Black Knight (2023) s01e01 Episode Script

1
[tense music playing]
BLACK KNIGH
[ominous music playing]
[man] Forty years ago,
a comet collided with Earth.
Since then, most of the continents
have sunk into the sea,
and the Korean Peninsula
has turned into a desert.
Only 1% of the population survived.
These survivors needed
new technology and a new social order.
To deal with the polluted atmosphere,
a gigantic Air Core was built
to convert oxyanium into oxygen.
[computer trilling]
[man] And the scarcity of resources
led to a division of the population,
distinguished using QR codes
into General, Special, and Core Districts.
GENERAL DISTRICTS
SPECIAL DISTRICT, CORE DISTRIC
[crowd clamoring]
[man] But the ones who weren't chosen
were forced to live out miserable lives,
labeled as refugees.
Some of these refugees,
tired of the discrimination,
starvation, and lack of oxygen,
became hunters
and started to steal and plunder.
[intense music playing]
[man] Deliverymen.
We deliver the oxygen and necessities
that keep people alive.
[car engine revving]
[man] We fight through the sand-filled
desert with its polluted air,
fend off the brutal hunters
and their attacks,
and arrive on time
at the designated place without fail.
[guns firing]
[man] Deliverymen have to be strong.
Deliverymen have to keep cool
under pressure.
They have to risk their lives
to protect their cargo from hunters.
This is the reason people dream
of becoming deliverymen.
Especially for the refugees
who don't have QR codes,
becoming a deliveryman is their only hope.
[music fades]
[tense music playing]
GANGNAM REFUGEE DISTRIC
[man exhaling]
Whoa. There's a ton of these guys.
Not gonna be easy.
[man inhaling]
Uh, they just seem
like a bunch of cowards.
Dummy, Dumb-dumb.
- What?
- Yeah?
We just might be the cowards.
We're not even fighting them,
we're just watching.
- That's true.
- You're right.
[suspenseful music playing]
Hey, dumbasses, come on!
[man screaming]
[hunter grunting]
[all grunting]
- [man yelling]
- [hunter 2 grunting]
- [hunter 3 grunting]
- [hunter 4 yelling]
[man grunting, groaning]
- [hunter 5 grunting]
- [hunter 6 yelling]
[man panting]
[hunters grunting]
[man grunting]
[hunter 7 straining]
- [man straining]
- [hunter 7 grunting]
[music stops]
[hunter 7 coughing]
[man breathing deeply]
[funky music playing]
He won.
- Yeah!
- Let's go!
[Dumb-dumb] Our future deliveryman!
You won again today!
- [man] Sa-wol! Good job.
- [Dumb-dumb] Look at the oxygen and masks!
GENERAL DISTRIC
[mask whirring]
[announcer] Air purification in progress.
Pollution level five, dangerous.
CARGO CONTROL SYSTEM
[computer] District Five, Apartment 862.
[machinery whirring]
CHEONMYEONG GROUP
READING QR CODE
[computer] Deliveryman,
identity confirmed.
[computer] Disinfection complete.
[man] Ah, you're here.
[5-8] Hello, sir.
AIR QUALITY POOR
OXYGEN LEVEL LOW
COMPRESSED OXYGEN
[air hissing]
[system chiming]
[machinery whirring]
OXYGEN LEVEL 100%
[man sighing]
You could've been in some danger, sir.
Gotta order oxygen
before it goes down to 20%, okay?
Oh, I must really be losing it.
I keep on forgetting about it.
[5-8 sighing]
[computer trilling]
[computer] Mr. Lee Yeong-su,
recipient confirmed.
It's been a while
since you last ordered food.
Are you getting enough to eat?
I'm just eating once a day.
I'm low on my funds, so
- Oh, sir
- Don't nag me, son.
It's still better
than what most refugees get.
I'm quite certain of that.
[computer beeping]
Yeah.
EMERGENCY
[ominous music playing]
[man grunting, groaning]
- [electricity zapping]
- [man screaming]
[hunter cackling]
[hunter] Load it up. Hurry before support
gets here and makes life hard for us.
[hunter 2] Okay, all loaded! Let's go!
[man breathing heavily, groaning]
[hunger] Wait a second.
Let's take that too.
We won't have to worry about starving
until that hand rots.
- [man shuddering, yelling]
- [hunter] Yeah? Here we go.
[truck horn blaring]
[air hissing]
[5-8 grunting]
[hunter] Gun.
I said to avoid anything that breathes.
[5-7 grunting]
Thought it was your day off.
That's why you picked today
to bully my new guy?
Going for his hand?
Hey, man. We have to make a living too.
Then move in with the refugees.
Instead of dying like a dog.
[hunter] Fuck you
and your lecturing, motherfucker.
[5-8 scoffing] Gonna shoot?
