Decoy Season 2 Episode 3; Credits: Coupang PlayPeople who believe that K-dramas are all about those rom-coms and love stories are missing some major crime thrillers as their plot is something the viewers can never figure out until it is all over, and they lease you completely speechless. Decoy is also a crime thriller that released its sequel Decoy Part 2, on April 7th, 2023. The K-drama is also popularly known as Bait or lowkey Chronicles of Crime.
The crime thriller Decoy Part 2, directed by Kim Hong Seon, is the comeback for Jang Keun Suk as the main lead Gu Do Han, a police officer. The drama also stars Heo Sung Tae as the fraudster No Sang Cheon and Lee Elijah as Jeon Na Yeon, the other leads, and Lee Seung Joon as Lee Byung Jun, a victim of No Sang Cheon.
The K-drama Decoy Part 2 discusses if No Sang Cheon is alive or not, who ran away after looting his victims off their life savings. No Sang Cheon of BIOS Network swindled money from commoners, and when it turned into a case, he fled to China to evade police investigation in 2011 and was said to have died in a car accident in 2015.
Gu Do Han used to be a lawyer but now is an uptight police officer who is investigating the serial murders of people who share one thing in common, that is that they were involved with No Sang Cheon. He is suspended from the case and put to silence. On the other hand, Jeon Na Yeon is a reporter helping the victims of No Sang Cheon’s fraud and looking for the truth.
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Decoy Part 2 Episodes 1 & 2: Recap
The show starts with the Head Deputy Kang Jong Hoon being kidnapped and being told by Jung Jae Hwang that he’ll leave him and confess that the serial killings related to No Sung Tae were done by him, and he will atone for it by taking his own life. Thus, the prime suspect in the killings was found in an abandoned house hanging down a rope.
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Back in 2008, Free’s fake phone scam happened where the consumers were tricked into believing TRS devices, a type of walkie-talkie, as phones and sold to them. The engineer of the device, Oh Chang Yun, was wrongly accused of special fraud even though he told No Sang Cheon about the wrong publishing and the negatives of the device. The CEO of Free was also arrested and put in a trap set by No Sang Cheon.
Kim Seong Dae is a politician who thinks that he earned some political funds from the Free scam along with No Sang Cheon. But he was betrayed by his secretary Jung So Ram. No Sang Cheon asks Kim Seong Dae to introduce him to “the VIP.”The whole thing in 2008 was a part of the BIGS NETWORK PROJECT of No Sang Cheon.
Back in the year 2023, the Commissioner suspended Gu Do Han, saying that he started digging up “the” case again which was closed with Jung Jae Hwang’s death.
Whereas Mr. Lee Byeong Jun, a No’s scam victim, stabs Han Da Jeong while she is promoting Jin Coins, a company working on its own cryptocurrency. After stabbing her, Lee Byeong Jun asks the people that No Sang Cheon’s death must be thoroughly reinvestigated as he is still alive. Jeon Na Yeon makes the incident divert to No Sang Cheon, and the victims speak up that they believe that the serial killer was framed and the case is trying to be swept under. Also, when Jeon Na Yeon meets Lee Byeong Jun, he tells her that he is glad that han Da Jeong.
Commissioner Kim Guk Hyun asks Deputy Head Gang Jong Hun to take the blame and resign. Deputy Head reinstates Captain Gu Do Han but denies to resign and would rather leave for a vacation.
Head Deputy discusses with Captain Gu Do Han and tells him that there were two people when he got kidnapped, and what he heard was a recording of Jung Jae Hwang’s voice. He says that he will trace back o his humiliating past.
Episode 2: The Truths
The new Speaker of the National Assembly, Kim Seung Dae, tells the Commissioner to appease Detective Do while the Commissioner asks him if he knows if No Sang Cheon is alive or not. The story takes a flashback to 2010 when the victims of the scam came across BIGS Network. Coming to the year 2023, Captain Go Do Han comes back to the station and discusses the case with his fellow teammates.
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The Deputy Head meets the Commissioner and says that he helped the kidnappers while Go Do Han listens to the conversation between the two on Deputy Head’s phone. He then meets the cop who helped No Sang Cheon smuggle out. The cop warns the Deputy Head that digging any deeper won’t help him. While on his way back, Deputy Head was tricked and killed, framing it as a suicide.
Han Da Jung expresses her sorrow for Jae Hwang’s death to Jeon Na Yeon and gives her a lead to Kim Sung Dae, the Speaker of the National Assembly.
Decoy Part 2 Episodes 3 & 4: Release Date
For the viewers of Decoy Part 2, the show releases its episodes each Friday, while its 1st episode was released on April 7th, 2023. For its viewers from South Korea, the episodes are weekly and released each Friday on Coupang Network at 9:00 P.M. Korean Standard Time. The Decoy Part 2 Episodes 3 & 4 will be released consecutively on April 14th, 2023.
For other regions, the show will be available on Viki at the given times:
- For viewers in Australia: on April 15th, 2023, at 12:30 A.M. A.C.S.T
- For viewers in Brazil: on April 14th, 2023, at 12:00 P.M. GMT-3
- For viewers in France, Germany, Italy, and Spain: on April 14th, 2023, at 5:00 P.M. C.E.ST.
- For viewers in India: on April 14th, 2023, at 8:30 P.M. I.S.T.
- For viewers in Indonesia: on April 14th, 2023, at 10:00 P.M. W.I.B.
- For viewers in Japan: on April 15th, 2023, at 12:00 (Midnight) A.M. J.S.T.
- For viewers in the Philippines: on April 14th, 2023, at 11:00 P.M. P.S.T.
- For viewers in Malaysia: on April 14th, 2023 at 11:00 P.M. (G.M.T.+8)
- For viewers in Mongolia: on April 14th, 2023 at 11:00 P.M. (G.M.T.+8)
- For viewers in Singapore: on April 14th, 2023, at 11:00 P.M.
- For viewers in Thailand: on April 14th, 2023, at 10:00 P.M.
- For viewers in Turkey: on April 14th, 2023, at 6:00 P.M.
- For viewers in the U.K.: on April 14th, 2023, at 4:00 P.M
- For viewers in the U.S.: on April 14th, 2023, at 11:00 P.M.
- For viewers in Vietnam: on April 14th, 2023, at 10:00 P.M.
Where To Watch Decoy Part 2?
The K-drama Decoy Part 2 or Bait Part 2 release date has been shared, and its full episodes are available on the following streaming platforms with English subtitles in Viki with its premium membership Viki PASS AT 4.99 USD/mo and Prime Video.
The show may not be available on the given sites as it is limited to some regions, but check it on the given sites and support the drama.
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