The Perfect Lie Episode 6 Review: This episode raises the stakes as Ji-seon and Hwa-young join forces against Jun-ho.
The Perfect Lie (라이어) is an ongoing South Korean psychological thriller directed by Jo Young-min, starring Yoo Yeon-seok and Seo Hyun-jin in the lead roles.
The Perfect Lie Episode 6 Review
Ji-seon Turns the Tables on Jun-ho With a Kidnapping Plan
Ji-seon is not pulling any punches this time around as she has decided to gather at least some evidence of what has happened to her. She kind of kidnaps Jun-ho and tries to make him confess to his crimes, but he is too intelligent to fall for her trap. While she pesters him to disclose his intention behind the crimes that he did, he clearly tells her that he knows that she was recording his statements.
This kind of defeats the purpose because even if he says all the things that she wants him to say, he can just tell the police officers that he was forced. However, this does not mean Ji-seon doesn’t have a different plan at her disposal. She believes she can stage the kidnapping to make it look like Jun-ho abducted Ji-seon, giving her new evidence of his crimes.
Hwa-young and Ji-seon Join Forces to Finally Bring Jun-ho Down
The piece takes on a completely different direction after Hwa-young reveals what has happened to her to Ji-seon. The two women finally bond over each other’s sad fate and decide to get Jun-ho behind bars any way possible. Hwa-young also thanks Ji-seon for reporting her case in the first place because otherwise no one would have known Jun-ho was such a criminal.
Jun-ho Uses His Own Son to Escape His Crimes
Jun-ho’s level of evil is shown very well. He even uses his own child’s innocence to manipulate him into saving himself. There was a high chance that Jun-ho could have gotten in trouble because of what he did to Hwa-young. However, he very cleverly uses his son to testify that he was with him that day and not somewhere else. This truly shows just what kind of a monster Jun-ho is in reality.
He is not at all above using an innocent soul to get things done for him. Even so, Jun-ho isn’t a one-dimensional character because he does care for his son. Even when he does all these heinous things to other women, he loved his son enough to tell him to never lie again, as Jun-ho realised how much it hurt him.
Jun-ho’s Crimes Continue to Haunt Hwa-young
This episode also showcases just how difficult it is for Hwa-young to live a normal life in the aftermath of what has happened to her. Her husband comes back from the military after a long time, but she cannot even stay with him because she gets reminded of what Jun-ho did. This obviously does not sit well with her husband, and he begins his own investigation.
The fact that Hwa-young’s supervisor tried to bury the whole thing did not help either. However, whether this interference from Hwa-young’s husband would actually help the case or further destroy everything is something that we will have to see for ourselves.
Final Thoughts
I loved this episode as well. It introduces several new mysteries involving other characters, adding more layers to the story. The preview for the next episode also hints that Ji-seon may not even be able to trust members of her own family. I’m really curious to see how things unfold from here.
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