Confidence Queen Episode 5 recap: Yi-rang plans to con Jae-kyung Hospital’s CEO

In Episode 5 of Confidence Queen, team Confidence Man zeroes in on their next target. They learn that the hospital's star surgeon and the CEO’s son, Seong-woo, is actually a fraud. All the surgeries he takes credit for are performed by another surgeon named Gwang-sik.

To save a young girl’s life, whose surgeries the duo has botched. While Gwang-sik wants to rectify his mistake, the CEO of the Hospital, Lee Seon-mi, does not let him do it as she prioritizes VIA patients who pay her a huge amount of money.

This makes Yi-rang and her team go after her by tricking her into believing that Yi-rang is a well-known ghost surgeon who can operate on her without anyone knowing about it.

Here’s what happened in Episode 5 of Confidence Queen.

Disclaimer: The article contains spoilers. Reader discretion is advised.

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Confidence Queen Episode 5 recap: The team meets Jae-hee

In Episode 5 of Confidence Queen, Gu-ho is seen in the hospital after his laparoscopic surgery. He meets a young girl named Jae-hee. Like a doctor, she explains to him how to take care of himself post-surgery. When James and Yi-rang come to visit him, they are surprised to see Jae-hee and Yi-rang behave similarly.

James tells Gu-ho that Jae-hee resembles Yi-rang when she was her age. Yi-rang’s attention then shifts to the doctors who come to take a look at their patients. On one hand, Gu-ho’s doctor, Gwang-sik, appears to be exhausted, while on the other, Seong-woo looks so much better that Yi-rang’s attention shifts to him as well.

However, the reaction changes instantly when he touches Jae-hee’s head. Yi-rang then asks the girl about the doctor touching her head without her consent. She then learns that Jae-hee was suffering from a critical heart condition called COA, due to which she was in the hospital.

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Confidence Queen Episode 5 recap: Gu-ho learns about Jae-hee's botched surgery

Before getting discharged from the hospital in Episode 5 of Confidence Queen, Gu-ho gifts a soft toy to Jae-hee and promises to come back to see her when he comes to the hospital to remove his stitches. The trio returns to the hospital, and as Gu-ho goes to look for Jae-hee, the other two wait for Gu-ho to bring the young patient to the cafeteria.

Just then, James and Yi-rang notice Jae-hee’s mother protesting outside the hospital and trying to beg any of the doctors to do her daughter’s surgery. At the same time, Gu-ho hears Seong-woo and Gwang-sik talking about how, due to exhaustion from doing too many surgeries, Gwang-sik has botched Jae-hee’s surgery.

However, he tells Seong-woo that he can rectify his mistake with another surgery on their young patient, but Seong-woo didn’t agree, as Jae-hee was not on their priority list. Through Gwang-sik, the team learn that Gwang-sik is Seong-woo’s ghost doctor, who does all of his surgeries that made him a star across the whole country.

Gwang-sik even tries to talk to CEO Seon-mi, but she threatens and refuses to let Gwang-sik operate on Jae-hee, which results in the surgeon disappearing from the hospital.

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Confidence Queen Episode 5 recap: Yi-rang plans to con Seon-mi

After learning about Seong-woo’s truth, the team initially thinks of exposing the truth in this episode of Confidence Queen. However, James reveals that it's not Seong-woo, but his mother Seon-mi, who makes these decisions, and she is the root behind the corruption at the Jae-kyung Hospital.

Yi-rang’s plan is put into action when she meets Seon-mi in a boutique and buys the handbag that the latter was eyeing to buy. She even tells her about her symptoms and suggests she go see a thoracic doctor. The symptoms include a dry cough that Seon-mi experiences due to a herb that Gu-ho puts in her tea.

Furthermore, James also disguises himself as Mr. Ju, who brings VIP patients to Hospitals, and catches Seon-mi’s attention due to his using her favorite perfume. Seon-mi gets shocking news after James manipulates her reports, which makes her believe that she suffers from a fatal aortic condition.

After learning that Mr. Ju knows about Rachel, Yi-rang’s disguise, she pleads with him to take her to see the ghost surgeon. After seeing her reports, Rachel/Yi-rang tells her that she is already booked and does not have time for her surgery.

However, Seon-mi tells her that she will pay her 2.5 million, half a million more than what Rachel usually charges for a surgery. Yi-rang and her team are happy that Seon-mi has fallen into their trap.

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