Unmasked Episode 3 Review: Cat Murderer Faces Sweet Justice

In the last episode of Unmasked or The Truth: Unmasked, we see the problems with the hierarchy of KNS as So-ryong faces multiple challenges while trying to do the right thing and bring the truth to the people. Meanwhile, new recruit Han Do faces his own problems after being moved from his department to So-ryong’s and then facing a cat murderer whose gruesome actions leave him heartbroken.

The series has 12 episodes and will release from 15 January 2025 to 19 February 2025.

Unmasked Episode 3 Recap

The episode starts with So-ryong and Han Do sitting outside their office with the rest of the staff after the sudden attack. However, all that becomes second thought when they receive a notification about an Amber Alert. The police get into the apartment of someone they suspect and find the child’s shoes outside. Meanwhile, Son Jun-yeong frames the old man, Yoon Nam-gi, and flips the narrative on him, telling him that he forced him to kill the cats. He also plants the missing child’s eyes in his room.

When the police update So-ryong on the situation, she rushes out with Gi-ho and Han Do. At Nam-gi’s house, they find Jun-yeong inside the burning building but Nam-gi is found barely alive and half burnt. Han Do is left traumatised and lashes out at everyone around him for not listening to his warnings. The police later find the missing child’s body in Jun-yeong’s house.

At the hospital, Han Do goes to meet Jun-yeong after creating a distraction and is horrified to listen to him rambling about murdering someone so candidly. However, Han Do has another trick up his sleeve and tells him that he will expose everything about him to the world. Even though he won’t go to prison because of his age, he will not be able to live in peace for the rest of his life. Unfortunately, he realises that it won’t be easy to take Jun-yeong down because his family is loaded. Meanwhile, So-ryong finds the camera she had hidden inside Nam-gi’s house but is disappointed to find that it has melted. She takes the detective with her to see a specialist in hopes of getting something out of it.

Later on, So-ryong and Han Do have a word tussle with one another and the latter asks for reassurance that if he covers the story, Jun-yeong can face justice. However, So-ryong refuses to throw him a pity party any further and doesn’t give him what he wants. Thankfully, they are able to recover the data of the murder taking place which proves the fact that Jun-yeong wasn’t a victim but the perpetrator. Later, she enquires about Cho Hae-won’s travel records but is disappointed to find out that she hasn’t entered Korea at any point.

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Trigger gets the chance to interview Min-geun’s parents but when they reach the house, his mother realises that Han Do was the one who abused him on the street the day before and kicks both of them out. Back at the office, everyone is baffled that Gi-ho and Han Do were unable to get the interview but the latter informs them of Jun-yeong’s recording and advices to go forth with that angle. He later takes Gi-ho to interview Min-geun’s neighbour who shares the shocking story of him drowning his younger brother when he was younger which leaves them both shocked.

With all this, Trigger brings out a stunning and dramatic re-enactment of the chain of events which eventually results in Jun-yeong being arrested by the police. When his mother attacks So-ryong standing outside the hospital, the latter reminds her that she was the most likely victim of her son’s psychopathic tendencies but was saved by those who had to lose their lives before that could happen. She should be more remorseful as well as afraid of what happened and what could’ve been. His mother immediately breaks down and we see the fear in her eyes as it becomes apparent that she has probably been feeling these things for a long time as well.

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Afterwards, we see that Na-hee might be transferring to the Soap Opera department while Han Do holds a funeral for Nam-gi. Although the hall is empty when he reaches, So-ryong later arrives at the funeral to see some wonderful images that Han Do has drawn for Nam-gi and is followed by other people who saw the news of his passing after the news aired. In the last scene, we see Park Dae-yong desperately running out with a bunch of Trigger’s papers while So-ryong is overtaken by emotions when she comes across a shocking post by Dr Trigger.

Unmasked Episode 3 Review

Finally concluding the cat murderer story, The Truth: Unmasked Episode 3 is a good one, with a ton of mystery and thrill, but most importantly, it delivers some great emotions to move its viewers. Somewhere along the three episodes, we got hooked on the story and its characters somehow and Nam-gi’s death turned out to be quite the heartbreaking ordeal. Coupled with Han Do and So-ryong’s reactions, the episode was an entertaining one that kept its mystery intact throughout its runtime and delivered some good twists and turns.

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