Vincenzo episode 6 pulls back a bit from the Babel & Wusang ordeal to shed some light on the other interesting stories and characters that the show had been forgetting to address lately. We ended the previous episode with Cha-young and Vincenzo’s stylish entrance into the courtroom, but they have something else in mind to buy them some time.
What plan do they have to postpone the trial from continuing? What will happen when Vincenzo visits his mother in jail? Does Babel have any tricks up their sleeves?
Let’s find out the answers to these questions in this episode’s review, recap, and real-time reactions. Feel free to leave your thoughts about this episode in the comments below!
If you missed our recap and review of previous Vincenzo episodes, you can always go back to them HERE.
This episode was in a word: decent. I didn’t mind the fact that the show took a step back from the Babel plot to dabble a bit on the other stories they set-up a while back, but it does highlight one of the k-drama’s weaknesses: its 20-episode run. While I was watching tonight’s episode, I couldn’t help but wonder how the writers are going to stretch the entire thing into 14 more episodes.
It feels like we’re already nearing the climax of the k-drama because they blew their load too early on so many things and reveals. I don’t know how long they can keep the Babel plot going without it feeling like it’s dragging. We already got a bait-and-switch on Vincenzo episode 6 (the postponement of the trial) that made certain scenes feel redundant because you know it’s not gonna matter a lot in the long run.
But I suppose the problem of “is 20 episodes too many” is something only the future version of myself should worry about, because I am enjoying the ride we are in so far.
Our first awesome scene of the episode came pretty early with Vincenzo and Cha-young executing a complicated plan to have the trial postponed. First, Cha-young tried to use her acting skills to good use by pretending to collapse from anxiety which didn’t work. Next, they shut down the electricity in the courtroom which caused some chaos… but it wasn’t enough.
Because this is a k-drama after all, they had to go to a ridiculous extent to get the job done. It involved releasing hornets hidden inside Beanie Guy’s jacket and making sure they bit the judge’s face off. It worked!
Ms. Choi knew what they were trying to do and was thoroughly unentertained by it. You can’t say she was unbothered though, because we got a pretty nice scene where she went off about how “low” the Jipuragi Law Firm would go to postpone the trial. Cha-young’s reactions was to gloat in front of her, which is always welcome after what they did to her father.
While this sequence was awesome and hilarious to watch unfold, I wish they had done the whole thing in a less absurd way. I get that Vincenzo is a comedy, but the whole plan just didn’t scream “mafia” or “badass” to me.
We picked up the Babel storyline at the end of the episode where we get to The Real Courtroom Showdown. Things were a bit different this time around because Wusang Law Firm is showing why they’re the players to beat in this game. They managed to discredit the witnesses the Jipuragi Law Firm was planning to put on stand — the families of Babel’s victims, and the pharmaceutical researcher U-yeong.
Honestly, but I’m so glad Ms. Choi did that. Wusang Law Firm has been looking like a weak villain ever since they killed Yu-Chan. Having Vincenzo not expect their next step was a welcome change.
There was also a major shake-up within the Babel-Wusang team in Vincenzo episode 6 when Joon-woo officially revealed himself as the real chairman to Ms. Choi and Her Partner in Glasses (Han Seung-hyeok). If you read my real-time reactions to this scene below, you’ll see that I was pretty shocked that he revealed it to them so soon. I was expecting a bit more build-up to it because it is a big deal.
This is an example of what I was saying earlier about how Vincenzo blowing its load too early: it was a huge moment, but it was given to us early. We sure hope that more shockers and bangers await us throughout the series to justify this fast pace!
Joon-woo showed a bit of his true colors to both Cha-young and Vincenzo when he tried to convince them to stop going against Babel. I actually thought they were already going to figure out that the happy-go-lucky ex-intern from New York wasn’t as innocent as everybody thought he was.
But the slight tease of the upcoming showdown between Joon-woo and Vincenzo was a thrill to watch.
Personally, watching that scene (as well as the spicy food contest in the previous episode) made me want Vincenzo to discover Joon-woo’s true identity sooner because that feud is going to be extremely fun to watch. Maybe even more fun than Ms. Choi vs. Cha-young!
Vincenzo also got to work on his side quests in this episode. He visited his estranged mother in prison because Hong Yu-chan had done so every month, so he filled in his shoes this time. The most shocking part of that conversation was when the mother told Vincenzo that she had no one in her life. No friends or family.
Girl, if only you knew who you were talking to!
Obviously, Vincenzo was disappointed (but not surprised) by what she said. And what was more saddening was that he only came with the intention of telling her that nobody was going to visit her anymore. Very cold of him! We did get a vague explanation of why he acted that way through a flashback: his mother had apparently abandoned him in a church when he was a boy.
After the prison visit, a wild Vulnerable Vincenzo appeared. We hadn’t seen him since he had drunk with Yu-chan and his mother was brought up in the conversation. At least we know what his Achilles heel is.
And if you’re wondering, the gold in Geumga Plaza is still a thing. Apparently, Vincenzo had been asking help from Mr. Cho about it. I just remembered while typing it out: did we ever find out who was behind the truck that hit him in the first episode?
