A Killer Paradox finale explained: Does Lee Tang get away with murder?

Netflix’s A Killer Paradox is an interesting display of a new style of killer with vigilante goals that go awry, as Lee Tang’s storyline by the finale takes an interesting turn.

Throughout the K-drama, you meet Lee Tang, a nobody who learns he has a unique skill after accidentally murdering a serial killer. He soon realizes his abilities lead him to criminals who have done wrong but were never caught. Is Lee Tang a new form of needed vigilante killer or a simple murderer?

A Killer Paradox takes a unique turn when Lee Tang fully invests himself in his new lifestyle seeking justice with the aid of Roh-bin. He has been looking for Lee Tang to help him fully use the magnitude of his abilities.

Detective Nan-gam is hot on his trail but can’t find a way to put him at the crime scene. As more plot twists emerge in A Killer Paradox, the finale reveals whether Lee Tang continues his ways or puts a rest to murder. Warning: Spoilers ahead!

Lee Tang abandons his plans to escape

Lee Tang realizes Roh-bin’s real plan to save him and decides to forget leaving Korea to go and rescue him from Song Chon and runs into Nan-gam.

The biggest plot twist of the February K-drama is that Roh-bin has done this vigilante plan before with Chon. He too has the same abilities as Lee Tang, but went rogue and started to relish in the kills. Chon is now after Lee Tang and Roh-bin. By A Killer Paradox Episode 8, Roh-bin had developed a plan to get both of them out of the country with new identities.

But things take a turn when Chon decides to murder Nan-gam’s father. Angering the detective and going rogue himself for revenge. He tries to leave with the other detectives unaware he’s also with Roh-bin. On the way to find Chon, Roh-bin tries to reason with Nam-gan that the people Lee Tang killed were all criminals.

At the port, Lee Tang realizes Roh-bin never planned to leave the country with him. Fearing what will happen with Chon, he leaves to find Roh-bin at the location where he was meant to meet Chon. Chon, Lee Tang, Roh-bin, and Nan-gam are all together. A fight ensues between Lee Tang and Roh-bin against Chon for his gun. In the struggle, Roh-bin is shot as Nan-gam shoots Chon.

As Chon dies, he reveals his story and its connection to Nan-gam’s and his father’s accident. Chon was a wannabe police officer who was looked down upon by everyone in the precinct and Nan-gam’s father. He one day realizes a sweet local woman was being used as a drug mule by Nan-gam’s father. She had no idea and was subsequently arrested for smuggling diluted drugs to China.

Chon confronted Nan-gam’s father and his powers kicked in and led him to strike him over the head. But Chon also reveals that he wasn’t the man Nan-gam thought his mother had an affair with. It was his father’s closest friend. The realization spirals Nan-gam into wanting to kill Chon.

Lee Tang tried to persuade him otherwise as he had never killed anyone. But the anguish is too much and Chon is shot one more time. Both Roh-bin and Cho’s bodies burn in a fire.

Does Lee Tang get away with all the murders?

Yes, A Killer Paradox’s finale reveals Lee Tang returning to Korea after laying low and restarting his vigilantism as the death of Chon and every other murder was covered up by Roh-bin.

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After Chon’s death, everything goes back to normal as the police rule Roh-bin as the killer. The criminal profile breaks down the case of Nan-gam and why Roh-bin was implicated. Roh-bin had set everything up from the start with having files on all the victims, a secret room with weaponry, and more.

It was also revealed that Roh-bin went as far as shaving down his teeth to match Lee Tang’s. The bitten fruit the police found at one crime scene matched Roh-bin’s instead. Back to the night of, Lee Tang was ready to die because he was tired of running and felt guilt over his actions.

But Nan-gam refuses to kill him believing he will one day be caught and his powers will fail. A Killer Paradox fast-forwarded to Lee Tang laying low in Thailand until one day interrogated by police. They are unsure why he has been living in the country when his records show no prior criminal reports.

At this moment, Lee Tang realizes his powers worked. He was never implicated in any murder and is a free man. Back to Nan-gam’s statement of whether Lee Tang was involved, it cuts to a prosecutor marking the police file as “non-indictment.”

Lee Tang is back in Korea when Nan-gam overhears a news report. The reporter explains that a man named Kim was a prime suspect in a murder and was found dead. Police investigation into his DNA led them to learn Kim was the man responsible for a series of murders three years ago.

Nan-gam is left stunned as he realizes the pattern behind the report. Lee Tang is back. A Killer Paradox finale has Lee Tang walking the streets of Korea when he bumps into a man. His powers activate, letting him know the man committed a crime.