#586836
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Written by: Shûkei Nagasaka
Directed by: Kento Kiuchi
Original Air Date: December 18, 2020
Start the Clock: Midoriko has the team look into ‘Mingawa’ so that she can have a report ready for noon. Privately, she asks Itsuki if Genba has been in touch and is told that had not happened.
Ted gets a call from Seisuke Otomari asking for a meeting, an urgent meeting. Ted has the driver pull over realizing too late that it is Genba. The car pulls over and Genba pulls out a gun taking Ted’s phone and binding him. Ted claims he has no knowledge of Tamizo or Genba’s family. Having too much evidence to believe that, Genba locks him in the car and calls Itsuki. They give each other updates and Itsuki says the way things are escalating, she and Nanjo might not be able to protect Genba for long. Still, she looks into something they can use against Ted.
Rikka consoles Miyu when Ken comes in. He asks them not to talk so he does not have to lie when he says he does not know anything. He leaves and Miyu watches the flunkie beat him up for not getting any information.
Nanjo gets a manifest from the flight and realizes it has been tampered with. He, Itsuki and Midoriko realize that Mingawa was on the plane, and someone took his ID and face to the breakfast. While they are connecting the dots, Genba calls Itsuki who covers but Midoriko calls the bluff. Nanjo steps in and distracts Midoriko while Itsuki gives Genba information on Ted. They realize that it is best to play a slow interrogation then go for a big ask. For his part, Ted has no information. He does not know why Seisuke wanted to meet. Genba threatens torture and Ted counters with his own family.
10:20:15 Andre arrives at the compound and is displeased but ready to move on to plan B. Not being happy that there is a plan B that does not involve him, Tamizo asks for a couple hours and gets a half hour to finish the hostages and clean up the base.
Urara is getting a tour of the school when Magoroku gives her a call from Joshu. Urara wants to meet with him about his involvement in the Yuta scandal. Joshu waves her firing of him in her face but agrees to meet though not before implying Yoehi’s involvement.
Itsuki calls Genba verifying Seisuke but they realize it can be (and most likely is) a cover identity. Still, with few other leads, Genba takes Ted to the meeting. Miyu watches the goons pack things up and take them out, wondering what is happening. She is also concerned about Rikka who plays down her pains and the two wait. Unbeknownst to Genba, Ted pulls out a weapon.
10:31:25 While going over the Cookie Decorating class part of the curriculum, Urara pulls Yohei aside asking about Joshu. Yohei says that he asked for Joshu’s involvement without obtaining consent and Urara tells him that does not happen again. Magoroku pulls her asside telling her that information on Genba is difficult as most of his missions are classified. She asks about one seven years ago which Magoroku is surprised at her mentioning but confirms.
Genba parks and goes to talk to Ted only to be charged at with a knife. After disarming his opponent, Ted curses at Genba in Indonesian then has heart troubles. After getting some vague threats, Genba offers the heart medication. It is too late as Genba is left with few options to find his family.
10:41:36 Itsuki comforts a crestfallen Genba. It is personal as Ted confirmed shortly before he died. But what is the connection between Genba, Ted and Urara? He asks Itsuki to look into it, specifically a mission from seven years ago, Project Dark Night.
Ken brings Rikka and Miyu a gun and offers the best apology he can muster. Rikka realizes that he gave them a gun because Tamizo is planning on killing them.
Urara meets with Joshu. At her urging, he half-heartedly denies that he will intervene. He also tells her that a lot of people have invested time and money in her campaign and do not want those resources wasted.
Seisuke arrives for the meeting. He quickly determines that Ted is not alive, and we realize that he is ‘Yogu.’ Genba smiles from the front seat and ‘Yogu’s’ shots do not penetrate the bulletproof glass. Genba does donuts around the parking lot while ‘Yogu’ deals with a Weekend a Bernie’s situation before being knocked out.
10:51:29 Genba has a talk with ‘Yogu.’ The prisoner wants to be let go but Genba wants to know that his family is safe. They come to a compromise of sorts that Genba will free ‘Yogu’ when he sees his family is all right.
Having missed the deadline, Andre orders Tamizo to kill the hostages. Tamizo orders the flunkie to take care of it. Unfortunately, he does not get a good shot, but Rikka does, making sure to shoot twice. Ken is gobsmacked at hearing them as Genba heads to the compound.
