[mslee's thoughts] Review - SHARK Episode 14 Who is the Real Jo Sang Gook?

The drama becomes intriguing as the episodes pass by. More revelations of secrets are being shown, and while I thought that I fully understand where the writer is taking me, leading me to believe, still, I am clueless. Or perhaps, my instinct tells me that what the story wants to convey is really not what the truth after all. The lies behind the photo all points towards Chairman Jo Sang Gook, or it seems to be. But, here I am, taking a second look and thinking hard about the conversations between Yi Soo and Chairman Jo, there is something still hidden behind them.

Let me first write my thoughts about what happened in episode 14. Yi Soo with the aid of Hae Woo assistant prosecutor Kim Soo Hyun [Lee Soo Hyuj] who without her knowledge all along, is the one helping YS, kidnapped his father, Jo Ui  Sun.

I was intrigued on how the Chairman,  the grandfather and the father of Jo family is not risking his secrets to save his son. Or...like Jo Ui Sun asked him, is he really his son? I take a back seat for awhile and my mind was in confussion, thinking what were the conversations followed, what Hae Woo discovered looking at the photos in the album.

I am going to share what bugs me. The photo YS kept all this time that has been copied by detective Oh, then passed to Chief prosecutor contained two men,  the father with eyeglasses [sorry, forgot the name] together with his son Jo Sang Gook. Apparently, this is the only existing photo, and the SJG in the photo was the real one. Has Hae Woo and Yi Soo found out that the man in the photo and the living JSG is still one and the same person? Or not.

Yi Soo called JSG a fake! He told him on the phone. Did I hear the chairman denying the accusation? The name Cheon Yeong Bo  came up. He was long ago declared dead. Hearing and reading his name makes Chairman Jo rattled and angry. Who was this person? Later on, he was said to be a North Korean spy who later went to America. He also massacred a lot of people. In short, a very vicious and scary man who could kill in cold blood.

Another interesting thing here, the Chairman told YS that his father Han Young Man was not as he seemed. He was clearly insinuating that HYM was not as clean and perfect as YS knew. Then YS was bugged by the memory of his father saying that he was thankful he was finally forgiven. For what? Well, I'm still clueless.

Hae Woo asked Mrs Park about her grandmother. The grandmother she knew was not the grandmother in the family photo with Chairman Jo. It seemed that the chairman had two wives? The first one run off, as what Mrs Park remembered from her memory. Did not know if she died or just went missing, and Hae Woo was bothered.

Who was the ahjussi pen holder that seemed to be Chairman Jo hitman?

Here's my thought about him. I could be very well wrong but just let me share what this episode has made me think and arrive at this crazy thoughts.

Kim Soo Hyun told Yi Soo that he was an ex cop. he had a wife and a son in the states. But there was no more file about him before he became a cop. Who is this old man? His character is so vague here in the story, just an old man with a bookstore. But he could kill in cold blood!

Chairman Jo in the end of the episode told Hae Woo he killed Cheon Yeong Bo. But Yi Soo was thinking he killed the real Jo Sang Gook and pretended to be him, that's why it seemed to be the secret of the century or crime of the century.

But if I will think hard.... the description of the ruthless killer/spy CYB is the same as this low profile ahjussi pen holder/bookstore keeper that is continuously killing innocent people.

Is Chairman Jo speaking the truth about him killing CYB? Or is he in fact the real CYB? If he is CYB, who is this ahjussi? Then I arrive at the conclusion that perhaps...

1. Jo Ui Sun is the real son of Jo Sang Gook in the photo, whoever he was.
2. Hae Woo then being the daughter of Jo Ui Sun is also a real granddaughter and has the right to all the wealth of the family.
3. The biological mother of Jo In Sun was the one in the photo, who later left and was maybe missing/dead.
4.Did Chairman Jo supposing he killed the real one and snatched the identity of another person posed as the father of the child? Did he threaten the mother? That's why she took off?

My head is spinning in circles, trying to uncover what seems to be hidden still in the story.

It is so much easier to believe that Grandfather Jo is a fake. But why did he do that> Why keep on lying to Hae Woo and to the world?

But if indeed he is the real Jo Sang Gook, then the real truth behind the ahjussi pen holder needed to be out in the open to justify his character.

The ending is as thrilling as ever, with Yi Hyun being kidnapped by the ahjussi. Another revelation was Joong Young is suspecting his wife about something, after he saw her holding the shark miniature pendant while in deep thought. Adding that the president of the Blue hotel told him he has evidence that will show YS and HW in a questionable [maybe] scene?

Detective Byeon Bang Jin, adoptive father to Yi Hyun saw Kim Joon aka Yi Soo in the library clip. What must he be thinking now?

SHARK really is an interesting drama full of twists and turns and secrets. It's a drama that is worth watching every week. With six more episodes, I am positive that the writer won't disappoint me.

for now these are my random thoughts.

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