[hunter] I'm gonna shoot.
- I'll do it!
- [5-8] Here I come.
[hunter grunting]
[gun firing]
[intense music playing]
[hunter 2 grunting]
[hunter 3 grunting]
[hunter 4 yelling]
[hunter 4 grunting]
[hunter 5 groaning]
[hunter 6 yelling]
[hunter 7 grunting]
[hunter 7 yelling]
[motorcycle engine starting]
[hunter yelling]
[music stops]
[hunter groaning]
Please don't kill me. Please!
[gun clicking]
[hunter sighing]
[5-8 sighing]
[5-8] That's a shame.
[hunter sighing]
[5-8] Next time, it'll be loaded.
[tense music playing]
[5-8] You okay, newbie?
[5-7 panting]
[sirens wailing]
PURCHASE OXYGEN
REMAINING OXYGEN 30%
DO YOU WISH TO BUY OXYGEN?
PROCESSING PAYMEN
THROUGH MS. JUNG SEUL-AH'S ACCOUN
OXYGEN PURCHASE COMPLETE
[glasses trilling]
[computer] Ms. Jung Seul-ah has left.
[upbeat music playing]
[sighing heavily]
Mr. Yoon Sa-wol.
If you wanna be out goofing around,
at least eat.
[wind whooshing]
[dramatic music playing]
[siren wailing]
Ms. Park Myeong-hui, you're under arrest
for illegally harboring a refugee
and thereby violating
General District laws.
[Myeong-hui] No, I just felt bad for him.
- [child] No!
- [Myeong-hui] Please, let him go!
Take me, don't take the kid!
I was just gonna feed him,
then have him go.
[child] No!
[somber music playing]
[Sa-wol grunting, panting]
[mask whirring]
[woman] Hands in the air.
[tense music playing]
[Sa-wol grunting]
[woman exhaling]
[Sa-wol grunting, panting]
[upbeat drums playing]
[Sa-wol grunting]
[Sa-wol coughing, panting]
Damn. Why aren't you getting any better?
I was trying.
[Sa-wol groaning]
[lighthearted music playing]
There are two people wrecking the place,
and I'm the only person cleaning.
[Sa-wol] Ow, my back.
[Sa-wol groaning]
[objects clattering]
[woman] I warned you
that it's refugee crackdown period,
and you've been out there wandering about
using up our supplies.
[Sa-wol grunting, groaning]
I mean, I do win, at least,
and then I win again,
and then, oh my God, I win some more.
And now, you know,
there's no one to challenge me.
You see, all of this
is just part of the train
Challenge you? Training?
As a deliveryman, huh?
But, Unni, uh,
I actually think he could do it.
I've seen him fight
a few times. [chuckling]
He's definitely much stronger than he was.
So you've been going out there
as well, huh?
You should've stopped him.
You're better than that!
Drop down, now.
Me too?
No, don't do that, Noona.
It's all my fault. She did nothing wrong.
Just punish me. Just me. Yeah.
Here.
[Sa-wol grunting, groaning]
You think anybody can be a deliveryman?
You think being immature
and fighting everyone
makes you a general citizen?
I promised you I'll find a way.
You promise me?
- You promise me, seriously?
- What?
You got another code implant lying around?
I'm sure you're worried about harboring a
refugee Ms. Major at Defense Intelligence.
So, what?
- Gonna go buy me someone's hand?
- Oppa!
And not just a few days,
it's been ten years.
This way you've been referring to
isn't even possible.
- [woman sighing]
- [Sa-wol] So don't do anything anymore.
I don't wanna put you in danger.
Either of you.
I don't wanna put myself in danger either.
So, don't be making dumb choices
and just stay inside.
The safest thing for everyone
is if I get lost.
Yoon Sa-wol!
I told you not to talk about getting lost!
[Sa-wol sighing]
So what about your bright future?
[sighing]
You let me down.
What?
[mockingly] "What?"
You won't be a deliveryman
if you get caught.
You'll just cause trouble for everyone.
So, Yoon Sa-wol,
you're grounded for a week.
Whoa. What?
Are you serious?
Look here, Major Jung Seol-ah,
you're being so unfair.
[smacking lips] Aww.
- Fifteen days.
- Fifteen, yeah.
Fifteen days, starting tomorrow.
I'll keep him right in line.
Come on!
[whimsical music playing]
Okay, I'll do a week.
She'll go to 30.
Okay. All right.
Keep it at 15 days.
[ominous music playing]
[indistinct announcement]
[computer] Air purification in progress.
Pollution level five, dangerous.
Air purification in progress.
Pollution level five, dangerous.
[computer chiming]
[tense music playing]
[cell phone chiming]
1 TEXT MESSAGE
UNKNOWN SENDER
GATE 8, 5 P.M.
