The police procedural comedy sensation Flex X Cop continues to leave audiences clamouring for more every other week, joining the list of high-ranking ongoing K-dramas. At the heart of Flex X Cop are South Korean stars Ahn Bo-hyun of See You in My 19th Life as the rich chaebol heir Jin I-soo and Park Ji-Hyun of Love All Play and Lee Gang-hyun. The two are reuniting after previously appearing among the cast of Yumi’s Cells.
The stakes rose in episode 14, and the detectives were not convinced they had successfully solved the latest homicide case. The case opened up “the gates of hell” to borrow Seung-ju’s words to his mother when she thought everything was over. Secrets of the past, especially surrounding the peculiar death of I-soo’s mother and memories forgotten, start to resurface. At the end of the last episode, I-soo confronts his father at an isolated cabin, and after he leaves, we see his father collapse, which leaves us all wondering whether or not he is dead. Be warned that the following article contains spoilers.
Flex X Cop Episode 15 [Spoilers Ahead!]
The preview to the next episode shows that I-soo’s father, Jin Myeong-chul, dies, and at first glance, it seems that he committed suicide by taking an overdose of sleeping pills, just like I-soo’s mother. Hee-ja, Seung-ju’s mother and the chairman’s legal wife slap I-soo during the wake, blaming him for her husband’s death. Unfortunately, it seems like the death of his father might put I-soo in a difficult situation since he was the last person to see him.
The detectives will likely question him about what they discussed. As you remember, in the last episode I-soo made a significant breakthrough in understanding his mother’s death when he remembered that he had hidden her sleeping pills, meaning that she did not die from an overdose.
However, he does not remember what exactly happened since his father had his memories erased. He went to the cabin to ask his father about the memory erase and what happened that night, simply a confrontation of anger. But do you think he is responsible for his father’s death?
Consequently, the preview shows that the explanation for the death of I-soo’s mother and father ties back to the common Chaebol heir wars. Apparently, Jin Myeong-chul was in the process of filing for divorce when I-soo’s mother was killed, and consequently, I-soo learns that his father had started the process of revising his will before his abrupt death. Gang-hyun thinks that someone might have poisoned his drink.
Solving the case will rely heavily on I-soo remembering what happened on the day of his mother’s death. Therefore, he visits the psychiatrist of hypnosis, Seo Yu-kyung, in prison to ask for a favour in retrieving his memories. He threatens to leak the files about her they have in the evidence locker, and she has no option but to oblige.
In the next scene, we travel back to when I-soo was young, and someone knocked on the door after his mother hugged him, appreciating the jar of sweets he gave her in place of the sleeping pills. She goes to open the door, and someone pushes her roughly; she falls to the floor, and her mouth is bleeding.
There are flashes of Seung-ju’s mother in both scenes trying to give a review of the cause of death, which provides us with a clue that she might be involved. Meanwhile, Seung-jun talks to the press and tells I-soo he is about to be appointed as the Chairman of Hansu Group while I-soo swears to uncover the truth behind his mother’s death.
The writers seem to take a jab at one of the fans’ favourite relationships in Flex X Cop, the brothers: I-soo and Seung-jun. Given that Seung-jun learn that he is not Myeong-chul’s biological son, could he have been involved in the plot to kill him? He proved in the last episode that he is willing to go to any lengths to protect his family. Did he do the same to protect his inheritance from Hansu Group? Will he become the chairman? Is the culprit in both deaths his mother Hee-ja?
If you are curious, tune in to find out in the upcoming episode of Flex X Cop. In the meantime, you can watch the preview here:
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