Anyway, this led to a pretty funny scene where Vincenzo gets electrocuted while checking if the gold is still underneath the monk’s temple. Little did he know that An Ki-seok — the police officer acting as Chef Toto’s student — had been watching him only to think that he was repenting to Buddha. Aside from his funny soliloquies, it seems like he’s going to play a more important role in the near future.
Babel and Wusang had been asking some questions about Vincenzo from the Crime Response Agency so I imagine he’s going to be tied up to the main storyline sometime. Although, he seems to be getting attached to the building tenants who are becoming increasingly trustworthy of Vincenzo. Is it going to be a conflict of interest soon?
Our last major reveal revolved around the gold: Vincenzo finally tells Cha-young why he’s really in Korea. Obviously, Cha-young just made fun of him for it because who would believe that there’s a 150 billion-won worth of gold hiding in the basement of Geumga Plaza?
Aside from that, they didn’t have a lot of moments together in this episode since many things were going on that didn’t necessarily involve our favorite female lead. I admit I did enjoy the scene where Cha-young kinda-hints-kinda-doesn’t that she wants Vincenzo to stay in Korea. It made me think that there might be some romantic chemistry between them… and then Joon-woo has that one hallway scene with Cha-young that makes me go “now that’s chemistry”.
And that’s pretty much it for this episode! The past two episodes have not been close to topping the goodness that was episode 4, but it’s okay. I’m just glad that we were able to get some progression for multiple storylines. Next week, Vincenzo takes to the stand as the “surprise witness” for the #BabelExposedParty.
Vincenzo Episode 6 Rating: 7/10
READ: ‘Vincenzo’ Episode 5: Review, Recap & Reactions
1. Jang Joon-Woo reveals himself to Ms. Choi and Her Partner in Glasses
2. Cha-young laughs at Vincenzo’s secret
3. Vincenzo and Joon-woo’s unofficial first confrontation
1. IDK why Vincenzo and Cha-young doing the thumbs up in approval of the building tenants’ protest is so funny to me.
2. A woman pretending to be blind, and a water leak? Vincenzo is up to something!
3. LMAO if the water leak was just written in for a body gag where the judge trips and falls, I am all for it.
4. Woah. Cha-young is choking in this trial, everyone. Cha-young is choking. I wonder if she’s acting.
5. Ms. Choi’s unbothered expression when she collapses is evil.
6. I love how committed Cha-young is to her act though. Talk about extra!
7. I totally forgot that their plan was to postpone the trial.
8. Wait, were those hornets inside his jacket? They really thought this one through.
9. The man the girl bumped into earlier was the judge! They did him so dirty. I love how goofy the whole plan is, but they put too much effort into this.
10. Cha-young gloating in front of Ms. Choi is freakin’ worth it.
11. You know what I’m really excited for? When Joon-woo reveals himself to Ms. Choi and Her Partner in Glasses.
12. Shit, I totally forgot about this storyline.
13. Vincenzo is COLD-HEARTED. Give me the backstory so that his meanness to his mother is justified.
14. She just disowned her son in front of her son without her knowing. Plot twist: Vincenzo isn’t actually her son. How funny would that be?
15. Rare Pokemon sighting: vulnerable Vincenzo.
16. I thought the mother would’ve had abandoned Vincenzo when he was a baby, not when he could walk and speak in complete sentences.
17. I see Vincenzo is trying to find some… enlightenment after meeting his mother.
18. Wusang hasn’t had any momentum against Vincenzo. He is just always one step ahead, isn’t he? Even with this tapped plant thing.
19. If we don’t get a scene where Cha-young begs for Vincenzo not to go to Italy, I swear…
20. The blind date of Vincenzo’s Accomplice is someone from Wusang, isn’t it?
21. Ooohh! Chef Toto’s apprentice was the guy from the police in the first two episodes. I was wondering where that storyline was going to lead. He seems attached to the Geumga Plaza tenants now though.
22. I didn’t expect Vincenzo to tell the truth to Cha-young. He must really trust her!
23. Cha-young’s reaction to Vincenzo’s gold secret just puts into perspective how silly that whole premise is.
24. Mr. Cho is back to help with the gold! I see this episode’s theme is “going back to all the storylines we set aside for the Babel drama”.
25. I love this policeman and his inner thoughts so much. He’s hilarious.
26. Oh man, these tenants are gonna be so crushed when they realize Vincenzo’s true intentions for buying them a building.
27. I totally missed who the homeless man was supposed to be. God I am so bad with faces.
28. Here’s a thought: what if Vincenzo and Cha-young’s sidekick was actually working for Joon-woo? And when he says he goes on a blind date, he’s just going to Joon-woo to report to him?
29. I didn’t know they were brothers! I thought they just happened to have the same surname, lol how dumb of me.
30. Ms. Choi’s senses are probably tingling.
31. THE REVEAL… happened so quickly!
32. Puppets. All of you are puppets! Even you Ms. Choi.
33. The reason Ms. Choi quit being a prosecutor was because she felt like she was being a puppet. I’d be surprised if she doesn’t work for Wusang by the end of the series to redeem herself.
34. Wusang is finally going on an offensive after playing defense for so long.
35. I kinda cringe when they force the word “mafia” into these conversations.
36. I will never stop saying it: Joon-woo and Cha-young’s chemistry? Off the charts! He seems like he really cares for Cha-young.
37. A surprise witness? Who?! Nevermind, of course it’s Vincenzo.
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