Vincenzo K-Drama Episode 2 Recap

Episode 2 of Vincenzo begins with Vincenzo himself hauling Seok-Do up from the window as he bemoans the scar that Vincenzo may well have left him. He tells his goons to attack just as police officers arrive and disperse them before everything explodes into chaos.

In the aftermath of this, Yu-Chan takes Vincenzo aside and talks to him about his tape measure stunt. He tells Vincenzo to go home, but he refuses to do so, promising to fight for the building and get it back. A reporter arrives to speak to Vincenzo as he leaves, but he’s already left.

With him gone, the other residents think about teaching Vincenzo a lesson. Regardless of what they do, they all decide to stick together for the time being.

Vincenzo heads to the hospital and speaks to the Geumga Plaza resident hit by the dreaded truck, who happens to be in a bad way but still very much alive. He talks about the building and implores him to demolish the building before Babel does.

3 years back, we see a bit more of the special room housing the gold. There’s a special contraption with the basement, which sets off charges to destroy the foundations if anyone tries to break in.

This meeting with Wang Shaolin eventually cuts us forward two years later when the news reveals that he died of a cardiac arrest after a swim. After this, Vincenzo worked to move the gold across to this building. However, we’re still not entirely sure how.

In the present, Vincenzo does his best to try and find a way into the temple but continues to raise his voice which, of course, startles the monks.

Meanwhile, Cha-Young is close to wrapping up the Babel case, given her Father has no more cards up his sleeve to play. Then, however, she suddenly receives a visit from Joon-Woo, who confirms that Babel’s pharmaceutical division has called with urgent news. One of the quarantined researchers has gone missing.

This causes Cha-Young to head out and speak to the Chairman of Babel directly, but he brushes aside her greeting as she once again heads in the wrong direction to her car. However, Cha-Young eventually talks herself up as she heads in to see her Father.

Vincenzo speaks to Yu-Chan as well and manages to convince him to trust the consigliere for the time being. Yu-Chan gives the green light to see all the documents on Babel.

While he looks through them, Cha-Young shows up and claims she’s lost her wallet. Of course, this is all a ploy to see the Babel documents. Well, Vincenzo has thoughts on Babel, calling them all assholes. Given that Cha-Young is currently there, she’s taken aback as Yu-Chan steers Vincenzo’s loathing toward Law Firm Wusang, which Cha-Young works for.

Cha-Young follows him out, and the two wind up eating food together. While they wait for their dishes, Cha-Young tells him to head back to Italy. An argument breaks out in the restaurant, though, which leads to Vincenzo’s food spilling all over his lap.

This inevitably brings him back to Chef Toto, where he makes him saffron risotto. Once again, he spits the food out and tells the chef it tastes like vomited baby food. However, Toto breaks down when he hears this as Vincenzo heads out to see Deok-Jin, the mobster working at Investment and Development.

With a Bill of Indictment in hand, Vincenzo forces a meeting and sits with this manager. The envelope he has is completely empty, though, which is all a ploy to get in the room with this man. Vincenzo threatens to take his family and abduct him, as we hear another reference to The Godfather. It seems to work too.

Back at the office, they learn more about how this operation works. Despite being illegal, Law Firm Wusang forcibly evicted the residents one week after the notice and then demolished the non-residential areas to spook the rest of the residents.

When the residents leave, they’re given a small settlement, but it’s not enough, especially given how illegal this is.

While they work on a solution, Vincenzo and Yu-Chan head out together for a drink, where Vincenzo learns the meaning behind the title of his law firm. Only, he receives an ominous call from someone out in the rain, which we later find out is that whistle-blower. Yu-Chan soon hangs up, though, and the pair continue drinking together.

Meanwhile, interspersed around this story is a separate plot line involving Prosecutor Myung-Hee. She’s being made the fall victim to several businessmen, but she’s having absolutely none of it.

Seung-Hyeok shows up, though, and encourages her to join his law firm. Then, with Babel group on their side, he makes a convincing argument as Myung-Hee admits that the alcohol is getting to her. Myung-Hee hands in her notice on the back of this, claiming she’s sick of being her boss’ hound.

After making a statement, she shows up at Woosung Law Firm as a senior lawyer. Cha-Young is not exactly thrilled to see her with her firmly set to take over. Everyone else, however, is happy given Cha-Young’s behavior.

The group holds a meeting where Seung-Hyeok goes over his plan to evict those inside Geumga Plaza. Cha-Young is not happy, though, especially with how she’s been pushed out of this operation. She bemoans the residents for not moving out independently, showing she’s completely unsympathetic to their plight.

Vincenzo heads into Yu-Chan ‘s apartment and learns for the first time that Cha-Young is his daughter. The pictures of her up on the wall are very different from the character we’ve come to see here, though.

