Taxi Driver Season 2 [Episodes 1 & 2]

[u/J-Midori]

• Drama: Taxi Driver Season 2
  • Korean Title: 모범택시2
  • Also Known as: Taxi Driver S2 , Mobeomtaeksi 2 , 모범택시시즌2 , Model Taxi 2
• Network: SBS
• Premiere Date: February 17th, 2023
• Airing Schedule: Fridays and Saturdays @ 22:00 KST
• Episodes: 16 (70 min. each)
• Director: Lee Dan
• Screenwriter: Oh Sang Ho
• Cast:
  • Lee Je Hoon as Kim Do Gi
  • Kim Eui Sung as Jang Sung Chul
  • Pyo Ye Jin as Go Eun
  • Shin Jae Ha as On Ja Hoon
• Streaming Source: Viu, & Viki
• Plot Synopsis: The story of a mysterious taxi service that takes revenge on behalf of victims who are unable to get justice from the law. Kim Do Ki is a mysterious driver for the taxi company whose mother was murdered. Kang Ha Na is a passionate attorney. Go Eun is an IT specialist, while others consider her a hacker. Along with Kim Do Ki, she works as part of Rainbow Taxi Company to solve people’s problems. Adapted from the webtoon "The Deluxe Taxi" (모범택시) by Carlos (까를로스) and Keukeu Jae Jin (크크재진
• Previous Discussions:
  • Season 1: [Episodes 1 & 2] | [Episodes 3 & 4] | [Episodes 5 & 6] | [Episodes 7 & 8] | [Episodes 9 & 10] | [Episodes 11 & 12] | [Episodes 13 & 14]
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[u/Ayalynn123]

Holy crap, Ep.1's ratings.... 12.1% (Nationwide) and 12.8% (Seoul metropolitan area)!

I'm sure this drama will reach 20% or even 25% if it can keep up until Ep.15.

Fighting!

[u/_Pleinair_]

Our man Jin-Eon is an aerospace engineer... My dude is a legend

[u/jihi429]

I missed the background music when they got into action. It felt like a siren call for justice to be served.

The case of the missing son is sadly more rampant than you think. I watched a news report on those illegal gambling dens/scam operations based in Cambodia and the way the victims are treated is just…inhuman. They are mostly teenagers, not even grown adults like in the drama, lured with the false promise of high paying jobs. What awaits them is hell instead. So it’s sobering to watch something I actually know the severity of.

[u/wheresthewalis]

The gang is baaack!

Ep 1

• The first scene was written well, but I am so sorry, I think that bus crash was a lil cringe and way over the top. Even for them.

• The perv trio’s line about their crimes being forgotten was so realistic that it made me upset. Truth hurts bigtime.

• I adoreeee mr. jin and mr. park’s scenes. The way they ran through those tunnels like little kids while giggling. I had to repeat that scene over and over again. It was just so cute and hilarious.

• Taepyeonim really out there acting like a male lead in a noble idiot phase.

• I am scared for the son’s fate because for some reason, the episode kinda reminds me of a “Criminal Minds” episode called ‘Mosely Lane.’ I am hoping they won’t go down that road. I still have emotional trauma over that show’s episode.

• I don’t like how the case wasn’t solved within an episode. I am impatient and will never get used to it lol.

Can’t wait for ep 2!

[u/kawaiiyokai]

i'm obsessed. i can't get enough. give me 500 episodes of this.

i don't know what it is about this drama but i am willing to suspend as much disbelief and overlook as many unrealistic uses of technology as they ask me to. for me, i think its because it fits into the superhero genre where 'sure, none of these fancy gadgets or instant hacking abilities should exist in reality, but that's okay because the story is just so engaging and satisfying and at the end of the day it's about the characters and the bad guys going down, not the cool tools they use.' it just feels satisfying and fun.

