SBS 'Taxi Driver 3' Lee Je-hoon transformed into a "willing sucker" to punish used-car villain Yoon Si-yoon, exploding viewers' dopamine.
On the 28th (Fri) at 9:50 p.m., SBS's Friday-Saturday drama 'Taxi Driver 3' (writer Oh Sang-ho / director Kang Bo-seung / produced by Studio S, Group Eight, B.A. Entertainment) aired episode 3, which depicted Kim Do-gi (played by Lee Je-hoon) and the "Rainbow Heroes" launching a revenge-for-hire service aimed at a "used-car fraud villain" who drove honest customers into ruin. Along with this, 'Taxi Driver 3' episode 3 recorded a peak rating of 10.6%, 9.0% in the Seoul metropolitan area, and 8.6% nationwide, ranking first in its time slot and maintaining the top spot among Friday and weekly miniseries as it continued its box office run. Also, the 20-49 highest rating rose to 3.58%, proving intense topicality. (based on Nielsen Korea)
That day, Rainbow Transportation became a victim of a used-car scam. Assistant Manager Choi (played by Jang Hyuk-jin) and Assistant Manager Park (played by Bae Yoo-ram) met a used-car dealer (played by Jung Si-heon) to sell their old call van, but the dealer, who said he would go for a test drive, never returned and the vehicle was stolen. At the same time, another member of Rainbow Transportation became involved in the used-car incident. He was Driver Oh (played by Kim Eun-seok), who had previously worked at Rainbow Transportation and left to operate a private taxi.
The criminal who dragged Driver Oh into the swamp of fraud was Cha Byung-jin (played by Yoon Si-yoon), the president of used-car company 'Noblesse'. He was a former lawyer who lost his license after causing a fatal drunk driving accident. Driver Oh invested a large sum to receive the private taxi from Noblesse, but because the vehicle's license had been canceled, Driver Oh's private taxi license vanished overnight. Moreover, Cha Byung-jin and his gang inserted a power-of-attorney into the contract and carried out a fraudulent deal, leasing expensive foreign cars in Driver Oh's name and lending them to criminals, and Driver Oh ended up shouldering massive repair costs of 40 million won after one of the foreign cars registered in his name caused an accident.
Learning of this story, Do-gi said, "They followed the procedure, so we should follow the procedure too," and began the revenge-for-hire service. First, they headed to the Noblesse showroom. At that time, Assistant Manager Choi noticed that a used-car dealer coming out of the store was the swindler who had seized their old call van and chased him but was turned away. At that moment, Go-eun discovered the location of the foreign car registered in Driver Oh's name, and Do-gi and his group decided to retrieve it first.
At the same time, the foreign car had become a time bomb on the road. The thugs who had borrowed the car drove onto a pedestrian-only street, drove-threateningly, and even hit pedestrians without hesitation. Do-gi, who dealt with the thugs satisfyingly, succeeded in recovering the car, but could not terminate the lease contract early. In response, Do-gi said, "Shouldn't we get more money out of those guys?" stoking his desire for revenge, and soon declared he would buy a car from Noblesse, raising curiosity about the revenge scheme he had devised.
Meanwhile, toward the end of the episode another crime scene of Noblesse was depicted, angering viewers. They targeted a prospective father (played by Lee Woo-sung), who was looking to buy a family car for his pregnant wife and the child about to be born, labeling him a sucker and signing a fraudulent deal by adding 20 million won to the used-car price. Cha Byung-jin forced the man, who insisted he would report to the police and declared the contract invalid, into submission through violence. Even going so far as to assault his own employee to claim "mutual assault," he used the man's personal information on the contract to carry out chilling threats, causing goosebumps.
At that moment, Do-gi burst into the showroom with a new alter ego. Speaking with a lisp and bearing a bumbling charm, Do-gi pretended to make a fuss and damaged the man's contract, rescuing him from the crisis. Afterwards, Do-gi faced Cha Byung-jin and, with an innocent expression, said "I will take responsibility for all the losses" as he produced a thick stack of cash, becoming a "willing sucker" that made the swindlers' mouths water and elicited laughter. But it lasted only a moment: the used car bought from Noblesse suddenly malfunctioned on the road, and the episode ended with an accident, delivering a shock.
Meanwhile, SBS's Friday-Saturday drama 'Taxi Driver 3' is a private revenge-for-hire drama in which the taxi company Rainbow Transportation, shrouded in mystery, and taxi driver Kim Do-gi complete revenge on behalf of wronged victims. Episode 4 is scheduled to air today (29th) at 9:50 p.m.
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