No. |
Title |
Directed by |
Written by |
Original release date |
South Korea viewers (millions) |
1 |
“Episode 1” |
Kim Hee-won |
Park Jae-bum |
February 20, 2021 ( ) |
1.948[17] |
Vincenzo Cassano is the adopted son of Fabio, the Don of the Cassano Family. He is trusted by his adoptive father and in turn hated by his adopted brother, Paolo. When Fabio dies, Vincenzo takes it upon himself to execute his last word and sets fire to the vineyard of a rival mafia head. Paolo tries to assassinate Vincenzo and fails. Vincenzo warns Paolo by blowing up his car and leaves Italy for Korea. In Korea, Geumga Plaza is the last standing residential commercial building that is not acquired by the Babel Group. The owner, Mr. Cho, is the right-hand man of Vincenzo. Years ago, Vincenzo and Mr. Cho helped a Chinese tycoon to hide 1.5 tons of illegal gold under the plaza. Now the tycoon is dead, and the gold can only be retrieved by demolishing the structure. In the meantime, righteous lawyer Hong Yoo-chan represents innocent drug testers in a lawsuit against Babel Pharmaceuticals. Hong Cha-young, his daughter, is the defendant’s lawyer, from the Wusang Law Firm. She bribes a key witness and wins the case. |
2 |
“Episode 2” |
Kim Hee-won |
Park Jae-bum |
February 21, 2021 ( ) |
2.389[18] |
As Babel Group acquired Geumga Plaza forcefully by threatening Mr. Cho, in order to demolish the building and build Babel Tower, tenants are forced to leave the building. Vincenzo promises Yoo-chan that he’ll get the building back. Yoo-chan doubts him at first but later joins hands with him to save the building. Han Seung-hyuk recruits Choi Myung-hee into Wusang. One of the researchers at Babel Pharmaceuticals runs away and contacts Yoo-chan to reveal the truth about Babel’s drug development. Ant Company sets a date to start the demolition of the Plaza. Cha-young rushes to the Plaza as her father doesn’t move out of the building on the day of demolition. |
3 |
“Episode 3” |
Kim Hee-won |
Park Jae-bum |
February 27, 2021 ( ) |
2.098[19] |
Vincenzo throws a large-scale party at Geumga Plaza on the very day of demolition even with the presence of Italian Ambassador, making it impossible to start the demolition. Tenants of the Plaza start to have trust in Vincenzo. Ahn Gi-seok start working at Chef Toto’s to spy on Vincenzo. Cha-young tries her best to find the runaway researcher before he blows the whistle, but he reveals Hong Yoo-chan that Babel’s new drug RDU-90 is not a painkiller but a narcotic drug and that multipke test subjects have died during its experiments. Vincenzo manages to halt the demolition for 2 months by blackmailing the manager of Babel’s Investment and Development Team. Hong Yoo-chan tries to convince Cha-young that Babel is developing a narcotic drug but she doesn’t believe him. Employees of Babel‘s Drug Development Division are killed in a gas explosion done by Jang Han-seo. In order to prevent the truth about Babel’s new drug coming to light, Choi Myun-hee’s enforcers kill the runaway researcher and runs a truck over Yoo-chan when he is having a drink with Vincenzo at a street-corner bar. |
4 |
“Episode 4” |
Kim Hee-won |
Park Jae-bum |
February 28, 2021
( )
|
2.587[20] |
Cha-young arrives at the bar and finds her father lying on the ground with a pool of blood next to his head. An unconscious Vincenzo is rushed to the hospital, while Yoo-chan is pronounced dead at the scene. While reporting Yoo-chan’s death, the news accuses him for violating attorneys-at-law act. Yoo-chan’s past clients mourn his death and leave flowers the outside of the Jipuragi office in note of gratitude. Vincenzo wakes up. Cha-young resigns from the Wusang Law Firm, suspecting them for the death of her father. She decides to reopen Jipuragi Law Firm. Jan Han-seo finds a pillow drenched in red with dozens of needles sticking out of it on his bed. Han Seung-hyuk and Myun-hee report to Han-seo that they suspect Cha-young is and Han-seo orders to put her behind bars. Cha-young is arrested, but is quickly released after Vincenzo provides CCTV footage as her alibi. Cha-young suggests Vincenzo that she can help him get Geumga Plaza back. They decide to work together against Babel and Wusang. They capture Myun-hee’s enforcers who are responsible for Yoo-chan’s death and set fire to a Babel Pharmaceuticals warehouse. |