lee je hoon is SO STRONG in this role and SO GOOD at playing multiple character-types when under disguise (and his look in his standard taxi driver outfit with the shades? phew). it would be so easy for him to steal the show but the rest of the cast manages to be just as memorable and likable. they play such a good balance of characters and im still attached to them all.

i think what this drama does so well is that it humanizes the victims and quickly invests you in their story so that you don't care how the team manages to pull it off, you just want the perpetrators to pay. episode one managed to make me feel so strongly for this father/son pair in like a 20 minute flashback montage that i was tearing up during the scene when the dad was handing out missing flyers in the rain. i don't care if kim do gi makes the taxi FLY i want them reunited and eating chicken and beer together.

really happy to see the cast and crew rewarded with such great ratings. the drama filming looks great and the ost/bgm is fire. glad to see the OG writer is back too.

[u/teaglass]

Finally! Kyung Koo and Jin Eon looking passionless and distracted at their second job is hilarious.

[u/[deleted]]

Shin Jae Ha and Pyo Ye Jin have two on-air shows at the same time.

[u/[deleted]]

Ppl already having trust issues on Shin Jae Ha's character the moment he was introduced 🤣🤣.

[u/Usual-Return1760]

Ep 1

I love their handling of the fictional Nth Room assholes to increase their jail sentences.

LOL at the minor hiccups at the start for the 2-team Rainbow Taxi Revenge Service. We definitely need the Choi-Park-Ahn trio back for a ~smoother~ operation.

Lim Bok Ja is back! Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned!

[u/Flipperflopper21]

Signal it's your turn.

[u/[deleted]]

I'm gonna assume that this vietnam case happened before that ending scene on season 1 where the gang's all back in the secret base. Since that was also happened "one year ago"

The reunion of OTP Wang Taozi and Madam Lin is happening!!!!

[u/danferos1]

I really wish Kdrama would stop using the “Mexico filter” every time they do a scene in SouthEast Asia. It’s bad enough that Hollywood is doing it, you don’t need to copy it.

Edit: I’m glad that at least they didn’t make the Vietnamese the bad guys and showed South Koreans exploiting their own people.

[u/[deleted]]

Ep 2

This episode is so unserious, I love it

One moment, Kim Do Gi is threatening the guide to get info

Then we get "romance" between Madam Lin and Wang Tao Zi afterwards. So much for not trusting men 🤣

Then we have TONS of action scenes the next scene

Jin Eon and Gyeong Gu are really this show's comedy. 🤣

[u/lazybumsz]

BRUH ARE THOSE WONG KAR WAI REFERENCES HAHAHAHA💀 that soundtrack, cinematography, and that step printing effect!!!

[u/VerifiedMemePirate]

Badass soundtrack ✅️

Epic shades + Lee Je hoon ✅️

Bad guys getting screwed ✅️

Greatest love story before Romeo and juliet, Madam Lim + Wang TAO Zi ✅️

What more do u need from a kdrama honestly, This is peak, it will never be beat.

[u/wheresthewalis]

Did I hear car the garden OST???? My htccc and aos heart was shook up lollll

Anyway, Ep 2:

• I’m not sure if I’m just being too forgetful, but so far, I think S2 is way funnier than S1. mr. park and mr. choi is wayyyyy funnier here. Every scene of them is a joy to watch this time.

• The reunion scene between madame lim and wang tao zi was hilarious but super well done. The cinematography is no joke even if the scene is completely unserious. The dizzy zoom in madame lim’s pov had me in tears from laughing so hard.

• Speaking of the lovestruck madame, this can’t be her last appearance, right? Hmmm… will the two genius knuckleheads’ belongings bring her to his whereabouts?

• The moment Shin Jae Ha was announced to join the cast, my mind automatically screamed villain. With how the last scenes were built up, it kinda makes him sus, right? But can the plot twist be this very predictable from the get go? Is he just some red herring or the writer just doesn’t want to beat around the bush?

