Korean horror drama "Possessed": Episode three recap

 Air Dates: August 5th to September 3, 2009  Wednesday and Thursday nights at 10:00 pm on MBC

Also goes by the titles 'Hon' and 'Soul'.... Ten one hour episodes, subs done by HaruHaru
Ratings- 12.0% nationwide, 13.8% Seoul

Main Cast:

Lim Ju-Eun as Yun Ha-Na.... High school student who is 'possessed' by spirits

Lee Seo-Jin as Shin Ryu.... Expert criminal psychologist and profiler

Keon Ii as Jeong Si-Woo.... High student who is bullied and befriended by Ha-Na

Yoo Yeon-Seok as Baek Jong-Chan.... Ruthless high school bully

Lee Jin as Lee Hye-Won.... Psychologist and part time girl friend of Ryu

Park Ji-Yeon as Yun Doo-Na..... Ha-Na's twin sister who died early on, member of T-ara

Kim Sung-Ryoung as Mrs. Yun.... Mother of Ha-Na and Doo-Na
Kyung Joon as Detective Jang

Kim Kap-Soo as Baek Do-Shik... Cold-blooded lawyer and father of Jong-Chan

 There are videos on YT but no trailers, first episode was the only show to have one. However this episode began off with about a two minute flashback of the first two shows and that's what the above video is. The pace slowed down for these two episodes but it would hard to keep that frantic level throughout the series, least it made the more gruesome scenes even more jarring.
 The focus of the drama has switched a bit as now Ryu occupied most of the screen time though we do see much of Ha-Na(Ju-Eun). Not quite sure yet if the pair are officially going out but we do see Ryu often with the psychologist Hye-Won who is quite a looker. Both have different views on how criminals should be punished with Ryu thinking they should either be killed or spend the rest of their lives in prison. Hye-Won has the opposite view as she feels criminals can be 'cured' and is now working for a program with that purpose.
 Last episode Ryu, along with Detective Jang(finally learned his real name), caught the serial killer of four young women, Joon-Hee. The scoundrel is now about to head to trial and Hye-Won has been scheduled to give testimony on how she felt that even such an evil person as Joon-Hee can eventually become a respectable citizen with the right program. In court Joon-Hee is represented by the lawyer Baek Do-Shik, his son is Jong-Chan who is a ruthless bully at his high school.

 As the trial was going on Ryu had received a package with no return address though we viewers know it was sent by Si-Woo who had been bullied endlessly by Jong-Chan. In the package were just two items, some strands of hair along with a cellphone. As Jang deduced the phone belonged to the student Park who had jumped to her death in the first episode, we've had a feeling that Jong-Chan drove Park to her death but there hadn't been any evidence yet.
 But there is now as on the phone was a video of Park being harassed badly by Jong-Chan and his two henchmen though only one person was on the video. Ryu and Jang called the three scoundrels in for questioning, Jong-Chan was cool throughout the interview and can't wait until this evil creature gets what he deserves. His two cronies didn't break down either but it was a miracle that they didn't, now the trio know that the Ryu and the police will be watching them.
 Back to the trial and Jong-Chan's lawyer father Do-Sik may be a bigger bastard than his son is. As mentioned he's representing the serial killer Joon-Hee and in the past he's been the lawyer for many others who have also been murderers. Do-Sik had always gotten them off with a light sentence and quite often has got the criminal off with no punishment. The case is going well for Do-Sik, too well as many in the audience are worried that Joon-Hee will be set free.
 Called as a medical expert was Hye-Won who was questioned by Do-Sik though for some strange reason not the prosecution. She told the court that young men like Joon-Hee can be rehabilitated but during Hye-Won's testimony she kept thinking back to the conversation she had with Ryu. She did have some doubts about what she was saying in court but in the end she told everyone that she felt Joon-Hee could be 'cured' to become a respectable person. With her testimony and Do-Siks deft but shady representation Joon-Hee was found partially innocent, instead of prison he's now just going to have to enter Hye-Won's program which ended in a disaster, that took place in episode four.