5 |
“Episode 5” |
Kim Hee-won |
Park Jae-bum |
March 6, 2021 ( ) |
2.447[21] |
Real boss of Babel (Han-seo’s “Hyungnim”) is revealed to be Wusang’s intern Jang Joon-woo. Cha-young and Vincenzo decide to target Babel Chemicals as their next step. Vincenzo meets Han-seo at gym and figures out he is not the real boss of Babel, after having a brief conversation with him. Myun-hee feels fishy about Vincenzo and visits Jipuragi Law Firm to check him out in person. Han Seung-hyuk reluctantly promotes Jang Joon-woo to a partner at Wusang by Han-seo’s orders. Cha-young and Vincenzo study lawsuit filed by employees of Babel chemicals who have been exposed to harmful chemical called BLSD and get diagnosed with leukemia. Lawyer of victims is working for Wusang and convinces the victims to settle. Cha-young and Vincenzo try to persuade the victims to fight against Babel instead of settling but they believe they can never win against Babel. Monk Chaesin’s friend who works at Babel Chemicals also gets hospitalized due to BLSD. After successfully persuading the victims, Jipuragi takes on the lawsuit and Cha-young and Vincenzo attend the court as the representative of the victims while Myun-hee, Seung-hyuk and Joon-woo represent Babel Chemicals. |
6 |
“Episode 6” |
Kim Hee-won |
Park Jae-bum |
March 7, 2021 ( ) |
2.893[22] |
7 |
“Episode 7” |
Kim Hee-won |
Park Jae-bum |
March 13, 2021 ( ) |
2.429[23] |
8 |
“Episode 8” |
Kim Hee-won |
Park Jae-bum |
March 14, 2021 ( ) |
2.755[24] |
9 |
“Episode 9” |
Kim Hee-won |
Park Jae-bum |
March 20, 2021 ( ) |
2.364[25] |
10 |
“Episode 10” |
Kim Hee-won |
Park Jae-bum |
March 21, 2021 ( ) |
3.024[26] |
11 |
“Episode 11” |
Kim Hee-won |
Park Jae-bum |
March 27, 2021 ( )
|
2.439[27] |
12 |
“Episode 12” |
Kim Hee-won |
Park Jae-bum |
March 28, 2021 ( ) |
2.840[28] |
13 |
“Episode 13” |
Kim Hee-won |
Park Jae-bum |
April 3, 2021 ( ) |
2.871[29] |
Mr. Cho held Vincenzo up at gunpoint. Snatching the gold bar holding the Guillotine File, he takes off. However, Vincenzo took the gun, knock down Cho and gain the upper-hand. It turns out Cho is actually a corporate spy and works for an International Crime Bureau. Meanwhile, Han-seok leads the Babel group in their plans going forward. Only, they’re interrupted by Director Tae Jong-Gu of the International Organized Crime Bureau showing up – the same organization Cho works for. En-route to the hot springs, the group change their minds and head back to Geumga Plaza. Cha-Young calls and lets Cho and Vincenzo know they’re back. They both kick everything back down the hole. They manage it just in time as the residents scramble back to the plaza. When the members leave, Vincenzo and Cho both breathe a sigh of relief. Only, they suddenly realize, that they’ve left the iris device in the jacket, which is now inside the vault. Meanwhile, Babel group weigh up their options regarding the Guillotine file. There’s some very incriminating files on there that could cause a lot of problems for them if it leaks out. After the Babel meeting, Han-Seok speaks to Seung-Hyeok in private, confronting him about the misfortune and how none of Seung-Hyeok’s ideas have worked. Seung-Hyeok proposes that he should act like an idiot again. Han-Seo takes this advice. Meanwhile, Cha-Young and Vincenzo try to find some evidence to use against Babel – which includes setting their sights on the Vision Team. Their plan includes finding out who the company Union leader is. The Geumga Plaza residents, grab the union leader, taking him away by the docks. The Union leader calls and tells Chan-Ki to bring him two billion won in a days’ time or he’ll disclose everything they’ve been up to. Han-seok shows up at the prosecution office. They want to oust Han-seok as the one giving the orders behind the anti-union activities. Vincenzo and Cha- Young took the files, and Han-seok doesn’t know this. Vincenzo heads in to the big press conference. Vincenzo and the gang have intercepted the press conference with footage of the Vision Leader confirming that the Chairman ordered these anti-union measures. Han-seok is now bathed in pig’s blood. |
14 |
“Episode 14” |
Kim Hee-won |
Park Jae-bum |
April 4, 2021 ( ) |
2.884[30] |
15 |
“Episode 15” |
Kim Hee-won |
Park Jae-bum |
April 10, 2021 ( ) |
2.628[31] |
16 |
