'Connection' Ji-Sung, Lee Kang-Wook's Shocking Ending with Dead Body...up to 14.2
The 12th episode of SBS Friday drama "Connection," broadcast on the 29th, ranked first in its time slot with 11.2% in the metropolitan area, 10.6% nationwide, and 14.2% overall, according to Nielsen Korea, and became the No. 1 miniseries on all channels for the 12th time in a row. The 2049 viewership rating was 3.9%, making it the No. 1 all-channel program in 2049 ratings for the week.
On this day, Park Tae Jin (Kwon Yul) informed Won Jong Soo (Kim Kyung Nam) and Oh Chi-hyun (Cha Eung) that Jung Yoon Ho (Lee Kang Wook) had tried to kill Park Joon Seo's (Yoon Nam) wife, Choi Ji Yeon (Jung Jung Min), but failed and fled. Oh Chi-hyun then asked Park Tae-jin about his affair with Choi Ji-yeon (Jung Jung-min), but Park Tae-jin emphasized that Jung Yoon-ho was more dangerous than the affair, and when Won Jong-soo received a call from Jung Yoon-ho, he made an appointment and left it to Oh Chi-hyun to deal with Jung Yoon-ho.
The next day at dawn, Jung Yoon-ho got into a car with Won Jong-soo and met up with Ochi Hyun, but he broke out into a feverish rage that weakened Ochi Hyun's heart. However, Jung Yoon-ho ignored Ochi Hyun's warnings to keep quiet and made a scene, and Ochi Hyun, his face hardening, climbed back up the mountain, cleared the ground, and threw Jung Yoon-ho's bloody shoe toward the hikers.
In the meantime, Oh Yoon-jin met with Park Jun-seo's daughter's doctor, who had sent a letter to Park Jun-seo, and learned that Park Jun-seo had claimed to have collected 500 million won for a new drug developed in the United States three months before his daughter's death, but that his daughter had died before he could get there.
Oh Yoon-jin went to Jang Jae-kyung's house immediately and saw Jang Jae-kyung wandering around in a trance due to withdrawal symptoms, and after much deliberation, he fed him a pill of lemon mulberry that had been delivered by courier. At this time, Jang Jae-kyung found a note inside the courier saying, "It's 4 a.m. in front of Lake Manyang in Manpyeong Harbor the day after tomorrow," and informed Jung Yeon-joo (Yoon Sa-bong) of Gong Jin-wook's (Yoo Hee-je) stowaway.
At the same time, Jung Sang Sang (Park Geun Rok) told Gong Jin Wook that he had found a boat for him to stow away on, that he was a doctor and Park Tae Jin, that he had scouted Gong Jin Wook as a lemon mulberry salesman, and that he had seen secret photos of high-ranking people on the USB that Gong Jin Wook handed him.
Jang Jae-kyung then decided to investigate Jung Sang-sang instead of the demanding prosecutor Park Tae-jin and followed Oh Yoon-jin and Jung Sang-sang, and caught Jung Sang-sang meeting with Park Tae-jin. Through wiretaps, they learned that Park Jun-seo wanted to sell lemon mulberry until he had 500 million won to pay for his daughter's treatment, but Park Tae-jin stopped him.
Sang Sang hands Park Tae-jin's USB to Gong Jin-wook, who ignores him, and says, "Go look at it. You'll remember it when you see it." When Park Tae-jin disappeared, Jang Jae-kyung and Oh Yoon-jin got into Sang-sang's car and asked him if he was a doctor, and Sang-sang taunted them with, "You must be very frustrated, you have a psychosis, but no physical evidence?" and took them to the lemon mulberry lab in Yeongryun Frozen.
Sang Sang Sang then claimed that Lee Myung Kook (Oil Young) had discovered the narcotic substance and that Won Jong Soo was taking the first drug he made, but that he was the one who made the lemon mulberry. He also laughed at Jang Jae Kyung, saying, "I'm the one who poisoned you with lemon mulberry...I'm the one who poisoned you," which enraged Jang Jae Kyung. After Jung Sang Sang revealed that there is no antidote for lemon mulberry and that he was the one who sent the medicine by courier, he said that '1882' was an SOS sign that Park Joon Seo told him to call Jang Jae Kyung when he was in a hurry, which surprised Jang Jae Kyung and Oh Yoon Jin.
Sang Sang revealed that Park Joon Seo didn't care about him when he was in high school, and that he was jealous that Park Joon Seo took out an insurance policy to find the truth even though he had protected him for 20 years after they split up. Furthermore, Jung Sang Sang said that he saw Park Joon Seo proud of Jang Jae Kyung's special promotion, so he thought that Park Joon Seo's revenge should be Jang Jae Kyung's, so he poisoned him with drugs and planned to catch Gong Jin Wook, then President Yoon (Baek Ji-won), then the doctor himself, then Park Tae Jin, but things got out of hand.
Jung Sang Sang said that what he did himself was to move Lee Myung Kook's body with Noh Kyu Min, and he asked him to stop by Boryeong to meet Noh Kyu Min before heading to Manpyeong Port at 4 am the next morning. Jung Sang Sang said that he thought that if he brought Lee Myung Kook's body back, Jung Yoon Ho would take the bait, and then Jang Jae Kyung would catch Jung Yoon Ho and dig into Ochi Hyun, Won Jong Soo, and eventually find out who killed Park Joon Seo.
Unable to understand Jung Sang's behavior, Jang Jae Kyung yelled at Jung Sang, asking him what he had done for Park Joon Seo for 20 years, but Jung Sang replied, "In front of you. Revenge for Park Joon-seo... I'm doing it right now." Jung Sang Sang also pleaded with Jang Jae Kyung and Oh Yoon Jin that he would get all the punishment he deserved and that they should just wait until he found the evidence by causing Park Tae Jin's mistake, saying, "I'll make it possible, because only then will my revenge be complete."
Meanwhile, Jang Jae-kyung told Oh Yoon-jin, who was furious, "Should I just trust that psycho Jung-sang and wait for him?" and said that if he arrested Jung-sang now, it would be difficult to reveal who was on top of Park Joon-seo. However, back at the police station, Jang Jae-kyung receives a call from Jung Yeon-joo (Yoon Sa-bong) telling him that she has found Jung Yoon-ho, who is now a cold corpse in the wilderness.
