GOLDEN CROSS EPISODE 2
When we last left off, Ha Yoon was in the clutches of the Golden Cross, trapped like a fly in the web and staying out of fear for her brother's life. Ha Yoon agrees to stay in her contract and is allowed to leave with her brother, Do Yoon.
The bank acquisition is accelerated and our hero's father, Joo Wan, makes the changes downgrading the bank's status as requested by Kwon Se Il, President of Hanmin Bank. He is given 300 million won, enough for his wife to buy the restaurant.
Joo Wan later formulates a plan to stop the bank acquisition and save the employees of Hanmin Bank. He is fired by the bank for his troubles. He sends some of the information to a private eye (who has also been hired by Dong Ha's wife). The PI finds out Ha Yoon is Dong Ha's mistress.
The PI approaches Ha Yoon to enlist her aid -- her father needs help to get his job back. Later, while Dong Ha is in the shower, Ha Yoon takes pictures of his account book. When he catches her, he flies into a rage and beats her brains out with a golf club.
A member of the Golden Cross, Attorney Park, is called and they know who to blame.
Joo Wan gets a text from Ha Yoon's phone. He arrives at the scene of the crime, cradles his daughter's bloody body in his arms and is arrested. He is shuttled into a room with Attorney Park, who informs him his wife and his son will die if he does not cooperate and confess. So Joo Wan confesses - even to his son - that he murdered Ha Yoon.
Ha Yoon should have realized she was in over her head. Perhaps the little autonomy they allowed her gave her hope? The last thing I would want to do is tempt the wrath of an organization that threatens my family.
I do not envy Joo Wan here. He is a man driven by circumstances and his family to do the wrong thing, then an attack of conscience forces him to do the right thing. The wrong thing is rewarded, but the right thing lands him in jail minus a daughter.
Do Yoon wants to make money so his family can live well. His disdain for his father's conscience makes an interesting counterpoint to Joo Wan. Joo Wan just wants things to be peaceable and to be happy; he thinks the way to do that is follow his heart. Do Yoon thinks the way to happiness is more cash. He has no clue about a shadowy conspiracy yet, so I wonder how he finds out? I'm assuming he will study his father's case once this goes to trial. Will there be enough holes in his father's story for Do Yoon to look through one of those holes and find the truth?
Dong Ha is developed more in this episode and is possibly the most compelling character in the drama despite his faults. He is not entirely comfortable in his position with the Golden Cross. He is constantly concerned with the line between legal and illegal, and is pushed over that line constantly. The illegal sale of the bank must happen; the murder is covered up because they are the most powerful organization in South Korea; his wife is cheating on him, but he can't do anything about it because his father-in-law says so. He cheats, too, but that doesn't seem to bother him at all. It will be interesting to see if Dong Ha becomes an ally in the fight to bring down the Golden Cross.
Now the pacing has picked up, and everything's starting to make sense. But the drama's just starting, so we're still left with many questions. How does a bank changing hands affect the entire economy of South Korea? And how do the members of the Golden Cross benefit from this? I'm guessing it means more money for the conspirators, but how exactly? Who is the Golden Cross, and what do they want?
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