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Good day and welcome again to the recaps for Crime Scene Returns, the place we’ll be beginning up a brand new case after ending up an intricate one final episode. For Episode 7, the present takes us again in time round 80 years and tackles a cult homicide whereas beneath colonial rule.
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As talked about, the case takes us again to 1945 with Korea nonetheless beneath Japanese colonial rule, the place a cult chief is discovered burned to demise on prime of an altar contained in the non secular compound of Sunsun. In contrast to earlier murders, all people appeared to have witnessed this one, so it’s a matter of who set issues as much as go awry.
For this case, we’ll be having Detective Ahn (IVE‘s Yujin). Whereas she’s been wonderful to this point on the present, I wasn’t positive how she’d do as detective, however she nonetheless managed to be entertaining whereas displaying her ordinary Fanatic Ahn investigation fashion.
In fact, what would a recap be and not using a touch upon the breadth of the set?
Significantly although, they investigated the sufferer’s physique simply as I used to be consuming dinner. Didn’t want that.
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Sufferer – Shin Gyoju
- 35-year-old male, chief of Sunsun non secular cult
- Claimed he reached divinity after dancing for 999 straight days, followers dance to have fun chief
- Burnt to demise throughout ritual of ascension, which sends the most effective followers to New Village
- Ritual held twice a yr in March and August
- Everyone noticed him die, however thought it was particular hearth dance
- Often use resin for hearth, however gasoline used right here
- Footprints discovered going up and down altar
- Gasoline discovered on facet of altar
- Made a $50 donation (~$1MM) for a railway enterprise allow for Sunsun in 1940
Some seemingly key clues are that no person within the compound is allowed to work outdoors after sundown (whoever didn’t abide by this turns into suspicious), the bread on the altar that he ate earlier than the ritual had a black substance in it that’s assumed to be opium however may very well be a lot of issues (once more, would assist expose who had the means), and there was a number of consideration given to wished posters that present an individual in a white tiger masks that served as a killer for rent (undecided what relevance but).
Moreover, one other wished poster was from a storage hearth from 1939 that seemed like Dookdak Jang (expertise with sabotage?), anyone broke into the storage to steal gasoline, coal, and opium (potential sabotage provides, who left the print?), and there’s a concentrate on the sufferer speaking concerning the epidemic inflicting a scarcity of followers and having directions to burn useless our bodies (might relate to motive if he did one thing excessive to resolve this).
Devoted Key (SHINee’s Key)
- 34-year-old male Sunsun cult devotee
- A Godking Of Dance that was set to ascend to the New Village
- Claims to have final seen sufferer the day gone by at 2:30 PM
- Later acquired an IV drip at 8:45 PM and disappeared from clinic at 9:30 PM
- Previously a wheat farmer was fined $6000 by authorities after mould in his product led to illness
- Thus additionally knew the affect that claviceps might have on people
- Fashionable Joo’s mother and father saved him from punishment, and Sunsun recruited him after that
- Bankbook of earnings since becoming a member of cult may be faux, claims he didn’t know
He had a spouse that was sick and went to New Village. He was additionally sick and was taking Physician Jang’s Sinmyo tablets. There are suspicions that New Village is definitely associated to both epidemic disposal and/or medical experiments by Unit 731, both of which might clearly give Devoted Key a huge motive.
Thanks, Godking.
Dookdak Jang (Jang Jin)
- 32-year-old male divorcee, lowest rank in Sunsun cult
- Claims he wasn’t on the ceremony the place the sufferer was killed
- Says final noticed sufferer at 2:30 PM
- Works within the discipline doing arduous labor, bruises on face
- Answerable for storage room
- Certificates displaying he was accountable for safety for sufferer
For him, the most important factor was that he was ordered to be an opium seller by the sufferer for the Sunsun cult. Nonetheless, he began to do his personal offers on the facet by hiding opium in peach jars and thus appeared to be wealthy. Nonetheless, the bankbook he had was for a faux financial institution, which might go to motive. Moreover, he acquired caught for his facet hustle and had “thief” branded onto his brow.
It solely jogged my memory of 1 factor.
Monetary motive is often fairly vital in the true world, however on this present, the motive often finally ends up being one thing deeply private. That branding might issue, but it surely doesn’t appear to be the same old motive.
Physician Jang (Jang Dong Min)
- 28-year-old male Sunsun devotee, researcher and physician for Governor
- By some means a Virtuous Character rank (second tier) within the cult
- Claims to have final seen the sufferer at 9 PM at celebration, left at 9:30 PM for work
- Loyal to Governor, gasoline discovered outdoors Governor’s workplace
- Acquired demoted for false declare of profitable vaccine, reported by sufferer
- Had each opium and clavicepts, which paralyzes the physique and has black colour
- Is aware of clavicept is created from moldy wheat
Most likely the most important reveal right here is that he was principally a collaborator with the Japanese. He purposefully designed the JV-45 virus and vaccine for the governor, however the vaccine didn’t work. In alternate for cash, sufferer wished him to make a drugs to extend labor, and he made Sinmyo pill so staff wouldn’t notice they had been drained. Was additionally doing analysis into anti-aging for sufferer.
Has a mysteriously locked door in his workplace that results in a cliffhanger, which I’m guessing is gonna reveal he’s principally a Unit 731 physician. A purple herring as a result of his backstory and means, however motive is kind of weak for now.
