‘Troppo’ Recap: ‘I’m Sorry’

Written by John Edward Betancourt

Caution: This article contains spoilers for Episode Two of ‘Troppo’. To revisit the previous episode, click here.
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Perhaps one of the greatest benefits of living in an age where technology rules the day, is that it is becoming harder and harder for people to commit heinous crimes. For CCTV is everywhere and camera footage can often pull up the crime in question. Not to mention, advances in forensics allow for a bevy of clues to present themselves to keen eyes investigating a crime and of course, DNA evidence has been an utter godsend to law enforcement. Since our unique imprint in this life, can easily tie a criminal to the act they committed and ensure that justice is served. But while it is wonderful to know that it is getting harder and harder to take part in ugly crimes and get away scot-free… there are sadly… still places where clues are harder to come by.
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For the wilderness is a place where science and technology need not apply. For it is mother nature’s domain and what happens there, can be easily hidden and covered up by way of the elements. Not to mention, sometimes the animals that roam about can take care of evidence as well. Making nature the perfect place to commit a crime, and well… that aspect of the criminal world is top of mind today, simply because it played a big part in the next episode of Troppo on Amazon Freevee. For when we catch up with Amanda and Ted in ‘I’m Sorry’, they’re still working the case and doing their best to figure out where Jong Min might be hiding or where he might have gone and that leads to quite the unexpected revelation.

In that Amanda begins to wonder if he decided to use the cover of nature to handle his escape or for his hiding place and in following this line of thinking, she quickly comes to discover, she is likely right. For her clever decision to obtain skydiving footage of an area that would be perfect for hiding… revealed that Jong Min’s car was embedded within the foliage. A discovery that immediately sent Ted out into the wild to see if there were any clues as to where their missing man went from there. A voyage that sadly, produced nothing of value to the team. For the car was abandoned and nature took care of the tracks, and really the only clue of note… were the words ‘I’m Sorry’, written in Korean on the glass and well… before our dynamic duo could do more with this information… a big surprise came to fruition.

Specifically, a leg appeared in the river near the car. One that most likely was Jong Min’s and that… seemingly put an end to the case since there would be little else to uncover except why Jong Min ran into the woods. But both Amanda and Ted, began to wonder if by chance… this was too perfect of a discovery. As though whomever wanted this man gone, was eager to use mother nature to cover their tracks or made it look as though nature was responsible for everything. Making this the perfect crime if you will, an idea reinforced by how Jong Min’s former partner was eager to find his files and that others had died in strange nature related circumstances as of late… and… that much of what Ted and Amanda discovered in that shed… was forever gone.

All of which truly ignites the viewer’s imagination for certain. Since we leave this episode, pondering heavily upon who could have committed such and act and why, and what Jong Min knew that would prompt someone to try and make him look to be suicidal and broken. If anything, this revelation and the realization that the wild can help to cover such crimes… only compels us to continue the journey further. For this is likely the doing of a dastardly individual that has thought long and hard about what they are up to and how to properly escape the authorities along the way and well, it will be quite interesting to see what Amanda and Ted learn about this death and the others that might be related to it, as the case continues to reveal its secrets to these intelligent gumshoes. Until next time.

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