K-drama midseason recap – in Payback: Money and Power, investors and prosecutors duel in financial thriller that slows after promising start

• The thrills are fading but the drama mounting as a financial whiz, played by Lee Sun-kyun, and Park Jun-kyeong’s vengeful prosecutor try to take down a kingpin
• The thirst for power of the kingpin’s daughter, played by Son Eun-seo, has come to the fore, drawing tantalising comparisons to South Korea’s current politics