Observing the trial in court was Ryu who met up with Do-Sik after the verdict was read. Ryu knew all about Do-Sik's history of having the court find his guilty defendants innocent or getting a light sentence such as Joon-Hee did. We'll learn more about Ryu's past with the lawyer in the next recap but for now Do-Sik was unaware of what part he played in Ryu's life, that also goes with us viewers. But as you can see above Ryu thinks of Do-Sik as nothing more than a piece of trash and was ready to pummel the man into submisson but for now held back his fury, the event that took place in Ryu's past will soon become a major part of this series.
 There's something very creepy that began in this episode and we're not sure who to attribute it to. Could be Ha-Na who still sees ghosts and has nightmares even though Ryu had claimed he 'cured' her with hypnosis. Lately Ha-Na has been seeing her deceased sister Doo-Na everywhere she goes, no other person can so is she still just seeing illusions or does she have a special power to see spirits? Or then again could it be that Doo-Na or perhaps Park has been taking control of Ha-Na's body and been forcing her to do things against her will?
 Such as killing and though it appeared Park slew a person it seemed a long shot that a ghost did it. The killing was of the boy Hae who was one of Jong-Chan's two cronies. On his way home one night he saw a girl in front of him, Hae sped up a bit and it appeared he may have had violence on his mind. But as she turned around who should we see but the face of the girl who jumped from her school's roof... Park! That put the jitters into Hae who turned and fled from her only to eventually trapped by Park just moments later.
 We didn't see the actual killing but the dastardly Jong-Chan saw the end result the next day as hanging in a tree on the school grounds was Hae who looked like he took a savage beating.
Jong-Chan is still cool on the outside but inside he can feel the pressure mounting as one of his cronies has been killed, he can't find Park's phone which has a damaging video of him plus the police feel he had a part in her death though for the moment can't prove it.

 Though not an official policeman Ryu is not giving up on the case of Doo-Na being burned to death. Now that he's discovered who Jong-Chan's father is he wants nothing more than to nab his son for that fiery death and perhaps also bring Do-Sik down too. Do-Sik is even a lower man then we thought, he has an important trial coming up and he's trying to get the head of judges to switch the judge from that case. Do-Sik blackmailed the esteemed judge with some photos he had of him and a young teen, for now it appears the head judge will make the switch. We didn't see the female judge in this or the next episode but it appears she's on the side of truth and justice, she could become a thorn in Do-Sik's side.
 Getting close to the end, for some reason this series seems easier to condense than most Korean dramas. Hye-Won's part in the show is becoming a bit bigger with each episode. Besides appearing in court and having Joon-Hee assigned to her program she also has a new patient. That's Ha-Na who she's supposed to be seeing as a favor to Ryu and still not sure if those two are a couple. Ha-Na had been blowing off the sessions but did attend one near the end of this episode to please her mother.
 The major reason Ha-Na kept skipping out on the appointments is that she doesn't fully trust
Hye-Won who did have a hard time believing Ha-Na can see ghosts. Ryu is also unsure of Ha-Na's claim but is so close to truly believing her which does happen in the next show. The only persons
Ha-Na can trust in the word these days is Si-Woo and Ryu which is why that session with Hye-Won could be her last one. On that note this recap comes to it's close and nine of the final ten minutes were a tad slow. The last minute wasn't as Ha-Na or whoever was involved in another killing to end the episode off with but most of what happened begins off the next show and recap.

 Another fine episode but as mentioned in the beginning the action has slowed down a bit though the show has become a bit more interesting. Keep wanting to do at least a couple of posts for Ju-Eun who is such an attractive woman, she was 21 when this drama was filmed but played a sixteen year old student. Been harder than I thought having some posts for her but will keep working on it. Plenty of screenshots to help you follow the story better and the next post is the recap for episode four.