight, but Dong=ju has at least stopped him for the time being. The Episode Review So Good Boy returns with another good episode, tis time tightening the screw around capturing Ju-young, all whilst building the team comradeship. The show has done well to make each of the team members unique in their own way, and the previous episodes have, of course, dived into their backstories to explain why they're part of this group. This works well to give them all a unique reason for being here, along with their ties to the Olympic games, and this chapter enhances that by having the group split up on their individual investigations. I'd still like to see a bit more of Jae-hong though, who feels like he's a bit of an oddball, but the investigation into Ju-Yeong and his ties to Gyeong-il's death have certainly been intriguing and overshadow any blemishes with this one. Now that we know there are ties to both the Russian mafia and the Filipino gangs, it raises the stakes dramatically. We do get confirmation here though that the Section Chief isn't involved but I have a feeling there could be another official aligned with Ju-yeong to make things run a bit smoother with this operation. It's clear Ju-yeong is not going to be detained for long though, and it sets everything up for a dramatic double bill to come next week. Previous Episode Next Episode Expect A Full Season Write-Up When This Season Concludes!
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08-06-2025
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Good Boy – K-drama Episode 3 Recap & Review
Episode 3 Episode 3 of Good Boy begins with Han-na's story, where she's about to compete in another championship and set a record. However, at a crucial moment, her long hair comes loose and distracts her, causing her to lose focus. The scene shifts to Dong-ju, who comes across Ju-young at the customs office and ends up creating a scene until he's reported. Back at the station, Dong-ju tries to explain that Min Ju-young is the culprit behind the hit-and-run case, but without proof, he has nothing more to say. This is when Jong-hyeon arrives, and the two end up sparring, with Jong-hyeon winning the challenge and revealing that he'd practiced Taekwondo from a young age. While the officers are out, Gyeong-il's arrest makes the news. Dong-ju visits his mother, who believes he'll be released soon once the real killer is caught. This motivates Dong-ju to investigate the imported car Ju-young had used the night of the murder. Meanwhile, Jong-hyeon learns that Gyeong-il's case is being transferred to a new prosecutor, his own brother. From their interactions, it's clear there's bad blood between the two. Elsewhere, Dong-ju tries to convince Gyeong-il to let the truth come out, but to no avail. In the background, Ju-young orders a prison guard to kill Gyeong-il. The next day, Dong-ju finds out that Gyeong-il has died, his death staged as a suicide. The police find the prison guard's watch at the scene. Following this, Gyeong-il's mother cuts ties with Dong-ju as well. In a fit of rage, Dong-ju visits Ju-young and attacks him, throwing punch after punch. Dong-ju then refuses to do anything Ju-young had previously demanded in exchange for dropping the case. In the meantime, Han-na, who had sent in her resignation, finds a watch similar to Ju-young's in her father's belongings. We learn that her father had been in the police force as well. She visits a pawn shop where the owner tells her the watch is a limited edition used by a powerful and notorious smuggler, but he's unsure whether hers is genuine. After Ju-young gets rid of the prison guard for doing a sloppy job, which led to Dong-ju identifying him, he realizes someone has been going through the documents and suspects Han-na might be a risk to his empire. Back in his room, we find out that Gyeong-il had been a competitor of Dong-ju's, and it had been during a sparring match with Dong-ju that he was injured. He had never been Dong-ju's brother. The next day, a real estate agent visits Han-na's house, where she discovers that her mother, who works as an insurance agent, has listed her father's house to pay off her debt. We also learn that her mother had been the reason behind Han-na's loss of focus on the day of her championship; she'd been busy fixing advertisements. That same day, Han-na had suffered from a long-term illness as well. After walking out of the police station, Han-na collapses, only to be caught just in time by Dong-ju. Meanwhile, Jong-hyeon finds out that someone has been searching for Han-na's details at the police station. After talking to Han-na, and after she returns the medal Dong-ju had pawned, Dong-ju resumes copying the book he needs to complete in order to prevent Ju-young from suing him. The next day, Han-na retracts her resignation, and Jong-hyeon joins the team to protect her from the growing threat. Later, Dong-ju breaks into the customs office and confronts Ju-young, warning him that he's coming for him. The episode ends there. The Episode Review With every episode, Good Boy is turning out to be a tonal mess, with too many genres overlapping within the same storyline. Not only that, the main characters' personas clash, and apart from Dong-ju, no other character is given significant weight in the narrative. As a result, the rest of the characters often fade into the background. The comic timing and exhilarating action scenes that had been keeping the show alive in the past two episodes have now taken a backseat. In their absence, the weaknesses in the plot and storytelling come to the forefront. Since Good Boy hinges on a weak and underdeveloped plotline, much of the episode feels disconnected and trivial. The characters themselves are painted with a shallow hand, their traumas don't land emotionally and feel trivial, mostly because the episode doesn't give enough time for those experiences to develop or breathe. Previous Episode Next Episode Expect A Full Season Write-Up When This Season Concludes!
