[Apr 8-9] “Nothing Uncovered” Ep 7-8: Ratings, Recap, Review

KBS2’s “Nothing Uncovered” saw its 7th episode’s viewership slightly fall to 2.9% from the previous episode. On April 9, it finished the first half of its season with the best ratings it’s ever had. Nielsen Korea reports that the 8th episode of the romantic mystery show got a 3.8% rating across the country and 4.1% in the metropolitan area. 

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“Nothing Uncovered” ep 7-8: Recap, review

Episode 7

Yoo Yoon-young immediately recognizes Tae-heon. Despite the sudden visit from the detective, Tae-heon is suspicious because she doesn’t seem flustered at all. 

Seol Pan-ho suggests that if they can’t find the culprit, they should either fabricate one or hire someone to handle the company’s PR. Woo-jae warns against touching Jung-won, claiming that his own risk is greater than the risk of online public opinion. He says that if he doesn’t want to see himself self-destruct, which would also ruin his father, then they should leave Jung-won alone. 

Yoon-young, who blatantly has no weaknesses but does have something going on, is revealed by Zeus to be Mo Su-rin, the daughter of the hospital owner, Mo Hyung-taek. Hyung-taek, who summoned Kang In-han, says that the scariest person in the world is a reporter. He doesn’t want to cover things up but wants to expose them clearly. 

Kim Min-chul is unaware that the murder weapon was found in his house. Tae-heon says that even just the hidden camera photos are enough to arrest someone as a criminal on the spot.

Min-chul admits to the hidden camera, stalking, and malicious comments, but insists he didn't kill Eun-sae. However, he had drunkenly talked about killing her. 

Woo-jae, while digging into Tae-heon, learns that Tae-heon and Jung-won used to date. Jung-won wants to see Tae-heon. He suggests they meet at home due to the presence of reporters. Woo-jae sees Tae-heon and Jung-won entering the same house, driving him to the brink of madness. 

Tae-heon thought Woo-jae had hired Yoon-young to kill Eun-sae, but then Yoon-young’s alibi comes out. Tae-heon questions why she didn’t speak up properly if it wasn’t evidence she had been playing with because of Detective Cha. Jung-won, feeling insulted and hated for being treated as fake, didn’t speak up because she wanted to hurt as much as she had been hurt.

Look at this action. Woo-jae barges into Tae-heon’s house, questioning if Jung-won is conducting her investigation at the house of a detective… or rather, her ex-boyfriend. Woo-jae warns him as Jung-won’s husband not to bother his wife. Tae-heon asks, “You’ve had your fun, so why can’t your wife?” Is this a joke or what? This is hypocrisy, isn’t it?

Woo-jae, who had been following Jung-won, said it hadn’t been long since they broke up. But it was Tae-heon, and Woo-jae saw not only the way he looked at Jung-won but also the way Jung-won looked at him, asking if she was shaken. 

Woo-jae, determined to resist the temptation of drugs during tough times, fills the bathtub with ice. He really is something.

Tae-heon confirms that the employee who leaked Min-chul’s recording knows Cha Geum-sae. A colleague confirms that Geum-sae did report Min-chul and that Min-chul did say those words. 

Jung-won and Tae-heon are on the move, investigating everywhere. Tae-heon finds Eun-sae’s blood on a knife from Min-chul’s house, but it doesn’t match the fatal wound to the abdomen; it was a knife used for self-harm. The police are smart.

Jung-won knows Tae-heon’s habit of hitting the sandbag whenever a warrant gets buried. With just a few stories, Jung-won finds clues. She thinks the police made a mistake and goes to find Geum-sae.

Jung-won confirms that the knife has disappeared from Eun-sae’s house and remembers the four-leaf clover on the whale keychain she saw at the house, which Ba-reun had.

Jung-won, who was about to expose Geum-sae as the murderer, is told by Tae-heon not to say such reckless things again. She tells him not to have any feelings for her. That’s the way it should be. 

Zeus suggests digging into Mo Su-rin if nothing comes up about Yoon-young. Zeus knows about the housekeeper dropping her phone when she was discovered. Jung-won, who has never said such things, thinks Zeus has been watching her. Could it be… Zeus has been following her? Who is this Zeus?

Whether it’s Zeus or not, Jung-won collapses from an anesthetic used by an assailant. Being a reporter is not for everyone.

Episode 8

Yoon-young starts her counterattack against Jung-won after Seol Woo-jae discovers all her secrets, heightening the tension.

Episode 8 revealed that on the day of Jin Myung-sook’s murder, Cha Geum-sae was seen fleeing with a bag left at her front door. Leaving behind a pleading Myung-sook, Geum-sae, who only took the money bag, recognized the whale keyring attached to it and became convinced that Jung-won, who recognized it, was the real murderer.

Jung-won, kidnapped by Geum-sae, regained consciousness in the office where Cha Eun-sae’s body was found. As Geum-sae was about to swing a jackknife at Jung-won, Kim Tae-heon, who arrived at the scene, engaged in a tense physical confrontation with the reckless Geum-sae.

Having narrowly escaped danger, Jung-won finds Tae-heon covered in wounds and sheds tears she had been holding back upon his apologetic words for being late.

Geum-sae, who was arrested on charges of kidnapping and injuring Jung-won, was interrogated by Tae-heon. Tae-heon used Geum-sae’s anxious state to intensify the interrogation, questioning whether it was Mo Hyung-taek who ordered him to watch Jin Myung-sook, thereby increasing the immersion of the drama.

The next day, Jung-won reported an exclusive article stating that Geum-sae was monitoring Jin Myung-sook under the orders of Mo Hyung-taek’s aide. Hyung-taek held an emergency press conference and admitted that his aide had instructed Geum-sae to monitor Myung-sook, a house helper. He also stirred up the world by revealing that he had sponsored Eun-sae like his own daughter until her high school graduation, amidst rumors of sponsorship.

A week later, Jung-won, who had decided to reveal the murderer of Eun-sae on her program, became anxious as the alibis of the suspects were confirmed. Tae-heon, who visited the broadcasting station, surprised Jung-won by revealing that the youngest reporter, Lee Ba-reun, was the one who had delivered Jin Myung-sook’s donations to the victims’ group of the landfill factory. Visiting Ba-reun’s house, Jung-won discovered a secret anonymous app on his computer and was shocked to learn that the anonymous informant “Zeus,” who had been providing her with secret information, was the youngest reporter.

Meanwhile, Woo-jae, while Yoon-young was drunk and asleep, discovered a photo of Jung-won’s necklace on a USB she had hidden, excitedly finding evidence and becoming furious at Yoon-young for trapping Jung-won.

At the end of episode 8, Yoon-young, realizing that Woo-jae had learned all the facts, handed over a photo of Jung-won visiting the scene of Eun-sae’s murder to Tae-heon, drawing a chilling ending.

The 9th episode of the KBS 2TV Monday-Tuesday drama “Nothing Uncovered” will be broadcast on the 15th at 10:10 PM.

(Sources: naver.com (1), naver.com (2))