11:00:00
iMagic: Itsuki’s phone has a button for mute, a button for the speaker and a button to make the line secure.
Stormtrooper Accuracy: Andre does not like the results that Tamizo and crew have after a year to prepare.
Dunder Mifflin: A office worker gives Nanjo a manifest and says it is correct.
Peter Griffin Moment: Genba goes into graphic detail with the horrors he can inflict on Ted.
[REDATED] it!: The place when Ted is said to meet ‘Yogu’ is an abandoned parking lot at a strip mall. It has to be abandoned since there are no other cars in the lot at all in the middle of the morning.
The Cubbies: Mylo does not like working for Midoriko and Nanjo’s advice on how to deal with that is to tell him to get over it.
I’m Not a Spy: While secretly talking to Genba, he asks Itsuki if Midoriko has asked if they have been secretly talking to each other.
Five Minute Rule: Miyu reacts in horror as Ken gets beat up.
Amnesia Bait: Rikka asks for the training manual when given the gun and generally conforms Miyu.
24-Gate: As Yohei tells a staff member at the school that he and Urara are a power couple, she calls him over about his shenanigans.
THAT kind of topless: Ted comes after Genba with a knife. It would probably be better if he didn’t yell than pause a few second before going for the attack.
Day Player of the Week: The school administrator has a good time showing off the school and in particular the cookie decorating class. If they had that class when your humble rewatcher was in school, the grades would have been much higher.
Employee of the Month: Itsuki, Nanjo and Midoroku puzzle together the assassination scheme (well a good portion of it) but Urara puts together Project Dark Night almost immediately all by herself. Because she is that awesome.
One More Time: “What are you after? Money? I’ve got a couple million on me.” “Shut up!”
Ted offering Money and Genba saying the one phrase almost no one would in reply.
Hour Time: “This is all your fault! You’re dead, Genba!” This episode can best be described as characters putting things together.
The best of all is Urara. She has an idea at the start of the episode. She knows that Yohei is involved with Joshu and puts together Genba with the assassination attempt. We see those involved with her professionally. The contrast between Magoroku and Joshu has never been more obvious. The actors do a great job portraying the former as a battle hardened but wizened old man who is patient thus knowing what he is doing in compliance with the rules while the latter is much looser and will bend as many of the rules as he needs to, even if not asked. Joshu is very much an ‘ends justify the means’ kind of character. In both cases, Urara knows what she is dealing with.
It is becoming clear that Yohei is something that Urara has a difficult time accounting for. He can go off track, but she cannot distance herself from him as easily as someone in her professional life. It has to be said that the location of a school is once again a horrible choice for these scenes. It was bad enough last week with the balloons but this week, Urara ad Yohei have a conversation in a side room adorned with childish drawings. It gives Yohei something to be distracted by but also distracts us from the seriousness of the scene.
Genba is also getting closer to his goal. Motosuke Iida gives Toshiaki Karasawa a great foil as Ted. He plays dumb well enough to give Genba and Itsuki a run for their money. He is convincing as an innocent but turns of a dime after his attack. It is only second to Yu Kamio. His Yogu and ‘Yogu’ are two entirely different characters. He did not change a bit after hurting Suzu but here, he is an entirely different person. He is not the caring father; he is a carefree criminal who will only cooperate to free himself. It is a great juxtaposition.
The scenes in CTU are serviceable. Midoroku, Itsuki, Nanjo, Mylo all get screen time and their stories inch forward, but they are really there for Itsuki to feed Genba information. Nothing really moves forward but we are reminded of the characters.
The Rikka and Miyu plot moves a bit more, though. We’ve seen the asshole flunkie for weeks and the stupid grin on his creepy face comes back when he finds out he gets to kill them. This character has been not all that great for weeks and not in a ‘love-me-because-you-hate-me’ kind of way and his leaving the plot is only a good thing. For his part, Ken may have brought the women a gun, but Rikka is the one who shot it without any help. The look on Ken’s face says it all when he is pretty sure that they are dead. Ken also has a good moment when he purposefully does not try to get information and is beaten out for his troubles. Miyu gets a chance to look concerned.
Things are heating up as we get to a resolution.
