The First Responders Season 2 Episode 5 premiered on August 18, 2023, with a total runtime of 60 minutes. It is a new thriller K-drama series directed by Shin Kyung-soo and written by Min Ji-eun. The series (소방서 옆 경찰서) stars Kim Rae-won as Jin Ho-gae, Son Ho-jun as Bong Do-jin, and Gong Seung-yeon as Song Seol. The supporting and recurring cast includes Jung Jin-woo, Lee Jung-hu, Ji Woo, Jung Sang-hoon, Kang Gi-doong, Son Ji-yoon, Woo Mi-hwa, Seo Hyun-chul, Lee Hwa-jung, Jo Seung-yeon, Seo Jae-kyu, Lee Do-yub, Jo Hee-bong, Jeon Kuk-Hwan and more.
The second season premiered on SBS TV on August 4, 2023, and airs every Friday and Saturday at 10 pm KST, while the first season premiered on November 12, 2022, with a total of 12 episodes. The First Responders Season 2 takes over SBS’s Friday-Saturday 10 PM KST timeslot previously occupied by Revenant.
-The First Responders Season 2 Episode 5 Recap Contains Spoilers-
The episode starts off with Pil going to meet up with his neighbour. However, when he enters the house, he finds no sign of the woman. Moreover, a lot of things were spillled across the floor, which further made him anxious. As he goes inside the kitchen, he sees his neighbour on the floor, senseless and unconscious. Pil urgently calls for help, and the police arrive.
The forensic team confirms that the woman is dead, but the cause was still unknown. As the woman was close to Pil, it leaves him agitated but he still decided to investigate it. However, when the police tried to ask questions about the woman to the people living in the same society, no one was willing to help. Later it was found out that she did not have good relations with anyone so no one was willing to help.
During the autopsy, the doctor found an extremely unusual thing. The woman had a lot of blood loss but it accumulated inside the stomach and she also had a few ribs broken. Upon looking closer, the doctor also finds that there is no physical injury except for one. She calls for outside help to investigate the case better.
The outside help is none other than Kang Doha, the one who disarmed the bomb when Song Seol was stuck in the elevator. He is appointed as the new head of the department in NFS. As he checks the body again, he finds a number of things but does not reveal any of the information as he requested to visit the murder site for further investigation.
Ho-gae does his own investigation on the side. He finds out that the woman had a number of enemies in the neighbourhood and could point it to no one specifically. However, among everyone, his suspicions go to four people who particularly had a problem with the woman. Along the way he also befriends a little girl who helps him with the investigation.
Ho-gae and Pil disguise themselves as the building managers and visit the house of a suspect. He complains about noise coming from above the building, previously owned by the victim. But when Ho-gae goes to investigate, he sees no one inside the house. The forensic team concludes that the sound is coming from a recording instead.
Later, Kang Doha and Hong both urgently call Ho-gae to the office. They both start to explain the cause of the woman’s death. They reveal that while cooking the rice, the lid of the rice cooker hit her due to immense pressure, which resulted in a lot of injury inside the body and ultimately resulted in her death. Both Ho-gae and Pil find it hard to believe the conclusion and decide to keep investigating the case. The episode ends on that note.
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The First Responders Season 2 Episode 5 Review: Final Thoughts
The new episode includes a lot of humorous moments compared to the previous ones. It is entertaining throughout and includes emotional scenes as well, which will tug at the audience’s heartstrings. However, the plot has continuously managed to include interesting and out-of-the-box cases that keep everyone intrigued and on their toes. As usual, the actors have done a commendable job at portraying their respective characters.
The First Responders Season 2 Episode 5 is now streaming on Disney+ Hotstar.
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