Mystery

Nine Puzzles – Episodes 3 & 4

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  • Title: Nine Puzzles – Episodes 3 & 4
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The third and fourth episodes see Yoon E-na (Kim Da-mi) further insert herself into the life of Kim Han-saem (Son Suk-ku) by joining the department to profile the killer of Mi-young (and even invites herself to dinner with Han-saem and his mother). While he continues to suspect her guilt in the death of her uncle, the detective does learn to respect her skills as a profile over the two episodes as the pair keep getting thrown together against his wishes. As a prime suspect is revealed, dumping a body before disappearing, E-na makes one more important observation that even Han-saem must admire.

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The Mystery of the Stuttering Parrot

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  • Title: The Mystery of the Stuttering Parrot
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Throwback Tuesday takes us back to another mystery involving the Three Investigators whose mantra of “We Investigate Everything” leads Jupiter Jones, Pete Crenshaw, and Bob Andrews on the trail of clues to finding a hidden treasure hidden in riddles taught to a set of parrots. The Three Investigators begin the case when looking for a single missing parrot, one who stutters (thus giving the novel its title) and is owned by a friend of Hector Sebastian (Alfred Hitchcock in the original printing).

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Ballard – BYOB

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  • Title: Ballard – BYOB
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Investigation into other cases is largely put on hold as Ballard (Maggie Q) and her team are ordered to reopen a different cold case involving the death of a young man at a fraternity given the victim’s sister and her most recent stunt getting play on social media. In that aspect, “BYOB” is mostly a case-of-the-week episode where the truth behind the crime isn’t what anyone initially expects. There are scenes here and there tied to the larger mystery including Martina (Victoria Moroles) being stalked by one of the lower-ranking members of the conspiracy and Ballard and confirming evidence from years ago was destroyed until suspicious circumstances including forgery of a retiring cop to hide who within the department wanted the bullet destroyed. And we get several scenes involving Parker (Courtney Taylor) agonizing over if she really wants to return to duty (despite all outward signs showing she’s pretty much all-in at this point).

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Nine Puzzles – Episodes 1 & 2

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  • Title: Nine Puzzles – Episodes 1 & 2
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The South Korean mystery thriller introduces us to Yoon E-na (Kim Da-mi), a high school student who walks into her home just minutes after her uncle has been killed. Traumatized by events, and unable to recall anything helpful about that night, young detective Kim Han-saem (Son Suk-ku) assumes she is responsible for the crime. One decade later, with E-Na now working as a profiler for the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency a new murder occurs which will further tie the two together, first because E-Na discovers the body and second because it occurs shortly after she was delivered an unusual puzzle piece delivered to the house just like the one left at the scene of her uncle’s murder.

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Ballard – Haystacks

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  • Title: Ballard – Haystacks
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While continuing to piss-off others within the department, Ballard (Maggie Q) makes headway on the case of the dead cleaning woman (stepping on the toes of the detective not paying attention to the case) which she closes by tracking down the homeless man who shot her earning a small victory and uncovering evidence of a police cover-up. In terms of the other linked cases, the leading suspect in the death of the councilman’s (Noah Bean) sister is ruled out for his airtight alibi for the second murder. However, Ballard poking around that case does lead her to receive a visit from Harry Bosch (Titus Welliver) who offers a few words of advice and teases more potential help further down the line. It’s an incrimental step to solving the larger mysteries at play, but a solid step nonetheless.

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