Bad and Crazy (2021)

Bad and Crazy: Episode 5

Our hero may be a coward, but he has plenty of motivation to get involved when someone close to him falls under accusation. And, as it turns out, he and his counterpart make a pretty good team when they're working toward a common goal.

EPISODE 5 RECAP

Soo-yeol heads up Hee-gyeom's questioning following the brutal murder of Assemblyman Do and the other transport passengers. He points to her family's debt – something even he hadn't known about – as a potential motive. Angrily, Hee-gyeom requests for someone else to question her, but Soo-yeol clarifies that it's other people, not him, who believe she could have orchestrated the murders. He asks her to trust him and follow his lead to clear her name.

Hee-gyeom trudges back to her station, where conversations turn to whispers upon her entry. Some of her teammates jump to her defense, while others believe she's guilty, and Gye-shik yells at them all to stop fighting. He urges her to take some time off, but she refuses.

Boss Yong's people are busy producing their drugs. But more items have gone missing from right under their noses, and her driver figures it must have to do with Assemblyman Do's death – which it seems they weren't behind, after all. Boss Yong orders him to pull their products off the market immediately, and to kill anyone still selling them after that.

Soo-yeol and Jae-sun pore over the files from Hee-gyeom's case. Heh, K keeps making snide comments, and Soo-yeol keeps forgetting that Jae-sun can't see or hear K. They decide Hee-gyeom's team must have a mole who leaked the transport time and route, the top suspect being officer Jong-gu who's been accused of taking bribes in the past. (And, incidentally, has been one of the loudest in Hee-gyeom's defense.) As Soo-yeol resolves to comb through all available footage, Jae-sun can't help grinning at his partner's newfound passion.

Meanwhile, Hee-gyeom sits at home, pondering Soo-yeol's question of why the killer deliberately left her alive.

Soo-yeol studies the photo of the guy who was almost run over by the transport truck – their only witness – but his face is obscured. Suddenly, K has an idea. Seizing Soo-yeol's phone, he snaps a picture of the photo and rushes out of the room.

K takes Soo-yeol to a club and shows him that the witness was wearing the club's wristband. Soo-yeol is excited until he realizes it's the same club whose ledgers K stole before returning the bribe money Soo-yeol had accepted. Although Soo-yeol returned the ledgers, the club owner isn't interested in helping him out unless he gets to give back the punch Soo-yeol (well, K) gave him. K asks Soo-yeol's permission to hit the club owner over the head with a bottle, and Soo-yeol tells him to go ahead... but the club owner strikes and K doesn't. Still, that does at least earn Soo-yeol the club patron records he needs to start hunting for their witness.

Outside, they're met by Hee-gyeom, who also recognized the club's wristband from the photo. While K hides behind Soo-yeol, Soo-yeol nags that personally hunting for the witness only makes her look more suspicious. K raps him on the head, warning him to watch his tone, and while Soo-yeol is distracted, Hee-gyeom snatches the records from his hands.

They relocate to Soo-yeol's car, where Hee-gyeom thanks him for helping, but reminds him this is her case. When she leaves, she takes the records with her. K watches her go with much longing, and Soo-yeol sighs at the both of them.

The next day, the three head out to start investigating people on the club's list who fit the witness's age and description. When they meet the first potential suspect, K grabs his hand and holds it in front of his face for comparison, much to Soo-yeol's embarrassment and Hee-gyeom's annoyance. But that doesn't stop K. Next, he lines up several guys in a row and has them cover their own faces as he goes down the line with the photo. Hee-gyeom facepalms, but reluctantly joins in.