Anyway, Cha-Young comes crashing in and announces that there’s a serious problem with the building before she can announce the demolition date; that researcher whistle-blower phones Yu-Chan and asks to meet.

Anyway, he rushes out to check up on him while Vincenzo learns about the demolition of Geumga Plaza. Cha-Young admits that she doesn’t care about the residents, though; she just cares about her own livelihood and her Father’s well-being.

Vincenzo contemplates what he can do to help them as he shows up at the Geumga Plaza meeting. The only one missing is Yu-Chan, who’s obviously out at his meeting.

With time running out, all our characters contemplate exactly what to do to try and save Geumga Plaza. Day turns to night, and Park Seok-Do orchestrates all the diggers. Only, when they get there, they’re stopped by an impromptu party outside full of dancing, food stalls, and fire-breathers.

It’s a pretty ingenious ploy that sees the place brimming with people. When Cha-Young shows up, she sees Vincenzo and the others partying, which puts a wry smile across her face. And now we see how this came to be.

Vincenzo plastered his own face and real name all over social media to make this a high-profile event on Instagram. As they stare down, Vincenzo offers his glass of wine in a toast.

The Episode Review

So I’m by no means an expert when it comes to mob families or the mafia, but surely the consigliere of the Italian mafia wouldn’t be so reckless as to plaster his name, photo, and location all over. Social media, would he?

Given how we ended things in Italy, this paints a massive target on his back, and I wouldn’t be surprised if we see that crime family taking their revenge for this.

In the meantime, though, Vincenzo’s second episode slows the pace down a fair amount as we start to settle into the law drama side of things. Of course, the entire event revolves around Geumga Plaza and making sure it isn’t demolished, which would be fine if we didn’t already know what happens.

As we’ve seen from the opening shot of the first episode, we already know it does, which diminishes some tension.

The characters themselves are also a bit of a mixed bag of archetypes and annoying tropes, with Cha-Young the biggest culprit here.

Her character is a ruthless lawyer and clearly uncaring of anyone else’s feelings. Unfortunately, the moments of humor that she’s placed in and the style (outright slapstick) don’t work for this sort of character.

When you compare Vincenzo to Mr. Queen, tvN’s previous drama in this time slot, the humor was in sync with the darker drama.

The verdict is still out with this one, though, and nothing has quite clicked into place as smoothly as one may expect. However, there’s definitely potential here.

The opening shots, like I mentioned last time, were absolutely beautiful, but if this is supposed to be a comedy/drama, I’m questioning why such a straight and shocking opening (along with such a dark, moody, and dramatic set of posters) were chosen to demonstrate this. I mean, just as an example, do these posters seem like something from a comedy?

We’ll have to wait and see how this one plays out, of course, but for now, this first-week bows out with a promising prospect of things to come.

Work Program

The second episode of Vincenzo begins with Vincenzo himself pulling Seok-Do out the window as he mourns the scar Vincenzo left on him. Then, he tells his accomplices to attack. Once the police arrive and break them up before everything explodes into chaos.

Yu-Chan then takes Vincenzo aside and tells him about his roulette turn. He tells Vincenzo to go home, but he refuses and promises to fight for the building and get it back. As he leaves, a reporter goes to Vincenzo’s house, but apparently, he has already left.

While he’s gone, the other residents think they can teach Vincenzo a lesson. So whatever they do, they decide to stay together for a while.

Vincenzo goes to the hospital and talks to a resident of Gymga Plaza who was hit by a horrible truck and is in bad shape but still alive. He talks about the building and asks him to demolish it before Babylon does.

Three years ago, we saw a little more of the special coin that the gold is stored in. Turns out there is something special in the basement that drops charges to destroy the foundation if anyone tries to tamper with it.

This encounter with Wang Shaolin made us finally realize 2 years later when the news came that he died of cardiac arrest after swimming. After that, Vincenzo worked to bring the gold into this building. But we still don’t know exactly how.

Vincenzo does his best to find his way to the temple, but he keeps raising his voice, scaring the monks away.

Meanwhile, Cha-young is about to close the Babylon affair because his father has run out of cards to play. Unexpectedly, however, she receives a visit from Joon-woo, who confirms that Babylon Pharmaceuticals has called with revolutionary news. One of the quarantine researchers has disappeared.

This leads Cha-Yeon to go outside and speak directly to the president of Babylon, but he rejects her rescue as she returns to her car in the wrong direction. Cha-Yeon talks to herself as she goes to see her father.

Vincenzo also talks to Yu-Chan and convinces him to trust the sender for now. Finally, yu-Chan gives the green light to see all the documents on Babylon.

While he is looking for it, Cha Young shows up and says he has lost his wallet. But, of course, it’s all a ruse to see Babylon’s papers. Vincenzo thinks of Babylon and calls them all assholes. Since Cha-young is there now, she’s baffled by how Yu-chang directs Vincenzo’s hatred at Wusang’s law firm that Cha-young works for.

