Scandal Episode 31

And so we enter the final stretch of this drama...

 

 

 

Fake Eun Joong confronts Hacker with all the crimes the boy has committed and all the time in jail he could be facing. Fake orders Poong Gi to grab the laptop and come with him. Poong Gi tries to call Real Eun Joong but Real is at the moment in court so he can't answer his phone right now.

 

The trial is just starting and we learn that Woo Ah Mi is suing for only one cent. Money isn't the goal here. She just wants Taeha Construction to own up to their flawed workmanship and to correct the problems at the Zeus condominiums.

 

Real Eun Joong's lawyer, a more seasoned pro than poor Ah Mi, starts pointing out Paragraph This and Sub paragraph That. What it comes down to is Taeha is laying all the blame on the subcontractors. Jang Tae Ha himself sneaks in to listen to the proceedings.

 

Ah Mi, feeling she's starting to lose control of the case, makes the surprise request to call Real Eun Joong to the stand as a witness. Can she legally do that? In DramaLand I guess you can do anything.

 

Jang Joo Ha is starting to realize that her brother isn't trying to take the company away from her so much as Real Eun Joong is trying to destroy it. She asks her husband to help her protect the company.

 

Back at his law office, Fake Eun Joong tries to pressure Poong Gi into saying it was all Real Eun Joong behind the news conference and the stolen funds. Hacker at least stays firm and asks to speak with Real before he makes any kind of decision.

 

Back in the courtroom, Real Eun Joong has taken the stand just as Myeong Geun also comes to watch the proceedings. (I thought once court was in session no one was allowed in, but what do I know?) Ah Mi starts her questioning by asking the former cop why he continued to investigate Gong Gi Chan's death even though it had been ruled a suicide. Real, I'm sorry to say, falls back on that old stand-by of, "I don't remember."

 

Eun Joong goes on to defend the great and powerful Taeha Construction. Tae Ha looks smug as Myeong Geun falls weakly into a seat. Eun Joong keeps on talking (which a judge in real life wouldn't have let him do) telling Ah Mi she'll not win this particular case. She should wait until the Zeus building collapses and people die to file a suit that she can win.

 

Um, what? Does no one else see the flaw in that plan?

 

Joo Ha and Jin Woong go to Real Eun Joong's office to snoop around and find a USB stick. As super action music plays, the couple eagerly plug the USB in to look at the files on it. Thankfully all they find are lists of local restaurants. Booya!

 

Today's court session is over and the only two people left in the courtroom are Ah Mi and Eun Joong. She apologizes for making him take the witness stand, thanks him for being there for her during the difficult times, and hopes that someday he'll meet someone nice.

 

In other words, Eun Joong, you just got kicked to the curb.

 

Out in the lobby Myeong Geun stops Tae Ha and begs Dad #2 to not get Real Eun Joong involved in the trial and to be a better, warmer, loving father to their son. Tae Ha just turns up the smugness. They're interrupted by Eun Joong chasing after Ah Mi and yelling (in this very echoey lobby) about how he had asked her to trust him until the very end.

 

Ah Mi says the only reason she stayed with him was because she felt Eun Joong needed her. But she's not over the death of her husband and baby (understandable) so Ah Mi doesn't feel it's the right thing to keep Eun Joong hoping. Eun Joong proclaims he'll wait for her until Ah Mi feels she's ready to love him.

 

Everybody and his grandmother is hearing this conversation. Tae Ha comes over to berate Eun Joong for being romantically involved with Ah Mi. Tae Ha continues to fume in his backseat (I bet the driver is like, WTF?) when the clone phone rings. He listens in on a conversation between Fake Eun Joong and Hwa Young.

 

She wants to go beyond just the divorce case and have Tae Ha reinvestigated for Gi Chan's murder. She still has the black box from her car from when Tae Ha and Kang Ho used it to drive to the construction site.

 

While Fake Eun Joong is deep in thought after the call from mom, Poong Gi is able to sneak off a text to Real Eun Joong to come to the law office ASAP.

 

Real Eun Joong is about to get into his new luxury car when Myeong Geun just helps himself in. After wasting a few minutes going on about what color to paint the gate Myeong Geun finally gets down the business. He heartbreakingly begs Eun Joong to come home to him. Eun Joong's cold façade breaks just a little bit as he asks Myeong Geun to live just a little bit longer so he can open the gate when Eun Joong does come home.

 

The Jang's return home to discover Joo Ran is now there as a housekeeper. She's all dressed down and acting respectful. Completely opposite of what she was before.

 

Tae Ha orders Kang Joo Pil to turn over Joo Ha's shares to Real Eun Joong. Also, he should scrounge up a couple of billion won so Tae Ha can bribe the head prosecutor. If the prosecutor won't take the bribe then Joo Pil needs to fabricate some kind of scandal in order to control the guy.

 

At dinner Tae Ha rightfully is suspicious of the food his "new" housekeeper is serving him. Tae Ha orders Joo Ha to trade bowls with him. Joo Ran stops the trade, admitting she did spit in Tae Ha's food.

 

Poong Gi is still at the law office. Fake Eun Joong tells him it looks like Real has abandoned the hacker so he might as well cooperate with the lawyer. Ah, but here comes Real who has finally checked his messages.

 

To save the young Poong Gi, Fake demands two things: the company shares Hwa Young gave to her real son and the trillions of won stolen out of the secret account. Real agrees to this although Fake won't turn over the boy until tomorrow. So, are you planning to keep him a prisoner all night in your office? Isn't that kind of against the law?

 

The Three Joo's are all upset over Tae Ha's plans for his daughter to turn her shares over to Eun Joong. Joo Ha has the reconstructed shredded documents she and her husband found in Eun Joong's office. She leaves them on Daddy's desk in the study. Meanwhile Joo Ran found a spare key to Eun Joong's car while she was cleaning the house. She gives the key to Joo Pil with the orders to make Eun Joong a cripple somehow as this is the only way to really hurt Tae Ha.

 

Tae Ha finds the incriminating documents and must come to grips with the fact his son is not the faithful little puppy he wants to think Eun Joong is.

 

Hwa Young is outside on the steps when she sees Soo Young returning home with Señor Creepy. I would have thought someone with a law degree would be smart enough to pick up on Secretary Kim's not-quite-right vibes. As the Creepster is walking away he once again does that neck cracking thing. I hope Hwa Young noticed this.

Real Eun Joong returns to the Jang house to find Tae Ha in his bedroom. Dad #2 doesn't say anything about the papers he found. What he does do is guilt all over Eun Joong about how much he's missed his son and thought about him every day.

Outside, Joo Pil and Joo Ran are messing around with Eun Joong's car.

The next morning Real Eun Joong gets into his vehicle and drives off into heavy Seoul traffic. As he's thinking about Ah Mi, the traffic light starts to turn red. He steps on the brake pedal and of course nothing happens. The car keeps speeding into danger.