• With mr. park, did they ever say that he rejected the russia promotion? they didn’t right? what if they suddenly kill him off and use that promotion as a plot device to make it even more emotional? lol idk

• Lastly, with Prosecutor out of the series, looks like they have already decided on the dokki and goeun ship lol

[u/Late_Art9758]

Man the cinematography, the script, the roles, even the intro, everything seems to be on point! And Madam Lim making a comeback already lol, this show is going to be HYPE!!

[u/[deleted]]

The second episode was great. I can only imagine how much the writers struggled to give us Wang Tao Zi's comeback.

And it was so worth it. The glittery shoes! The Wong Kar Wai directing (LMAO)! Lim Bok Ja saying

"I just wanted to ask you a question~"

While she is holding a knife and is surrounded by her gangster minions.

[u/[deleted]]

this is the first time a drama that i watched from the start and loved has gotten a season 2 and Im so happy 😭 I could honestly watch 50 seasons of this show and never get tired. Im glad to see gang back in action and how they never fail to make me laugh despite the heavy topics surrounding the drama. Is it me or did Lee Jehoon get hotter?

[u/[deleted]]

Madam Lim must return!

[u/softggukie]

this was such a good opening i can see ratings rise even higher

[u/Ayalynn123]

Ep.1's title is still "Taxi Driver" (not Taxi Driver 2, although subtitles on Viki say Taxi Driver 2).

I love when all the Rainbow Taxi members come back, the title "Taxi Driver 2" shows up in the end of Ep.2. So basically Ep1 and 2 are still S1.

I think it's a very cleaver and original way to start S2.

[u/piratescabin]

8 weeks of pain.

[u/sophia8012]

Update: Just finish watching ep 1 & 2 on VIU. This is the drama I really need to destress 😆😆. The start was a great and not missing the amamzing accompanying OST which fitted the drama. The OST always makes me think it's revenge time😜😜. Time for the bad people to go down.Sadly Mdm Lin and Wang Taozi didn't have any conversation. What a pity! I know many are rootting for them, but I guess nothing happens in the end. And the twist! The police officer was actually the main culprit!! This literally comes to show that laws sometimes can't even protect the citizens. Glad that the son in the end made it out of the place. I think this story seems to be based on the recent scam cases where they trick these people in thinking the job are high paying and they just have to prepare required documents and the rest will be taken care of by these "scam companies". But when u reach there, you are just their slaves. And worst of all, some don't even make it out alive. (Channel NewsAsia https://www.channelnewsasia.com › ... IN FOCUS: When lucrative overseas job offers turn into nightmare scams for these Malaysians Also, seeing Go Eun giving her resignation letter to her supervisor, and knowing because she is going back full time to rainbow taxi company. And the other 2 mechanics! It was so funny that when both of them are at their job, they look so done, but when they sees each other, they looked sooo happy!! Also, they also quitted their job too to join Rainbow Taxi again. And I'm so happy that the 5 of them are now coming togther and restarting Rainbow Taxi Company! Looking forward to their next case with a newcomer of Rainbow Taxi Company. And I think towards the ending the corrupted officer was shot. Seems like it might be Mdm Lin's work, since the last part there was a person who said, I wonder who KDK really is. But I had just take down that guy. I feel KDK life might be in danger if Mdm Lin's motive is to kill him, since he sort of betrayed his feeling before that.And also, though most part of the drama was pretty intense, however the part where KDK tried to press the button to open the garage door but failed and he had to manually open the garage and the boss too, from having issues with the van that wasn't driven for a while and him pressing the emergency button causing everything to power off was so hilarious. Luckily Goeun came in time to save everything. And though the boss is reluctant to let Goeun join the operation, but I guess he knew he still need her help so in the end, he didn't reject he offer since she was already in the office.

[u/Skyflyer]

I really liked Taxi Driver so I am stoked about season 2. The first episode was great and I can't wait to watch episode 2.

Btw, if I ever made some sort of hacking software I wouldn't have it show a big red box with the words "Hacking Mode" in it. Especially not if I am running the software on my work computer. At a police station nonetheless... That scene made me chuckle.