Gap Dong EP 7 & 8 Discussion Post

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Drama: Gap Dong
Revised romanization: Gapdongi
Hangul: 갑동이
Director: Jo Soo-Won
Writer:
Network: tvN
Episodes: 20
Release Date: April 11 - June 14, 2014
Runtime: Fri & Sat 20:50
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Drama series is inspired by the "Hwaseong serial murder case" which occurred from 1986 to 1991 in the Taean Neighborhood of Hwaseong, South Korea. Ten women were raped and murdered during that time period. The real life case also inspired 2003 movie "Memories of Murder".


20 years ago Moo-Yeom’s (Yoon Sang-Hyun) father was a suspect in the "Gap Dong” serial murder case. Because of the detectives’ oppressive investigation, Moo-Yeom’s father killed himself.

Now, Moo-Yeom is a detective and works to capture the killer Gap Dong. The statue of limitations has expired for the serial murder case and Moo-Yeom resigns to the belief that Gap Dong is dead. New clues though for Gap Dong appears in front of Moo-Yeom and he sets out to catch him once and for all.

Yoon Sang-Hyun: Ha Mu-Yum
Kim Min-Jung: Maria Oh
Sung Dong-Il: Yang Chul-Gon
Lee Joon: Ryu Tae-oh
Kim Ji Won: Ma Ji-Wool
Jung In-Gi: Cha Do-Hyuk
Kang Nam-Kil: Kang Sang-Hoon
Jang Gwang: Monk Jinjo
Jo Ji-Hwan: Lee Hyungnyun
Oh Young Ae: ?
Min Sung-Wook: Nam Gi-Ri
Jung Won-Joong: Park Joong-Goo
Jang Hee-Soo: Kim Young-Mi

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How did I know Chief would be the one to shoot Muyeom? Dude really has no type of shame or formal police training. Also.....what's that finger twitch thing the Chief did? Isn't that significant? Am I mixing up dramas again?

Sun Joo? Wait, who is Sun Joo? Oh okay, Chief's daughter. So let me try and rationalize this. Did Gap Dong send Ha Ilsik to hurt Sun Joo or did he just find her while walking? Is Ha Ilsik even involved in what happened to Sun Joo other than being there at the scene when Chief showed up?

"Please don't do things I can't cover." What kind of lawyer says that unless he knows something about his client....? What about a Matilda? Matilda is a character in Jiwool's webtoon, So is Matilda equal to Maria? Or perhaps equal to herself? This Matilda sort of came out of the sky, so I'm wondering what Jiwoo's suspicions are as well. Also, the fangirl is still strong in Yoo Rachel I see. She can't let go of the man she wants...lol. Between her crying and serious lack of reality when it comes to Muyeom, she cracks me up.

It seems I was wrong about Red Frames Ahjussi being Gap Dong. Well then is it the guy who's a little bit slower than the rest of the inpatients? I always suspected him since the very beginning, not sure why.

An aside: It really shows how much I watch crime television and did research when something I mentioned last week, is mentioned in the show this week. Goals.

Muyeom gets intense headaches.....? That's not particularly "normal". Or was he playing it up? I honestly missed this part. I looked away for two seconds and didn't feel like going back. AH! So he's always known who Maria truly was, I had a feeling because he was always a bit too close to her. I still wasn't too certain until this episode, though.

Okay, so if Taeoh is really duplicating Gap Dong, then Gap Dong didn't commit all of the murders, he had others do it for him with a pending threat if they didn't. So if Ha Ilsik didn't commit a murder, Muyeom would have been in danger. Correct?

Comments

[iznanassi.livejournal.com]

I do not like how Tae Oh is making me feel sympathy for him, and I can't tell if it's bc Joon or if it's because of the way the storyline is progressing.

[shintotchi.livejournal.com]

I understand how you feel. :/

[hellociara.livejournal.com]

agreed. i keep thinking about how creepy yet hot he is and then i have to remember that he's tae oh and not lee joon, lol!