“Episode 16” |
Kim Hee-won |
Park Jae-bum |
April 11, 2021 ( ) |
2.754[32] |
Oh Jung-bae is killed by three people hired by a lawyer at Wusang on behalf of Han-seok and Myung-hee. They attempt to frame Vincenzo, who escapes from the police and finds the true killers with help from the employees of ByeBye Balloon and Tak Hong-shik. The killers and the man who hired them are arrested. As a return favour for their help, ByeBye Balloon takes promotional images of Vincenzo. Vincenzo and Cha-Young take Oh Gyeong-ja out for a day, where they take pictures and go for a walk outside. Mother and son have a heart-to-heart, but neither admits to their relationship to one another out loud. At Geumga Plaza, a person dressed as a gas inspector cuts the gas pipe in the snack bar. The fire brigade arrives and Vincenzo manages to throw the device intended to set the gas alight outside, saving the plaza. Han-seo reveals to Vincenzo and Cha-young that he is the one who called in the tip to the fire brigade. Vincenzo decides to visit his mother but arrives at the hospital to find that she has been murdered. With Ahn Gi-seok’s help, Vincenzo locates his mother’s murderer, chases him to Han-seok’s property and kills the murderer in front of Han-seok, Han-seo, Myung-hee and Seung-hyuk. He promises to come for them soon, firing a parting shot at Han-seok. |
17 |
“Episode 17” |
Kim Hee-won |
Park Jae-bum |
April 24, 2021 ( )
|
2.719[33] |
A funeral is held for Oh Gyeong-ja. A party is held for the corrupt officials bidding on office space inside Babel Tower. Residents from Geumga Plaza infiltrate the event as various support staff. After the bidding closes, one of Myung-hee’s former “crystal balls” appears with bombs strapped to his chest, saying that he has been threatened and that if the assembled members do not agree to tear up their contracts and cut ties with Babel group, the room will be blown up by a bomb in a cake. As a show, he indicates that a model of Babel Tower will explode, but is instead himself blown up by Vincenzo. Cha-young is horrified by this but reaffirms her commitment to getting revenge on the men who killed her father. The officials at the party receive text messages telling them to tear up and eat the contracts, announcing who they are, which they do. The doors to the room are opened and the assembled guests flee. The timer on the cake reaches zero and a spray of liquid is emitted rather than an explosion. The second “crystal ball” finds Myung-hee but is later killed by her. Han-seo and Vincenzo play hockey together and Han-seo gives Vincenzo some inside information. Residents from Geumga Plaza threaten the officials at the party with video footage of the event. Seung-hyuk arranges a meeting with Park Seung-joon and informs him of the location of the Guillotine file. A second party is held with corrupt officials at Han-seok’s home. Director Tae is working with Vincenzo and is recording this meeting. Kim Seok-woo (on advice from Candidate Park) promotes Seung-hyuk to Chief Prosecutor of Namdongbu and re-instates Han-seo as chairman of Babel Group. A trap is set for Vincenzo by Myung-hee and Seung-hyuk with Paolo, with Interpol arriving at the ice rink where Vincenzo and Han-seo are playing. Han-seo appears to shoot Vincenzo in the shoulder. |
18 |
“Episode 18” |
Kim Hee-won |
Park Jae-bum |
April 25, 2021 ( ) |
3.109[34] |
Han-seo tells Han-seok, Myung-hee and Seung-hyuk what happens at the ice rink, saying that the agents are overpowered by Vincenzo’s men who were already at the rink. The officers were then taken to a warehouse where the Interpol officers were killed and the Korean officers were threatened. Han-seo was let off with a parting shot. This is later shown to be a fabrication – Han-seo and Vincenzo planned the whole thing: the police officers were sent off with evidence of bribery and corruption by Paolo and the Jason Fund. Officials who were present at the party at Han-seok’s home are gathered, where a clip recorded by Director Tae is played aloud. Vincenzo and Cha-young file a lawsuit alleging that the approval process for Babel Tower was corrupt. Vincenzo meets with Chief Prosecutor Han and threatens him to find a reason to send Han-seok to prison. Han-seok is attacked in his home. Cho Young-woon is kidnapped by Kim Seok-woo to find the person who built the security system for the vault underneath Geumga Plaza. Han-seok is sent to jail for his own safety, where he is visited by Vincenzo who reveals that he is like a sated cat playing with Han-seok. Luca arrives in Korea, informing Vincenzo that he is needed to save the Cassano family back in Italy from the Luciano family. Vincenzo prepares to leave Korea for two weeks. Kim Seok-woo finds out that it was Seo Mi-ri who designed the vault and forces her to open it. They find out that the vault is empty when they open it. Seo Mi-ri flees and is saved from Kim Seok-woo’s goons by the timely arrival of Vincenzo. |
