'Taxi Driver 3' Lee Je-hoon-Kim Eui-sung-Pyo Ye-jin-Jang Hyuk-jin-Bae Yu Ram performed vigorously as 'fisher buyer' flying over the 'fraudulent seller'.
In episode 11 of SBS's Friday-Saturday drama 'Taxi Driver 3' (written by Oh Sang-ho, directed by Kang Bo-seung), which aired on the afternoon of the 26th, the 'Rainbow Dark Heroes' Do-gi (Lee Je-hoon), President Jang (Kim Eui-sung), Go Eun (Pyo Ye-jin), Assistant Manager Choi (Jang Hyuk-jin) and Assistant Manager Park (Bae Yu Ram) were shown zeroing in on a 'used-goods fraud organization' that carried out malicious criminal acts through a used-goods trading app.
According to Nielsen Korea on the 27th, episode 11 of 'Taxi Driver 3' recorded a peak rating of 14.5% and 12.2% in the Seoul metropolitan area, ranking first in its time slot, first among mini-series broadcast that week, and first among all mini-series broadcast in December. The 20-49 rating, used as an indicator of buzz and channel competitiveness, also peaked at 3.98%, continuing its record as December's number one across all channels and once again proving its unrivaled box office craze.
The episode heightened interest from the start as a member of the 'Rainbow Dark Heroes' became a victim of crime. Assistant Manager Choi tried to help Dasom (Cha Jun-hee), a girl who had been scammed in a used-goods transaction, but instead fell victim to an additional 5 million won scam. Learning the backstory, Do-gi set out to recover the stolen money and, together with Go Eun, checked the tracking number used in the scam transaction to find the sender's house. At that moment, the mood drastically reversed when Do-gi and Go Eun saved Yoo Min-jung (Jo In) who had been about to take her own life. In fact, the sender Yoo Min-jung was also a victim who had suffered horrific abuses from the scammer, including identity theft.
After being scammed in the past and receiving little help from the police, an angry Yoo Min-jung tried to take revenge on the scammer and was met with retaliation. The scammer hiding behind the internet used Yoo Min-jung's name to post sharing posts that flooded her phone, sent food delivery bombs to her home, and exposed her personal information by labeling her a used-goods scammer, completely ruining her daily life. They even found her changed phone number and home address and sent stalking photos, tightening the harassment so persistently that Yoo Min-jung, unable to endure the torment, tried to end her life.
Because everything except the scammer's voice was fake, tracking them was not easy. Do-gi first set out to find the person who took the stalking photos. Soon learning that they were private investigation agency employees, Do-gi physically subdued the gang that had threatened, 'We cannot give the client's personal information,' and obtained their contact information. But absurdly, the person whose name was being used was Assistant Manager Choi. The scammer had even stolen Assistant Manager Choi's identity. After analyzing the pattern of crimes, Do-gi was convinced it was the work of an organization, not a lone offender.
Meanwhile, Go Eun, meeting her area of expertise, stepped up as a special planner. Go Eun led the members, saying, "Instead of chasing villains who will hide deeper the more you pursue them, let's make them come to us." Her plan was a strategy to create fake demand by posting a large number of listings on the used-goods app saying, 'Seeking Elements concert tickets,' to attract the scammer's attention. When Do-gi posted that he wanted to buy tickets in bulk, the scammer contacted him as expected, and Do-gi demanded physical verification. But this was Go Eun's real trap to reveal the scammer's personal information. The scammer, who planned to pay only for one ticket and scam 50 times that amount, actually purchased a ticket on a site that Go Eun had previously created as a fake, and the only ticket buyer, Kim Jung-soo (Lee Hyoje), was caught.
When Go Eun's 'bait transaction' succeeded, Do-gi returned to play his role. Disguised as an extermination company employee, Do-gi tailed Kim Jung-soo. The shocking thing was that Kim Jung-soo was a very young-looking youth who was carrying out such fraudulent activities openly with his peers at a study cafe. However, Kim Jung-soo's voice differed from 'that guy' who persistently tormented Yoo Min-jung, and Do-gi brought Kim Jung-soo in to question him about 'that guy's' identity. Parodying the film 'I Saw The Devil,' Assistant Manager Choi and Assistant Manager Park created a threatening atmosphere that provided a small laugh, and a terrified Kim Jung-soo confessed everything. Claiming to be 'just a part-timer,' Kim Jung-soo revealed that the voice belonged to the 'general manager,' but explained that he had never met the 'general manager' because all communication was non-face-to-face, leaving the 'general manager,' who had come so close, shrouded in mystery again.
At the end of the broadcast, the identity of the general manager (Park Si-yoon) was revealed, causing shock. The young man known as the 'general manager,' who seemed not to engage in normal social life at all, not only committed used-goods fraud but also showed sadistic tendencies by enjoying animal abuse as a game, raising anger to a record high. Viewers' curiosity surges as to whether the Rainbow Dark Heroes can find the general manager hiding behind the internet and what kind of corrective education they will give to the emerging villain who shows no conscience. In addition, the opening of the episode included a shocking scene in which a suspicious fisherman put a corpse brought in the live fish truck into a body bag and dumped it into the sea around the island of 'Samheungdo,' prompting questions about his identity and its possible connection to the used-goods fraud.
'Taxi Driver 3' is a private revenge agency 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 12 will air today (the 27th) at 9:50 p.m.
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