[shintotchi.livejournal.com]

I thought I could handle the illogical mess that is this drama, but they really ramped it up these 2 episodes. Shaking your police detail and going to where the potential serial killer directs you is beyond idiotic. Then her mother wants to beat on Muyeon, but can't seem to be around every time her daughter is acting up?

What about Tiger shooting Mad Monk, and nobody really addressing the issue? They just gave him the stank eye for the longest, and moved on.

And is no one else grossed out by how much Mu Yeon gets in Maria's space? That hug was so incredibly long and awkward. He would always force her to hold hands or something, but this time the struggle was much longer, and she looked so uncomfortable. Just what is the point? They have zero chemistry.

I was iffy about it before, but Joon seriously was the only thing getting me through these two episodes. I wanted to throttle everybody else, and I mean EVERYBODY, with the exception of the monk w/ a baby. Just...ugh. T__T

[hellociara.livejournal.com]

so glad that i am finally watching it / caught up, so i can discuss this with someone!

okay so first off, from the beginning (well ever since they showed tae oh talking to someone during the cake scene) i thought it was the guy with the beard who seems a little dumb. but then they would always show the guy in the red frames and i was like...he looks creepy and fits the age range, so definitely him! but after this episode, i'm going back to my original stance of it being the dopey guy.

B U T...i was thinking about the age range, right? so gapdong would have to be older. so while i still think that dopey (that's gonna be my nickname for the young guy, btw), since he has to be older i'm wondering if it's a) Mad Monk, b) Maria's stepdad & profile extraordinaire~ or c) this guy (http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Jung_In_Ki). i haven't figured out a motive yet, but this is who i'm guessing.

to answer the Sun Joo question, i think he just found her while walking or maybe did it accidentally? maybe he was trying to tell her to get away from the ledge and she slipped? i'm not too sure about it. but i also think that the reason why he really is stuck on Mad Monk's dad being gapdong, is because of what happened to his daughter and the fact that he associates him with the blame. i could be wrong though.

the last part...that could be a possibility. gapdong is definitely not killing everybody b/c we know that joon is slaying everybody (lol okay not really) and then that one guy at the subway station so he must have eyes everywhere. but for some reason i still don't think mad monk's dad killed anybody...unless i missed something?!

i'm loving the drama so far! sorry for this long arse comment >_

[kicking-tenshi.livejournal.com]

My money's tentatively on Dopey. He admitted to leaving behind poop after stealing fishnet stockings and the third case had poop left behind. Though ia, he's a little young, no?

I feel like Mad Monk's dad is too sweet natured to have killed anyone w/o going crazy about it himself (except that bit about Gap Dong the virgin eater... I still have no idea what that was about). I mean, that whole chicken bit and his reaction to his son burning his jacket has me thinking he didn't do what the Chief initially thought he did.

Whether or not he pushed Sunjoo or not, I dunno... I want to believe he's a sweetheart but Chief DID threaten his kid.

[hellociara.livejournal.com]

true true. maybe we'll find out soon! episodes 9 & 10 are out! i can't wait to watch them!

[imprisoned27.livejournal.com]

I think the "slow" guy in the mental hospital is suspicious because its the perfect cover and he gets alot more screen time than nessesary... But why would Gap Dong go into a mental hospital? I remember thinking during the first episode that it seemed like Tae-Oh knew the guy wasn't Gap Dong even though he was saying that stuff... it just seemed strange. Of course part of it was just that Tae-Oh left the mental hospital like nothing happened.

[iznanassi.livejournal.com]

Because once you go in, you never go out and the government basically throws you away. It's the perfect cover. Imagine if you were living outside and something happened in that small town if Iltan, how easy would it be for you to get suspected?

[antrea.livejournal.com]

Wasn't Matilda just Ji Wool's penname for her webtoon? I don't think she's a character, but I could be wrong

Damn I love Ji Wool but she really let me down this episode...... I think the writers totally screwed up her potential by having her do dumb things just bc she can't see Mu Yeom.

It's very hard to hate Tae Oh

[atopworld.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I feel like I might have missed something and it was definitely this small detail.