Actually I think the bosses are more at fault than MC 1. This is his very first assignment, so he is completely inexperienced, which is an important part of properly gauging and reacting to potentially dangerous situations. He has never been in the field before or gotten the chance to learn from more experienced agents (idk about Korea but that’s usually how it’s done in the US) 2. He has literally nobody watching his back, no partner, no handler, no coworkers. Nobody monitoring cameras or audio to make sure he’s safe, give advice, or exchange intel. If he had died the first time he got in, literally nobody would have known where he was or even where to look. 3. He doesn’t seem to have any weapons or digital resources usually utilized by agents (this isn’t uncommon for undercover agents, but combined with all his other disadvantages, makes for a bad situation). 4. His assignment is to not only locate, but infiltrate and gather evidence from a drug den/ring of indeterminate origin and danger…alone….with no weapons 5. When he first got in, he was doing everything right, but just didn’t expect someone to forcibly inject him with drugs. After that, he was essentially helpless, but even if he had physically stopped the guy, that might have made them suspicious as to why he wasn’t partaking, potentially putting him in even worse danger (undercover agents sometimes have to do drugs to maintain their cover, but in the US, they immediately report it in and go to the hospital ASAP to detox afterwards) 6. The department he works for must be unsupportive and unreasonable if being forcibly administered drugs by a criminal would be an immediate firing offense. Of course it’s not a great fit of confidence in MC’s skills, but not really his fault either. Now he has to hide that event, meaning that he likely won’t seek medical care 7. Now he’s in a sunk cost fallacy because he’s desperate to close the case as fast as possible without being further compromised, either with his bosses or the criminals
The structure of this investigation is so horrible, minimizes chances of evidence collection, and makes it so that if a single thing goes wrong, MC will be screwed with nothing or no one to help him. They put a green agent on a difficult and dangerous assignment with absolutely no margin for error
Actually I think the bosses are more at fault than MC
1. This is his very first assignment, so he is completely inexperienced, which is an important part of properly gauging and reacting to potentially dangerous situations. He has never been in the field before or gotten the chance to learn from more experienced agents (idk about Korea but that’s usually how it’s done in the US)
2. He has literally nobody watching his back, no partner, no handler, no coworkers. Nobody monitoring cameras or audio to make sure he’s safe, give advice, or exchange intel. If he had died the first time he got in, literally nobody would have known where he was or even where to look.
3. He doesn’t seem to have any weapons or digital resources usually utilized by agents (this isn’t uncommon for undercover agents, but combined with all his other disadvantages, makes for a bad situation).
4. His assignment is to not only locate, but infiltrate and gather evidence from a drug den/ring of indeterminate origin and danger…alone….with no weapons
5. When he first got in, he was doing everything right, but just didn’t expect someone to forcibly inject him with drugs. After that, he was essentially helpless, but even if he had physically stopped the guy, that might have made them suspicious as to why he wasn’t partaking, potentially putting him in even worse danger (undercover agents sometimes have to do drugs to maintain their cover, but in the US, they immediately report it in and go to the hospital ASAP to detox afterwards)
6. The department he works for must be unsupportive and unreasonable if being forcibly administered drugs by a criminal would be an immediate firing offense. Of course it’s not a great fit of confidence in MC’s skills, but not really his fault either. Now he has to hide that event, meaning that he likely won’t seek medical care
7. Now he’s in a sunk cost fallacy because he’s desperate to close the case as fast as possible without being further compromised, either with his bosses or the criminals
The structure of this investigation is so horrible, minimizes chances of evidence collection, and makes it so that if a single thing goes wrong, MC will be screwed with nothing or no one to help him. They put a green agent on a difficult and dangerous assignment with absolutely no margin for error