19 |
“Episode 19” |
Kim Hee-won |
Park Jae-bum |
May 1, 2021 ( )
|
3.075[35] |
Vincenzo is overpowered by Kim Seok-woo’s goons, but the residents of Geumga Plaza arrive. It is revealed that many of them have skills in fighting and eventually subdue all of the goons. The gold had been removed by Vincenzo – the monks reveal that they know about the vault but not its contents, so with their and Seo Mi-ri’s help, the gold had been moved already. Vincenzo reveals that he did not leave Korea but instead paid the Lucianos to leave them alone. At the trial of Geumga Plaza Residents vs Babel Tower, Vincenzo is called by Cha-young as the first witness and shows the video from the two parties, with Han-seo, Han-seok, Myung-hee and Seung-hyuk’s faces blurred out. The approvals for Babel Tower are overturned. Vincenzo tells Han-seo that he should leave the country for his safety, but Han-seo refuses. Myung-hee fabricates evidence that she was the one who set Han-seok up, which allows her and Han-seok to swap places in prison. Prosecutor Jung is celebrating his promotion when he is confronted by Vincenzo on the balcony, who kills him and makes it look like a suicide. Cha-young heads to a law school get-together, where she is kidnapped by Han-seok. Han-seok then kidnaps Han-seo as well. Vincenzo receives a package with the jewellery he purchased for Cha-young covered in blood. Han-seo and Cha-young wake up at Han-seok’s home. Han-seok calls Vincenzo, informing him of where they are. Vincenzo arrives. Han-seok tells Han-seo that if he kills Vincenzo, he will be allowed to live. Han-seo lunges at Han-seok instead, giving Vincenzo enough time to free Cha-young and attempt to escape. Han-seok shoots at Vincenzo but hits Cha-young instead. |
20 |
“Episode 20” |
Kim Hee-won |
Park Jae-bum |
May 2, 2021 ( ) |
3.841[36] |
After shooting Cha-young, Han-seok sees an opportunity to shoot and effectively murder Vincenzo once and for all, but at the last second, Han-seo grabs the gun and points it at himself, prompting Han-seok to shoot his brother before escaping while Vincenzo acknowledges Han-seo as the latter dies. Later, Vincenzo looks after a recovering Cha-young at the hospital. Elsewhere on the next day, Seung-hyuk, ordered by Vincenzo, releases Myung-hee from prison in exchange for his life being spared but Han-seok learns of this deal and has Seung-hyuk killed regardless. However, Myung-hee and Han-seok are both being tracked and tailed, with Myung-hee being cornered by Vincenzo in her apartment, tied to a chair with mangled feet, sprayed with fuel and burnt to death. Meanwhile, Han-seok and his men are confronted by the Geumga Plaza tenants, and while Chul-wook is stabbed, Han-seok is eventually knocked out, enabling Vincenzo to capture him. Vincenzo explains that Han-seo’s critical thinking before his death allowed Vincenzo to hunt him down, afterwards revealing a drill that would gradually impale his body before leaving him to die. Before Vincenzo escapes Korea for his crimes, Mr. Cho and Gi-seok, bid him goodbye, as do Cha-young and Joo-sung afterwards. As a year passes, and the new Cassano family has moved on with their lives, both collectively and individually; Chul-wook survived the stabbing, Mr. Cho and Gi-seok search for Vincenzo globally, Cha-young wins Geyong-ja’s posthumous retrial, and Geumga Plaza tenants protest against a greedy political candidate. Cha-young attends a diplomatic Italian celebration, where she briefly reunites with Vincenzo. The series closes with Vincenzo monologuing that in a world where evil is rampant, justice alone won’t defeat villains, and oftentimes ruthlessness is necessary to rid the world of them. |