Episode 3 of "Face Me" seamlessly continues from the cliffhanger of the previous episode, with a car racing perilously towards Jeong-woo. Just in the nick of time, Min-hyung arrives on the scene, narrowly averting the impending disaster. Having noticed a shadowy figure trailing Jeong-woo in a stolen vehicle, she took swift action to halt the menacing pursuit.
Meanwhile, at the glamorous K-beauty contest, a sudden and shocking turn of events unfolds when a deranged woman douses acid on Jung Hee-young, one of the contestants. Hee-young is hastily transported to Jeong-woo's hospital, her beauty marred by the cruel attack, while the perpetrator insists on having no recollection of the harrowing incident. Intrigued by the coincidences, Jeong-woo begins to entertain doubts that a case, initially brushed off as a suicide, might actually be a meticulously orchestrated homicide.
These suspicions are further fueled when the deceased man's daughter, her face bearing a burn scar, divulges to Jeong-woo about Min-hyung's speculative conversation regarding whether someone harboring a grudge against the deceased might have orchestrated his death to tarnish his reputation. Echoing the same sentiments, Min-hyung recalls the tragic murder of her fiancé and her daring decision to expose the murderer's face to the public eye.
Elsewhere, Dr. Yoon Seo-hee confronts the hospital director, challenging the hospital's policy of offering free surgeries to crime victims. During their tense discussion, she recognizes the deceased man as a dedicated volunteer at the hospital, deepening the enigmatic nature of his demise.
Hee-young, in the throes of treatment, steadfastly denies knowing her assailant. The attacker, a seemingly unsuspecting housekeeper, earns Min-hyung's skepticism despite her husband's claim that she is under the influence of psychiatric medication. The housekeeper accuses Hee-young of having an affair with her husband, a charge Hee-young vehemently denies. The housekeeper is subsequently released, but Min-hyung's doubts refuse to dissipate.
To uncover the truth, Min-hyung cleverly displays a photo of another acid attack victim to the suspect and surreptitiously installs a camera in Hee-young's hospital room. Her persistence pays off when the housekeeper, defying all logic, visits Hee-young, snaps a picture of her battered face, and departs. The camera footage uncovers a chilling reality: the housekeeper is merely a pawn, acting under someone else's sinister command. Min-hyung and Jeong-woo trail her to a residence, where she collects payment for her grim deed before slipping away into the shadows.
Caught in the throes of these tumultuous events, Hee-young grapples with the heart-wrenching aftermath of the assault. Not only has she been stripped of her cherished relationship, but she has also been publicly stigmatized as an adulteress, placing her career in grave jeopardy. Jeong-woo, haunted by the memory of Hee-young's hollow, lifeless demeanor from earlier, urgently rushes back to the hospital, driven by an instinctive need to reach her. The episode culminates in a poignant scene, with Hee-young perilously perched on the rooftop's edge, a heartbeat away from plunging into the abyss.