Cha-young follows him, and the two go to lunch together. As they wait for their food, Cha-young tells him to go back to Italy. But a fight breaks out in the restaurant, and Vincenzo’s food falls on him.

This inevitably brings him back to Chef Toto, who is preparing a saffron risotto for him. He spits out the food and tells the chef that it tastes like baby food vomit. However, Toto collapses when he hears this, while Vincenzo meets Deok-Jin, a gangster who works for Investment and Development.

With the bill for the indicator in hand, Vincenzo makes an appointment and sits down with the person in charge. The envelope he holds is entirely empty, although this is all a ruse to enter a room with this man. Vincenzo threatens to kidnap his family when we hear another reference to The Godfather. That seems to work, too.

Back at the office, they learn more about how the operation works. Although the operation is illegal, the Wusang law firm forcibly evicts residents a week after the announcement and demolishes non-residential spaces to intimidate other residents.

When the residents leave, they get a small colony, but that’s not enough, especially considering it’s illegal.

While trying to solve the problem, Vincenzo and Yu-Chan go for a drink together, where Vincenzo learns the meaning of the name of his law firm. Unfortunately, he is the only one who receives a disturbing phone call in the rain from someone he later learns is the informant. Yu Chan quickly hangs up, and the two continue drinking together.

Meanwhile, there is a separate story about prosecutor Myung Hee. Several businessmen victimize her, but she has absolutely nothing to gain.

But Seung Hyuk introduced himself and encouraged him to join his company. Then, with the Group of Babel on his side, he makes a compelling case when Myung-hee admits that alcohol affects him. On the other hand, Myung-hee says in her statement that she is tired of being her boss’s bitch.

After making a statement, she applied to the Woosung law firm as a senior partner. Determined to take over, Cha Young is far from happy with her appearance. But everyone else is happy with Cha Young’s behavior.

The group holds a meeting where Seung Hyuk discusses his plan to evict the residents of Geumga Square. Cha Young is unhappy, especially with how she has been kept out of the operation. She complains that the residents did not move of their own free will, showing that she does not care about them at all.

Vincenzo goes to Yu-chan’s apartment and learns for the first time that Cha-young is his daughter. Her pictures on the wall are very different from the ones we see here.

Anyway, Cha-young arrives and announces that he has a severe problem with the building. Before he can announce a demolition date, this alert investigator calls Yoo-chan and asks for a meeting.

Anyway, he rushes to see him while Vincenzo learns of the demolition of Gumga Plaza. Cha-young admits that she doesn’t care about the tenants; she is only interested in her own livelihood and her father’s well-being.

Vincenzo is thinking about what he can do to help them when he shows up at the Geumga Plaza meeting. The only absentee is Yu-Chan, who is not at the meeting.

In time, all our heroes discover exactly what they need to do to save Geumga Square. Day turns to night, and Park Soc-Do organizes all the diggers. Only when they arrive are they held up by an impromptu party outside, full of dancing, food stalls, and fire eaters.

It’s a pretty ingenious trick to get a place full of people. When Cha-young shows up, she sees Vincenzo and the others having fun, which makes her smile. And now we see how it ended.

Vincenzo posted his own face and real name on social media to raise awareness of the event on Instagram. Then, they look at each other, and Vincenzo raises a toast with his glass of wine.

Episode review

So I am by no means a connoisseur of the mafia or mafia families, but surely a representative of the Italian mafia would not take the bold step of publishing his name, photo, and contact details on all social media?

As it turned out, in Italy, he has a big target on his back, and I wouldn’t be surprised if this crime family takes revenge.

However, in the second episode of “Vincenzo,” the pace slows, and we begin to settle into the legal drama. The whole thing revolves around the Gymga Plaza and making sure it doesn’t get torn down, which would be nice if we didn’t already know what would happen.

As we saw in the foreground of the first episode, we already know this is the case, which reduces the tension a bit.

The characters themselves are also a motley mixture of archetypes and boring figures of style, with Cha-young the biggest culprit.

His character is ruthless and clearly uninterested in the feelings of others. The moments of humor she incorporated and the style (blatant profanity) are not appropriate for such a character.

If you compare Vincenzo to Mr. Queen, the previous TVN drama at the time, the humor was entirely consistent with the dark drama.

But the verdict is not yet in, and nothing has gone as smoothly as you might think. There is, however, potential.

The first shots were, as I said last time, absolutely beautiful, but if this film is supposed to be a comedy/drama, I wonder why such an immediate and shocking beginning was chosen to emphasize it (with such a dark, moody, and dramatic series of posters). Do these posters look like a comedy, for example?

Of course, we’ll have to wait and see how it goes, but this first week offers promising prospects so far.