The First Responders Season 2 (소방서 옆 경찰서) is a new thriller K-drama series directed by Shin Kyung Soo and written by Min Ji Eun. The series stars Kim Rae-won as Jin Ho-gae, Son Ho-jun as Bong Do-jin and Gong Seung-yeon as Song Seol. The rest of the cast includes Jung Jin-woo, Lee Jung-hu, Ji Woo, Jung Sang-hoon, Kang Gi-doong, Son Ji-yoon, Woo Mi-hwa, Seo Hyun-chul, Lee Hwa-jung and more.

The new emergency rescue drama centres around a hot-headed, stubborn police officer who follows unconventional ways to solve various impossible cases. Along with two firefighters, Bong Do-jin and Song Seol, the trio assists and cooperates to save innocent victims and bring them justice.

The second season premiered on SBS TV on August 4, 2023, and airs every Friday and Saturday at 10 PM KST, while the first season premiered on November 12, 2022, with a total of 12 episodes. The First Responders Season 2 takes over SBS’s Friday-Saturday 10 PM KST timeslot previously occupied by Revenant.

The First Responders Season 2 Episode 4 Preview

The First Responders Season 2 Plot

The description for the series on Disney+ Hotstar reads: “A police station and a fire station adjoining each other to cooperate in combining crime and fire in the most brutal and tragic cases.”

The First Responders Season 2 Cast

Kim Rae-won leads the show’s main cast as Jin Ho-gae, Son Ho-jun as Bong Do-jin and Gong Seung-yeon as Song Seol. The rest of the cast includes Jung Jin-woo, Lee Jung-hun, Ji Woo, Jung Sang-hoon, Kang Gi-doong, Moon Won-ju, Son Ji-yoon, Woo Mi-hwa, Seo Hyun-chul, Jo Seung-yun, Lee Woo-je, Lee Do-yup, Jung Wook-jin, Lee Hwa-jung, Heo Ji-won, Jeon Gook-hwan, Seo Jae-kyu, and Jo Hee-bong.

The First Responders Season 2 Episode List

The series consists of 24 episodes which have been separated into two seasons. The first season premiered on November 12, 2022, and the second season is currently running Friday-Saturday.

Where To Watch The First Responders Season 2

The thriller drama will be available to watch on SBS TV as well as Disney+ Hotstar internationally.

The First Responders Season 2 Episode 4 Release Date

The show will stream from August 4, 2023, to September 9, 2023. Episode 4 of the series will stream on August 12, 2023, at 8 PM IST or 10 PM KST.

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The First Responders Episode 4 Predictions

Song Seol is hit on the head with a hammer by the serial arsonist. However, the police find out the criminal and chase after him. Another big fire is planned in a place, but the cops get to know about it beforehand. But Song Seol is trapped inside a room. Will Ho-gae be able to save her in time?

The First Responders Episode 3 Recap

The third episode picks up from where the last one ended. Do-jin sits beside Song Seol and hands over the ring that he planned to propose to her with. In a montage of flashbacks, it is shown how he took the measurements for a ring and so on. However, eventually it turns out that Do-jin was not sitting beside Song Seol, and it was just an imagination. The doctors perform procedures to save Song Seol’s life repeatedly.

On the other hand, Ho-gae walks over to check out to whom the dead body belonged to. He noticed that the person was wearing a fire department uniform, and it was most likely a fireman. As he removes the covers, it is revealed that the body belongs to none other than Do-jin. The entire fire department breaks down as they are shocked to find him dead.

The doctors are eventually able to rescue Song Seol. Ho-gae informs her of the news as soon as she wakes up. The fire department and the police department both pay respects to Do-jin’s dead body and attend his cremation. A veil of sadness covers both the departments and the lives of the employees. However, before the cremation, the doctors perform an autopsy in which they find fragments of candles inside Do-jin’s stomach.

Meanwhile, Tae-hwa gets out of prison to pay respects to his dead father in the grave. However, his lawyer tells him to stop at the restroom on the way because he kept pills which cause his kidneys to stop working temporarily. Tae-hwa pretends to have a stomach ache and enters the washroom. He ingests the pills and soon after is hospitalised as he has kidney failure.

The fire department starts to investigate the cause of the second fire and the candle fragments found inside Do-jin’s stomach. After conducting experiments, they concluded that candles were used to cause another fire, and Do-jin saw it before dying. Minutes before, he ate the candle in order to preserve the evidence for the police.

Ho-gae finds out that the candles are manufactured only in one place and heads out to find out where. The picture and address of an old man appear, and they figure out that he is the victim of the first fire. Song Seol goes to Do-jin’s house and finds a photo of the same man. When she is at the elevator, she comes to face to face with the man. When the elevator stops, the man tries to attack Song Seol and the episode ends on that note.

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