Written by: Shûkei Nagasaka
Directed by: Kento Kiuchi
Original Air Date: December 18, 2020
Start the Clock: Midoriko has the team look into ‘Mingawa’ so that she can have a report ready for noon. Privately, she asks Itsuki if Genba has been in touch and is told that had not happened.
Ted gets a call from Seisuke Otomari asking for a meeting, an urgent meeting. Ted has the driver pull over realizing too late that it is Genba. The car pulls over and Genba pulls out a gun taking Ted’s phone and binding him. Ted claims he has no knowledge of Tamizo or Genba’s family. Having too much evidence to believe that, Genba locks him in the car and calls Itsuki. They give each other updates and Itsuki says the way things are escalating, she and Nanjo might not be able to protect Genba for long. Still, she looks into something they can use against Ted.
Rikka consoles Miyu when Ken comes in. He asks them not to talk so he does not have to lie when he says he does not know anything. He leaves and Miyu watches the flunkie beat him up for not getting any information.
Nanjo gets a manifest from the flight and realizes it has been tampered with. He, Itsuki and Midoriko realize that Mingawa was on the plane, and someone took his ID and face to the breakfast. While they are connecting the dots, Genba calls Itsuki who covers but Midoriko calls the bluff. Nanjo steps in and distracts Midoriko while Itsuki gives Genba information on Ted. They realize that it is best to play a slow interrogation then go for a big ask. For his part, Ted has no information. He does not know why Seisuke wanted to meet. Genba threatens torture and Ted counters with his own family.
10:20:15 Andre arrives at the compound and is displeased but ready to move on to plan B. Not being happy that there is a plan B that does not involve him, Tamizo asks for a couple hours and gets a half hour to finish the hostages and clean up the base.
Urara is getting a tour of the school when Magoroku gives her a call from Joshu. Urara wants to meet with him about his involvement in the Yuta scandal. Joshu waves her firing of him in her face but agrees to meet though not before implying Yoehi’s involvement.
Itsuki calls Genba verifying Seisuke but they realize it can be (and most likely is) a cover identity. Still, with few other leads, Genba takes Ted to the meeting. Miyu watches the goons pack things up and take them out, wondering what is happening. She is also concerned about Rikka who plays down her pains and the two wait. Unbeknownst to Genba, Ted pulls out a weapon.
10:31:25 While going over the Cookie Decorating class part of the curriculum, Urara pulls Yohei aside asking about Joshu. Yohei says that he asked for Joshu’s involvement without obtaining consent and Urara tells him that does not happen again. Magoroku pulls her asside telling her that information on Genba is difficult as most of his missions are classified. She asks about one seven years ago which Magoroku is surprised at her mentioning but confirms.
Genba parks and goes to talk to Ted only to be charged at with a knife. After disarming his opponent, Ted curses at Genba in Indonesian then has heart troubles. After getting some vague threats, Genba offers the heart medication. It is too late as Genba is left with few options to find his family.
10:41:36 Itsuki comforts a crestfallen Genba. It is personal as Ted confirmed shortly before he died. But what is the connection between Genba, Ted and Urara? He asks Itsuki to look into it, specifically a mission from seven years ago, Project Dark Night.
Ken brings Rikka and Miyu a gun and offers the best apology he can muster. Rikka realizes that he gave them a gun because Tamizo is planning on killing them.
Urara meets with Joshu. At her urging, he half-heartedly denies that he will intervene. He also tells her that a lot of people have invested time and money in her campaign and do not want those resources wasted.
Seisuke arrives for the meeting. He quickly determines that Ted is not alive, and we realize that he is ‘Yogu.’ Genba smiles from the front seat and ‘Yogu’s’ shots do not penetrate the bulletproof glass. Genba does donuts around the parking lot while ‘Yogu’ deals with a Weekend a Bernie’s situation before being knocked out.
10:51:29 Genba has a talk with ‘Yogu.’ The prisoner wants to be let go but Genba wants to know that his family is safe. They come to a compromise of sorts that Genba will free ‘Yogu’ when he sees his family is all right.
Having missed the deadline, Andre orders Tamizo to kill the hostages. Tamizo orders the flunkie to take care of it. Unfortunately, he does not get a good shot, but Rikka does, making sure to shoot twice. Ken is gobsmacked at hearing them as Genba heads to the compound.
