Continuing from the previous week, everyone is in disbelief in the latest episode of The Killing Vote after the automobile carrying Moo-chan and Eun-kyung exploded. A anxious Min gathers proof that her teacher might be involved in the happenings in Gaetal in the meantime. Hyun is left comatose from the horrible events of last night and wonders aloud why the people should support someone like him as the support for Gaetal grows and the public begins to turn against the police.
Moo-chan’s condition in the latest episode of The Killing Vote ends up raising a commotion in society, with everyone criticizing ‘Gaetal’ for what he did. Hyun decides to enter the hospital undetected to meet Moo-chan, who turns out to be unharmed except for a minor injury. Additionally, it seems that he is collaborating with Do-hee to change the public’s perception of the police. It also turned out that Joo Hyun had prevented Moo-chan from perishing in flames. She enters secretly to meet him while Moo-chan is conversing with Jin-soo, and when she blocks the door with a threatening expression on her face, she surprises everyone.
Joo Hyun begins to accuse him of sabotaging the reputation of the Korean police. An equally irate Moo-chan responds, saying that it was necessary to change the public’s perception of them and that the only way to stop this current humiliation is to capture ‘Gaetal.’ Meanwhile, Ji-young makes a promise to her son that Lee Min-soo will convince Gaetal to join him because he has what it takes to pique the public’s attention. Meanwhile, Lee Min-soo is in the middle of thoroughly enjoying himself while trying to share footage of the incident.
Moo-Chan’s Masterplan and Joo Hyun’s Curiousity in The Killing Vote
Back at the school, Kim Ji-hoon is very sceptical of Min-soo’s motives as Min takes him back to her place to show him the video that Gaetal had planted. He is confused at first, wondering how she has access to such crucial information, but soon starts to help her find out more about the video. They are able to figure out the background noise, but before they can dig deeper, Hyun gets home and gives them an earful for going through such sensitive information in such a flippant way.
But when Hyun learns more from the background noises and lights thanks to Ji-hoon’s small discoveries, her rage quickly fades as she recognises that this is related to Seok-joo’s event and was shot at his home. Before going inside alone and informing Moo-chan of her plan, she takes the two youngsters with her but tells them to stay outside. He creates a distraction and quickly runs out of the hospital when he finally gets his cell phone and gets the message.
The phrase ‘The 13th one was wrong’ is written on a wall inside Seok-joo’s home in the latest episode of The Killing Vote. Hyun also discovers newspaper clippings related to the Kwon Seok-joo case. She gets unfortunately hit over the head by an unknown individual. To the horror of the high schoolers, Moo-chan also comes outside the house and rushes inside to look for Hyun. He carefully investigates the house after he hears noises and eventually discovers Hyun on the floor, asleep. In addition, he notices someone running outside and pursues them before getting into a fistfight.
The Killer out in The Killing Vote?
To Min’s dismay, the offender flees, but at least everyone is safe. Later, Gaetal reads the message board for viewers and becomes irritated at how people seem to be turning against him. The following day, as they attempt to determine what transpired there, the police and forensic team pay a visit to Seok-joo’s home. In the meantime, Min-soo seemed dissatisfied with the police presence at the residence.
Even though, if I’m not mistaken, it feels like they have all but spelt out the killer’s name, The Killing Vote holds up well in its third episode. If so, I’m not sure what I should have done given how much I enjoyed being kept in the dark about such issues. Even though it might just be a ruse to trick us, it would have been preferable to remain in the dark.
Episode 3 kept me on the edge of my seat, and it’s fantastic that Gaetal would utilise Seok-joo’s home to carry out his unlawful acts. Even though some of the episode’s moments are fairly comical, the humour is kept to a minimal to maintain the episode’s overall sombre tone. That’s good news given the subject matter and the moral conundrums.
The Killing Vote will air every week on SBS in Korea as well as on Amazon Prime Video in select regions.
