Connection Episode 1 Recap

The city of Anhyun is infested with drug dealers. The biggest cartel five gang headed by Jang Chul gu have been brought down by Jang Jae Kyung and his team. Unfortunately, Jang Chul gu have yet to be found after all his men have been arrested. Jae Kyung and his partner Kim Chang soo trace him to a restaurant and are on standby to arrest him.

Suddenly, a lady, Oh Yoon jin  whom Jae Kyung seems familiar with enters the restaurant but he tries to hide his presence from her. She is a corrupt journalist and seems to be collecting bribe from someone. However, the man sets her up and she is left flustered. 

Because of her, Jang Chul gu recognizes Jae Kyung and tries to escape from him but he ends up catching him. But seeing the sarcastic look on Jang Chul gu’s face, Jae Kyung remembers how he used a knife to cut off the Achilles tendon of his former partner An hyun soo leaving him in a wheelchair. To exact revenge, he shoots Jang Chul gu’s Achilles heel.

There is no evidence Jae Kyung shot Jang Chul gu out of revenge so Jae Kyung gets out of it and even gets promoted to inspector. At his ceremony, he is congratulated by his fellow officers, even his former partner An Hyun so who informs him he would soon begin physical therapy.

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Later that day, his current partner Lee Chang soo drops him off at home but he purposely leaves behind his bonus money telling Lee Chang soo to give it to An hyun soo for him.

That night, Jae kyung has an unwanted guest, Park Jun seo, a friend who betrayed him in the past back when they were in high school. It has been twenty years since they had last seen and The friend tries to seek forgiveness for what he had done but Jae kyung strongly refuses to forgive him. But Park Jun seo is determined to get his forgiveness.

Oh Yoon jin got suspended from her job for a month but she’s a valuable asset to her news company so her return is eagerly awaited by the director who has taken care of all the threats against her. She is leaving for work and talking to her ex husband on phone concerning child support for their daughter when a woman barges into her and causes her phone to fall on the ground, thereby breaking the screen. She follows the woman to make her pay for damages but the woman seems crazy as she tears open a package. Inside is a yellow pill and she begins to swallow it, not noticing anyone’s presence until her daughter whom she left in the bus  stop calls her name.

The woman panics and runs out of the building only to get hit by a bus. Yoon Jin is questioned in the police station but Jae Kyung who watches the interview advises the female officer not to divulge information that a new drug is circulating around because she is a reporter. Oh Yoon jin goes to work and boasts to her director that she’s meant to be a reporter considering how a rare scoop just dropped into her lap.

Jae Kyung has drinks with his team members after which he heads home but he suddenly receives a cryptic message by an anonymous number. The message reads 1882 and the time of a drug delivery. He remembers it’s a code used between him and his former friend Park Jun seo.  Jae kyung is confused by this and calls his number but he isn’t picking. Just as he’s about to enter his apartment, he is ambushed by masked men and drugged. When he opens his eyes, he is at the train station with his partner Kim Chang soo. Jae Kyung still feels drugged and Chang soo tries to wake him up feeling confused by his behavior. He shows him a text he sent him about a drug delivery that is to take place at the train station so Jae Kyung manages to put himself together and the two enter the train.

Jae kyung suspects a woman on the train and watches her get off but she isn’t the drug dealer. It’s a woman wearing a red hair clip and she passes something to a suspicious looking man in black, Jae kyung chases after the man while Chang soo goes after the woman. Jae kyung eventually catches up with the man who hides in an old woman’s house. Jae kyung threatens to shoot him with his gun but the two of them get into a huge fight and even end up struggling with the gun. The man hits Jae kyung on the head and due to the drug still being in his system, he faints. The man wants to shoot him but Jae kyung had already removed the bullets in the gun during their struggle.

Jae kyung wakes up and the old woman tells him the man had taken his gun. After he tells her to keep it a secret, he drags himself to a convenience store and drinks water to try and wear off the drug effects. Just as he’s about to pay for medicine, he sees the yellow pill in his pocket. Jae kyung is shocked and while in a cab, someone sends him video footage of himself being a drug addict and begging for the yellow pill. He also receives a text telling him not to try too hard and take his pill. Jae kyung feels humiliated and gets out of the cab to vomit on the streets. 

Meanwhile, a man’s dead body is found in a construction site and Oh Yoon Jin is told about it. Kim Chang soo informs Kim Jae kyung that he has caught the woman but she was only a part time worker so had nothing to do with the drug cartel directly. It’s a struggle for Jae kyung to get to the station as he wonders who amongst his enemies did this to him. His teammates worry about his sudden strange behavior. Jae Kyung decides to keep his secret but he wants to see Jang Chul gu at the hospital first to determine if he’s responsible for making him a drug addict. On his way, he meets his co-workers. One of them obviously doesn’t like that he is promoted and tries to make a jab at him but Jae kyung ignores him.

Jae Kyung continues to call Park Jun Seo’s line. Coincidentally, his phone is in the possession of his co workers. They answer it and that’s when Jae Kyung discovers that Park Jun seo was the dead man found at the construction building. He loses consciousness in a taxi cab and wakes up in a hospital. He then sights a nurse carrying his blood sample away. Determined to hide the fact that narcotics are in his blood, he follows the nurse to a storage room, pushes her out and locks the door. He then looks for his blood sample. When he finds them, he swallows them before smashing the yellow pill with the heel of his shoe. However, security have already crowded the door but he opens it and runs past them determined not to get caught.

The epilogue shows Jae Kyung and Park Jun seo when they were in high school and still the best of friends. They are strolling down the streets and Park Jun seon tells Jae kyung about the students that would be transferring to their school and how beautiful she is. Just then, they are struck speechless at the sight of a beautiful girl sitting at the bus stop. They watch mesmerized as she enters the bus and it drives away.

A police officer getting addicted to drugs which he actively fights against. Interesting plot. I would like to see how Jae kyung manages to fight off the addiction.


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