Following the footsteps of Vigilante, a few imitators echo the same advocacy in different regions causing more problems for the police.
But one wannabe stands out and even follows Ji-yong when he serves justice.
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Formidable detective Joo Heon was summoned to unriddle the mystery surrounding Vigilante. Meanwhile, Kim Ji-yong continues his hunt for remorseless crime offenders who received unreasonably light punishment from the law.
“Resent the law that freed you.”
Interestingly, Vigilante wannabes arise with one even on a happy streak. His first move was drowning a truck driver who mercilessly killed another truck driver. Instead of helping him, he went for another round of hitting the body leading to his sad death.
The masked Vigilante wannabe even sent a video message to a broadcast station about how the police are not relaying the note he left at the crime scenes. In his video message, masked-vigilante boldly declares pursuing his activities to bring the true essence of the law.
Ji-yong the true vigilante watched it at school with a serious look on his face.
This infuriated Mir-yeo who wants to believe she’s setting the bait to vigilante so he should follow her lead.
When a new case arises involving the kind halmoni who lives in Ji-yong’s neighborhood, the police and Mir-yeo’s team know that Vigilante will come after the culprit.
Ji-yong who cherishes the kind halmoni who works for her and her ailing husband is always helped by Ji-yong with her collected cartons and gives him candies as well. It goes without saying that it was emotionally painful for Ji-yong to know that those who live uprightly and decently cannot be protected by the law.
“The one who breaks the law better than anyone else is being protected by it. The one who obeyed the law better than anyone else wasn’t protected in any way. I think some crimes can be punished by crimes.”
Taking matters into his own hands, he threatens the culprit and his brother. He tells the culprit to claim the maximum sentence. Unknown to him the masked vigilante witnessed his warning but unlike Ji-yong, he pushed him to death.
Chasing after his copycat, Ji-yong meets an eccentric, seemingly mischievous man who interestingly confessed to being his fanboy. He warns him to go his own way and not to meddle with his affairs. But Ji-yong’s fanboy is eager to collaborate even offering an alibi.
Ji-yong’s fanboy and vigilante wannabe turns out to be Jo Kang-ok, a chaebol who sponsors the broadcast station where Mi-ryeo works. After knowing the reporter caught a glimpse of Ji-yong, Kang-ok cleans it up right away.
Following Professor Lee’s assessment, Jo Heon paid him a visit and became suspicious of the students helping him with the profiling app. On perfect timing, Kang-ok’s reinforcement helped Ji-yong in a sticky situation. A woman claimed to have been helped by Ji-yong when Professor Lee questioned the wounds on his face.
Later, Jo Heon confronts Ji-yong and tells him to not proceed with whatever he has in mind and warns that the vigilante will be caught soon.
In a flashback, it was revealed that Jo Heon proposes picking a worthless man to pin vigilante’s crime if in case the real vigilante is an almost perfect guy.
From afar, Kang-ok sees the conversation shared by Jo Heon and Ji-yong.
Vigilante Episodes 3 and 4 Musings
Excitement runs in Vigilante now that the direction is set and the heroes, villains and in-betweens are unfurled. So far, the rawness of the action scenes in this series is worth mentioning.
J-iyong’s agile and sleek grappling moves are as entertaining as Jo Heon’s effortless fierce punches and throws.
What’s really working in the narrative is the idea of Ji-young’s inexperience coupled with his boldness in asserting his conviction raises a sound argument that he is worth rooting for.
At the same time, the opposing reality that what he’s doing is socially unacceptable rings true as well.
With Jo Heon’s investigative mastery, he seems going full throttle toward his inkling of Ji-yong’s identity. So, will Ji-yong find a way to escape the situation? Will he work with Kang Ok?
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