Fashionable Joo (Joo Hyun Younger)
- 26-year-old feminine, proprietor of salon, from Dangha (wealthy, gasoline entry)
- Made the sufferer’s worship garments
- Noticed sufferer at half at 9:00 PM the day earlier than demise
- Was final to see sufferer at 5:20 AM day of demise when dressing him for ceremony
- Had oil paint, however colours of blue, purple, and yellow had been lacking
- Knew the Sunsun ascension ceremony agenda
- Relationship Courtesan Park
The oil paint appears to be hinting at some means to sabotage his garments, and there’s questions as as to if realizing the agenda can be essential to sabotage him (although all people might acquire entry to that). That colour from these oils can be a type of brown, if that has any significance.
The most important reveal for her was that in 1940 she made a land “donation” to the federal government, the place they primarily stole her wealth after her mom and father had been left to die in jail as a result of a false report. I’m assuming in some unspecified time in the future subsequent episode it’ll be revealed that the sufferer has some connection to this that offers her motive, although proper now she appears most motivated to kill the governor.
Courtesan Park (Park Ji Yoon)
- 23-year-old proprietor of Home Of Hwasun
- Sufferer was a VIP buyer
- Final noticed sufferer between 9 PM-11 PM at celebration
- Had {a magazine} with a narrative about Devoted Key’s mold-infected wheat
- Filed for sumadupo (smartphone) mission, wanted cash and had debtors
- Included had been former lovers Choi Gwanryo and Kim Buja
- Obtained a $5 donation ($100000) from the sufferer to start out one other home
- Stole key from sufferer to get into storage as a way to steal his seal to promote for cash
So the most important reveal right here was that she owned a decryption desk for like spies, and had media with hidden messages from the independence military to punish the Sunsun cult. She claims that it was her patrons, but when it was hers, then she had some form of directions to hurt the cult in some kind.
Apart from the truth that I agree together with her rationale that she wants the sufferer alive for his cash, the optics of Crime Scene Returns making a personality with ties to the independence motion the felony in colonial instances is unlikely.
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Timeline
Day Earlier than Homicide
- 2:30 PM – Devoted Key and Dookdak Jang declare to have final seen sufferer
- 8:45 PM – Devoted Key acquired an IV drip at clinic
- 9:00 PM – Fashionable Joo, Physician Jang, Courtesan Park see sufferer at celebration
- 9:30 PM – Physician Jang leaves celebration to return to clinic, Devoted Key isn’t there
- 11:00 PM – Courtesan Park final sees sufferer at celebration
Day Of Homicide
- 5:20 AM – Fashionable Joo clothes sufferer for ceremony
- 5:40 AM – Dying at ceremony
Votes
- Physician Jang: 1 (Detective Ahn)
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I’m truly not tremendous sure what relevance the timeline has for the time being on this case apart from to ascertain who is perhaps mendacity or not. Maybe subsequent episode will set up who had the time to setup the homicide, however proper now it’s a bit ambiguous.
So far as the prime suspect goes, my preliminary thought is that it’ll most certainly be whoever is in deepest with the Japanese authorities as a result of utilizing colonial instances and never making the Japanese and/or their sympathizers the perpetrators is public response suicide.
So clearly that makes Physician Jang a first-rate suspect on condition that he looks like the governor’s lapdog doing experiments on Koreans. Nonetheless, he virtually appears too apparent at this juncture, and my suspicion turns to Devoted Key.
Based mostly on context clues, it looks like the narrative goes to be that the Sunsun cult is tied with the Japanese authorities, and in alternate for cash and allowing drug dealing, the sufferer allowed his followers to be despatched to New Village, which is definitely both a spot to be experimented on by Unit 731 and/or a spot for epidemic-ridden patrons to be killed off to stem the sickness after the vaccine failed.
Provided that his spouse went to New Village, Devoted Key discovering out not solely that his cult chief was a fraud, but in addition that his spouse was burned to demise by him, plots a revenge to burn the sufferer to demise as properly. In the mean time, the 2 individuals who know the signs of clavicepts are him and Physician Jang, in order that’s my selection.
Or the proof subsequent episode might result in one thing utterly totally different. Who ever is aware of on the halfway level?
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Different Stuff
- The place are we on the meta gaming for the present? The three who haven’t been criminals but are Jang Jin, Park Ji Yoon, and Yujin. You’d assume two of these three must be criminals in these instances. I might wager something Yujin is the felony within the final case simply to make the most of her finest, proper?
- Then once more, the producers aren’t that predictable, proper? And each member can’t be Detective/Suspect since there are solely 5 instances.
- The place’s the PPL? Did they solely signal for six episodes?
- I discovered the commentary on how cults recruit folks at their lowest level to be a pleasant contact given the problems with cults in Korea
- Punny!
- The producers actually get pleasure from setting Park Ji Yoon up. It’s like customized only for this banter.
- Yujin continues to be in a position to entertain as Detective at the very least
- I’m glad they made the plain joke as a result of it might’ve bugged me in any other case.
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That is setting as much as be an important case. From an leisure viewpoint, this episode will get issues off to an important begin, giving all people characters they’ll seemingly excel at and offering built-in alternatives to get foolish. Moreover, from a deduction viewpoint, the truth that the homicide was public and that not one of the suspects had been across the sufferer on the time makes determining precisely what occurred totally different from the same old instances. It’s extra about piecing collectively the sabotage steps of the homicide, and solely after that, discovering out who had the means to drag it off.
Excited for the conclusion.
When you’ve seen the opposite obtainable episodes, don’t spoil it within the feedback.
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