11:00:00
iMagic: Itsuki’s phone has a button for mute, a button for the speaker and a button to make the line secure.
Stormtrooper Accuracy: Andre does not like the results that Tamizo and crew have after a year to prepare.
Dunder Mifflin: A office worker gives Nanjo a manifest and says it is correct.
Peter Griffin Moment: Genba goes into graphic detail with the horrors he can inflict on Ted.
[REDATED] it!: The place when Ted is said to meet ‘Yogu’ is an abandoned parking lot at a strip mall. It has to be abandoned since there are no other cars in the lot at all in the middle of the morning.
The Cubbies: Mylo does not like working for Midoriko and Nanjo’s advice on how to deal with that is to tell him to get over it.
I’m Not a Spy: While secretly talking to Genba, he asks Itsuki if Midoriko has asked if they have been secretly talking to each other.
Five Minute Rule: Miyu reacts in horror as Ken gets beat up.
Amnesia Bait: Rikka asks for the training manual when given the gun and generally conforms Miyu.
24-Gate: As Yohei tells a staff member at the school that he and Urara are a power couple, she calls him over about his shenanigans.
THAT kind of topless: Ted comes after Genba with a knife. It would probably be better if he didn’t yell than pause a few second before going for the attack.
Day Player of the Week: The school administrator has a good time showing off the school and in particular the cookie decorating class. If they had that class when your humble rewatcher was in school, the grades would have been much higher.
Employee of the Month: Itsuki, Nanjo and Midoroku puzzle together the assassination scheme (well a good portion of it) but Urara puts together Project Dark Night almost immediately all by herself. Because she is that awesome.
One More Time: “What are you after? Money? I’ve got a couple million on me.” “Shut up!”
Ted offering Money and Genba saying the one phrase almost no one would in reply.
Hour Time: “This is all your fault! You’re dead, Genba!” This episode can best be described as characters putting things together.
The best of all is Urara. She has an idea at the start of the episode. She knows that Yohei is involved with Joshu and puts together Genba with the assassination attempt. We see those involved with her professionally. The contrast between Magoroku and Joshu has never been more obvious. The actors do a great job portraying the former as a battle hardened but wizened old man who is patient thus knowing what he is doing in compliance with the rules while the latter is much looser and will bend as many of the rules as he needs to, even if not asked. Joshu is very much an ‘ends justify the means’ kind of character. In both cases, Urara knows what she is dealing with.
It is becoming clear that Yohei is something that Urara has a difficult time accounting for. He can go off track, but she cannot distance herself from him as easily as someone in her professional life. It has to be said that the location of a school is once again a horrible choice for these scenes. It was bad enough last week with the balloons but this week, Urara ad Yohei have a conversation in a side room adorned with childish drawings. It gives Yohei something to be distracted by but also distracts us from the seriousness of the scene.
Genba is also getting closer to his goal. Motosuke Iida gives Toshiaki Karasawa a great foil as Ted. He plays dumb well enough to give Genba and Itsuki a run for their money. He is convincing as an innocent but turns of a dime after his attack. It is only second to Yu Kamio. His Yogu and ‘Yogu’ are two entirely different characters. He did not change a bit after hurting Suzu but here, he is an entirely different person. He is not the caring father; he is a carefree criminal who will only cooperate to free himself. It is a great juxtaposition.
The scenes in CTU are serviceable. Midoroku, Itsuki, Nanjo, Mylo all get screen time and their stories inch forward, but they are really there for Itsuki to feed Genba information. Nothing really moves forward but we are reminded of the characters.
The Rikka and Miyu plot moves a bit more, though. We’ve seen the asshole flunkie for weeks and the stupid grin on his creepy face comes back when he finds out he gets to kill them. This character has been not all that great for weeks and not in a ‘love-me-because-you-hate-me’ kind of way and his leaving the plot is only a good thing. For his part, Ken may have brought the women a gun, but Rikka is the one who shot it without any help. The look on Ken’s face says it all when he is pretty sure that they are dead. Ken also has a good moment when he purposefully does not try to get information and is beaten out for his troubles. Miyu gets a chance to look concerned.
Things are heating up as we get to a resolution.
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