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Lee Je-hoon, 'Black Sun' complete blow... Highest 22.4%
In the 14th episode of the SBS Friday-Saturday drama 'Model Taxi 2', which aired on the 8th, Kim Do-gi (played by Lee Je-hoon) and the 'Rainbow Model Taxi Team' went on a mission to completely uncover 'Black Sun', a blind spot of the law in the city where all kinds of violent crimes are committed. While executing a large-scale revenge plan, the head of the 'Golden Society', the parish priest (played by Park Ho-san), made his first appearance.
On this day's broadcast, Kim Do-gi found Detective Choi's (played by Jang In-seop) pen recorder and launched a full-scale counterattack against Black Sun. Do-gi visited reporter Kim Yong-min (played by Baek Soo-jang) and handed him a tape recorder, advising him, “There must be something in it that only you, the reporter, can know.” Inside the tape recorder, Detective Choi's experiences were recorded in their entirety.
Detective Choi, who learned of the collusion between corrupt senior detectives and Black Sun, chased after the seniors who had gone to collect and incinerate drugs on the day of their death. And I found out that my seniors pretended to incinerate the drugs collected at customs, then recovered them intact and handed them over to Black Sun. In order to become a police officer who should lead Korea to a drug-free country, he became a safe distribution platform for drugs. In the face of such a miserable reality, Detective Choi took out a gun and made a surprise attack on Black Sun, but when it was in danger, he secretly mixed in a tape recorder among the items in the type shop and passed away, leaving the work to Reporter Kim.
Following Kim Do-gi's advice and getting a hint from Detective Choi's words on the tape recorder, Reporter Kim found evidence related to Black Sun's drug distribution inside the gym cabinet that Detective Choi had registered under his name. It was a situation where detectives in collusion with Black Sun, who were responsible for disposing of confiscated drugs, had taken back the confiscated drugs handed over from customs. In addition, Detective Choi's last letter contained an earnest request to 'bring the bad guys to justice.' The sight of reporter Kim sobbing while reading the letter was sad.
The drugs smuggled in by On Ha-jun (played by Shin Jae-ha), the designer of Black Sun's drug distribution, were the drugs taken by Detective Kim Do-gi and Choi and numerous women who were victims of sexual crimes. A money laundering house for those who want to evade taxes, an amusement park for drug addicts who dream of deviance, and a cash warehouse perfect for the public power that protects them. The reality of Black Sun was a perfect blind spot of the law located in the middle of the city. Accordingly, Kim Do-gi decided that there was no chance of winning by dealing with the Black Sun players one by one, and began planning, pledging to defeat them all with a single move.
As the head of the 'Gold Society', the head of the parish, came to Korea, On Ha-jun accelerated the large-scale distribution of drugs based in Black Sun. As the head of a secret religious organization, the parish priest was an evil person who manipulated and controlled the members as cunning as a snake. Among them, On Ha-jun could not hide his nervousness after learning that Kim Do-gi was alive and had worked as a new guard for Black Sun until recently. As he was about to embark on a major drug deal promoted by the parish president, he was afraid that Kim Do-gi would get caught up in it.
On Ha-jun led his men to raid Rainbow Unsoo and Kim Do-gi's house, but everyone had disappeared. On Ha-jun suggested to the parish director that it be better to postpone the schedule, but the parish president ordered to proceed as scheduled, saying, "If there is a disruption in the schedule, it is proof that there is a problem with the director's driving force." Before long, the Rainbow Five, who had been holding their breath, moved again. Kim Do-gi's plan to take down all those involved in the Black Sun Gate at once has been completed. On the day in question when the confiscated drugs were delivered to Black Sun through customs, On Ha-jun was on high alert because Kim Do-gi did not know when and where to appear and ruin his plan.
However, contrary to his worries, On Ha-jun succeeded in obtaining the drugs as planned, and soon after, he gathered all drug dealers from around the world at Black Sun and held a large-scale drug distribution party. However, this was all the beginning of a plan designed by Kim Do-gi. The 'Rainbow Team' infiltrated the storage room of customs confiscated items before the corrupt police officers could steal the drugs, and exchanged the drugs with flour before incinerating them. After belatedly learning that the drug distributed to Black Sun was flour, they began to suspect each other of betrayal.
Additionally, the atmosphere in the club became increasingly heated as partygoers began to faint one by one after drinking poisoned alcohol. In the end, people caught up in distrust and hallucinations assaulted and trampled on each other, turning the party into a mess, and Kim Do-gi, still alive, appeared in front of Ha-jun On, who was embarrassed by the sight of Black Sun in chaos. The 'Rainbow Team' hid the stolen drugs in Park Hyun-jo's police office and then reported them to the metropolitan investigation unit, successfully bringing those involved in the Black Sun Gate to justice and severely punishing them as requested by Kim Yong-min. Additionally, Detective Choi's unjust death was revealed, and Reporter Kim returned to the media and regained his honor, doubling the excitement.
On the other hand, Ha-jun On, who was stabbed in the back by Kim Do-gi, and the head of the parish revealed that they were trying to survive, creating tension. On Ha-jun, who barely succeeded in escaping, committed a vicious act by killing Park Hyeon-jo and cutting off the tail of the Black Sun Gate. However, the vicar's wickedness went beyond On Ha-jun. After making On Ha-jun taste the fear of death after failing in his plan, On Ha-jun, who was very poisoned, drew out a promise from his mouth, "Give me one more chance. I will definitely kill that bastard Kim Do-gi with my own hands." In the ending, it was shocking to see the head of the parish calling the rainbow model taxi as a client and getting into Kim Do-gi's model taxi.
Meanwhile, according to viewership rating research company Nielsen Korea, episode 14 of 'Model Taxi 2' surpassed the highest viewer rating of 22.4%, 19.4% in the metropolitan area, 18.3% nationwide, and 7.7% in 2049, ranking first in all viewership indicators among all programs broadcast over the past week. It continued its run at the box office by winning . Moreover, the 2049 viewership rating, which is the standard for topicality and channel competitiveness, once again broke its own highest viewership rating.
Kang Min-kyung, Ten Asia reporter kkk39@tenasia.co.kr
