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You are correct with jdramas seldem have happy ending, at the best bitersweet one. Yet Makiko actually never did anything wrong, just suffering after suffering and now even her son would suffer if she is in jail. Nara in fact is the only one understands her, not the boys. And Nara also giving a helping hand to Junichi. So she might, just might give a helping hand to this pair of 1st love. Just wishful thinking.
By the way Naoto's brother totally deserved to die,no if or but. I think it is time to give this couragious Makiko a bravo, whether one has been critical of her in the past or not.

I wasn't referring to the kiss scene of the 2 main leads, rather the bed scene of Dae Han and Dong Suk in the preview of ep 13. They both officially not yet divorced with their cheating spouse yet. This would be beyond believe if the preview is not misleading!!!

Twists and turns every minutes. Great mix of mysterious and bit of romance in the background. Only problem is the long wait for next episode. Any chance of more than one episode to be released next?

Another great episode. Fast moving no boring moment for a 9 episodes 45 minutes each drama. Great story as well and it is definitely a great drama.
At the end it was Junichi's unnecessary covered up 23 years ago that resulted in all the pains on Makiko in the following years. The storyline of Makiko delaying her confession until triggered by Nara's information is just to demonstrate Makiko's love for Junichi, and for him to realise that now.
And by now, character of the 4 friends are clear. Makiko had a dark past, not a dark character but actually a bright one. So the drama not really a dark one irrespective of the ending next episode.

Naoto covered up and sacrificed for Makiko for her killing. And Makiko sacrificed herself for Junichi bringing the gun to confess to try to prove Junichi not guilty 23 years ago. And Nara made sure everyone is awared of that at the end f ep 8. Love all depending on who her heart actually with, not depending on the men.

This has to be the most love no limit, no boundary, everything goes, kdrama ever watched. And it is supposed to be a family drama! Only the 12 episode!

Thanks. Now all revised to total 9 episodes so final next week

Following based on google ai;
The 2026 Japanese thriller drama Silent Truth (Saikai) on Netflix consists of 10 episodes in its first season, according to a released schedule. While some sources initially listed 8, the series follows a weekly release schedule starting from January 13, 2026, with the finale scheduled for March 24, 2026.
Release Schedule Details:
Episodes 1-7: Released weekly (Jan 13 - Feb 24, 2026).
Episode 8: March 10, 2026.
Episode 9: March 17, 2026.
Episode 10 (Finale): March 24, 2026.

Same Australia. I still confused about the total number of episodes in this drama.

It is an entertaining drama for sure. The big hole in the logic has to be the Connect in app. All apps need regular updates and maintain, to cope with operating systems updates etc. Most important would be security updates to prevent viruses, and hackings. Not knowing who created nor maintained it is simply impossible, from the users, especially the administrator, points of view.
TJ is probably the best created character in this drama, both a villain and hero. He would be a character not caring how he might end as long as his life long goal achieved. Once his ID is known, he has a good chance of being killed.

This is a Swedish drama adaptation so different moral and social standards. Kind of using poison vs poison, or how human beings using Ant rid killing ants, attracts a few and let them spread out to kill the rest.

If what MS did all under his control he would go to prison for sure. But thats is a 'if'. Will see.

3 more episodes all will be reviewed. But let's ask some basic questions regarding the role of TJ who many mentioned he 'used the 3 fls', without the need of spoiler tag.
-Did he ever provided info to Connect in to help them?
-Would everything happened to the 3 fls and other victims still happened with or without him?
-Is him only acting as a witness (sometimes by video recording) of what happened to them and other victims?

How can the killing of the prosecutor be a setup? Is it a planned action by Ra Yeong? The video of him an evil guy yes.

Seong Tae Im is mother of Sin Jae, and also has relationship with Kwon Joong Hyun who is key to the whole Connect in. And Min Seo is daughter of Ra Yeong who is also victim of Seo Hyun Woo another key member of Connect in. So enough reasons to build up connection with LnJ. Tae Ju never shown actively involved with the 3 fls and their business.

Impossible big networks like Netflix, Disney+, or Viki not picking it up. It is better than many many there. May be the R+ content. But Netflix already lots of R+ there.

What a drama! Unlike many others, not a single boring moment in the middle episodes. Enjoyment in watching dramas all about excitement, emotions, unpredictability. If everything is logical, all characters no flaw, there wouldn't be any more story to tell
My take on Tae Joo at this stage is he is for sure well educated with the most up-to-date technology, and instead of the one (or group of people) who have created Conect in, which existed before his time, he actually broken into it and infested it. He just outsmarted it. Let's see about it.

Tae Joo is in the same age bracket of Sin Jae. Do you think he would be way too young to have created the Connect app?

Besides the LnJ party in ep 1, Taejoo was shown only once in the public in ep 5 when he introduced Prime to a gallery of reporters and guests including Sin Jae and her mother. I couldn't spot a single Connect related character there. Worth a thought.

Is there any indication in the drama roughly how long Connect has been in operation?