Taxi Driver 3 episodes 7-8 recap: Rainbow Taxi's original case takes a dangerous turn as an international ringleader emerges as the mastermind

South Korean drama Taxi Driver 3 has released its latest episodes, 7 and 8, on December 12 and 13, 2025. The series stars Lee Je-hoon, Pyo Ye-jin, Kim Eui-sung, Jang Hyuk-jin, Bae Yoo-ram, Esom, and Shin Jae-ha.

Adapted from the webtoon The Deluxe Taxi (Red Cage) by Carlos and Lee Jae-jin, the show continues to tackle stories inspired by real-life crimes. It follows Rainbow Taxi, a luxury cab company with a hidden agenda.

Its drivers secretly carry out missions for clients who have been failed by the legal system. Using strategy, teamwork, and careful planning, the Rainbow Taxi Team delivers justice directly, handling cases the law cannot resolve.

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Taxi Driver 3 Episodes 7-8: Do-gi uncovers Gwan-jin’s match-fixing empire and brings justice to Park Min-ho

Episode 7 of Taxi Driver 3 picks up immediately after the events of episode 6. Do-gi has taken over ownership of the gym. Following that, the Rainbow Taxi Team discovers that Seong-uk and Dong-min are orchestrating a match-fixing operation tied to university volleyball games, where Seong-uk serves as a coach. Then, they hack into the betting system to gather the information they need.

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Soon, Seong-uk learns that Dong-min has lost ownership of the gym and confronts him, demanding it be reclaimed. Meanwhile, to advance the plan, Do-gi returns to the gambling zone and deliberately loses, restoring the gym ownership to Dong-min.

However, he introduces himself to Dong-min as Park Min-ho to increase pressure and make Dong-min confused. After Dong-min leaves the gambling zone, the team attack him. Making him unconscious they take him back to the gym's secret room, the bating room.

Upon regaining consciousness, Dong-min believes that he inadvertently brought Do-gi into the gambling zone while drunk, unknowingly introducing him to the operation. Do-gi then tells Dong-min that he has also offered him a partnership in the match-fixing scheme, which he accepts to infiltrate further in the ring.

Dong-min is uneasy because he must report to Seong-yuk and plans to eliminate Do-gi himself. Do-gi however, continues infiltrating their network further and eventually meets Seong-yuk, revealing his involvement.

Learning that Do-gi knows about the bating ring, Seong-yuk orders his men to kill him. Anticipating the attack, Do-gi dodges it and survives unscathed.

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As part of the next phase, Do-gi aims to traumatize Seong-yuk and Dong-min to force them into leading the Rainbow Taxi Team to the place where Park Min-ho is buried. Dong-min disguises himself as a European football recruiter and approaches one of the players Seong-uk uses to fix matches.

Praising the player’s potential and urging him to perform well, Do-gi disrupts Seong-uk’s plan. Simultaneously, Do-gi appears at the gym wearing Park Min-ho’s jersey, haunting Seong-uk and instilling fear in his mind.

Terrified, Seong-uk rushes to the burial site and digs up Park Min-ho’s body to confirm it is there. Do-gi observes this from a distance and informs the Rainbow Team of the body’s location.

However, he also sees Seong-uk call another person to report about the situation. This make him realize that there is involvement of a third party.

This third person is Gwan-jin, the mastermind behind the entire match-fixing operation. Now based in the Philippines, Gwan-jin runs a real-life survival game that allows people to bet through internet. He also the one who has murdered Park Min-ho.

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The story flashed back 15 years to show that Gwan-jin was once the sponsor of Park Min-ho’s team. He attempted to bribe Park Min-ho with shoes, but Min-ho refused. Gwan-jin used Seong-uk and Dong-min to fix a volleyball match.

When Min-ho threatened to report them to the police, Gwan-jin struck him in the locker room, unseen by CCTV, and then ran him over with his car outside, killing him. After the murder, Gwan-jin forced Seong-uk to help carry Park Min-ho’s body to his grandmother’s grave and buried him there.

Dong-min later took the blame for assaulting Park Min-ho and goes to prison; since the body was missing, no murder charges are filed. When Park Min-ho’s father tried to uncover the truth 15 years ago with Seong-cheol, Gwan-jin and Seong-uk hit him with a truck, causing him to develop amnesia.

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Returning to the present, Gwan-jin becomes aware of the disruptions in the gambling system and the resurfacing of Park Min-ho’s body. He returns to Korea. Upon interrogating Dong-min and Seong-uk about the events he kills them.

Later as after autopsy, Park Min-ho’s body is being moved to a funeral home, Gwan-jin steals it to destroy evidence of his crime. He also attempts to kill Park Min-ho’s father, but the Do-gi intervenes and saves him.

Seeing Do-gi skillfully saving Mr. Park the next morning, Gwan-jin lures him to an abandoned school. There, he forces Do-gi into a survival game, creating a betting system where people gamble on his life.

Do-gi fights off dozens of attackers round after round and emerges as the survivor. Soon after with the help of Go-eun, he locates the room where Gwan-jin is hiding and rushes inside.

Gwan-jin is heavily guarded, but Do-gi defeats his security team soon and engages him in a one-on-one fight. Though initially overpowered, Do-gi ultimately throws Gwan-jin from third floor into a dug-out grave in the ground.

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Falling in the grave, severely injured Gwan-jin pleads for mercy but Do-gi reminds him of the suffering he caused Park Min-ho’s father, who now has only a 30-minute memory span. Do-gi turns on a forklift to pour mud into the grave continuously and walks away leaving him to get buried alive, .

Finally, the Rainbow Taxi Team recovers Park Min-ho’s body and takes it, along with his father, to a burial ground. The location offers a stunning view of the sunset, just as Park Min-ho loves.

In the closing scene of the episode, Do-gi drives Park Min-ho’s father in his taxi, carrying the ashes to the burial. On this note episode 8 of Taxi Driver 3 ends.

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Taxi Driver 3 continues its Friday and Saturday broadcasts, with episodes 9 and 10 set to premiere on December 19 and 20. Viewers can also stream the latest season online through Viki.

Edited by Adrija Chakraborty