[suspenseful music playing]
REFUGEE DISTRIC
GANGNAM STATION
HANNAM BRIDGE
[radio chiming]
[man] Entering known hunter-infested area.
Stay vigilant.
Humans. Oh what great beings.
Just keep on moving,
having kids through it all.
[tablet trilling]
GWANGHWAMUN GATE
[computer] Passing the Special District.
[machinery whirring]
[computer] We have arrived
at the Core District.
CHEONMYEONG GROUP
- Take this.
- Yes, sir.
[man] Madam President,
how bad is the situation
in the Special District?
Population's out of control.
Can't see the forests or the sky,
so people suffer from depression
and panic disorders.
It's inevitable, though.
That's why this relocation plan
is so important to everybody.
There have been so many issues.
I guess I really screwed up
when I was designing the place.
It's only been 40 years
since you made all of this here.
You dug five kilometers below ground
and built this world
in such a short period of time.
And then once District A's been finished,
you will have created a new environment
for us all once again.
[man] Thank you for saying that.
I'm old and fear I'm losing my confidence.
I'm so full of regret.
[scoffing] What are you saying?
You're still strong and healthy.
Don't let those bad thoughts in,
just focus on the relocation.
[chuckling]
It sounds to me like maybe you want me
to finish the plan and then die.
[both chuckling]
[man 2] I didn't know you were here,
Madam President.
Is this private?
No, we were waiting for you.
I heard that the Air Road is now complete.
When will you do the operation test?
They're still working on the timeline.
[man] You've been to the District A
construction site, right?
Is the construction schedule
being delayed?
I heard the reports to the government
are not being delivered on time.
Reporting to you is my priority.
Construction's almost done.
You know promptly sharing information
is a must.
I apologize.
[man sighing]
[man 2 sighing]
So when should I expect it?
I will inform you as soon as possible.
Fine.
"Soon."
Why do you antagonize the government
this way?
Well, Father
[tense music playing]
A world of Cheonmyeong's creation.
We wasted a year due
to the government's meddling.
Their telling us what to do
isn't helping us. Listen to me.
So you believe
that Cheonmyeong is yours now?
I don't, Father. You are Cheonmyeong.
Yes. Better not forget that fact.
Ever.
Yoon Sa-wol.
Oh no. This boy is hopeless.
[hip-hop music playing]
[Sa-wol] You all may think
That you can imprison me ♪
There might be poisonous dust
All around me ♪
But I make my own path, my own destiny ♪
Yeah, I make my own path
My own destiny ♪
[music fades]
Hey, Gramps!
Useless!
Dumb-dumbs?
Where are you?
Grandpa!
Jeez, you're so loud!
[Sa-wol] Hey!
So you're still kicking, huh?
You little punk.
I'll have you know
that I have no plans of dying
until I fix that rude mouth of yours.
You got that, kid? Huh, huh?
[moaning] That pinches!
I was never properly educated,
that's why I speak like that.
Hey, unschooled Sa-wol,
some of us are trying to learn.
Grandpa told us it makes us all better.
Oh, he told you that?
Well, I think better is too freakin' hard.
Let's go out, get better later.
- Out?
- Out where?
I'm grounded starting tomorrow.
Let's get in trouble today.
[whimsical music playing]
[man chuckling]
SLOW
[computer] Air pollution level rising.
[Sa-wol] Let's go.
[Useless grunting]
[suspenseful music playing]
[computer] 30 km/hour speed limit zone.
Automatically decelerating.
WARNING
SPEED LIMIT 30KM
[engine winding down]
[all panting]
Useless! Run faster, hurry!
[Useless grunting]
[Sa-wol] You go up first.
[Sa-wol straining]
Kids go bonkers
when the world goes to hell.
- [all screaming]
- [Sa-wol] We're going to crash! Get down!
[all screaming]
[all screaming]
[upbeat music playing]
[inaudible]
[tires screeching]
[scoffing] See ya.
ELECTRICITY
- [electricity zapping]
- [all screaming]
[music fades]
[thudding]
[whimsical music playing]
[Sa-wol panting]
Your friends all fell off.
[Sa-wol voice cracking] Are you
[Sa-wol clearing throat]
Are you the legendary 5-8?
You're rude.
[Sa-wol] You must wanna know who I am.
I'm Sa-wol. Yoon Sa-wol.
I don't want to know,
and never asked.
Shut your mouth and fight.
[Sa-wol screaming, grunting]
[Sa-wol groaning]
[whimsical music playing]
- [air hissing]
- [Sa-wol panting]
[Sa-wol] What the heck?
He's so freaking strong.
Got no manners or fear.
[5-8 chuckling]
[hammock creaking]
[radio beeping, warbling]
[sniffing]
[ominous music playing]
It's here. [sniffing]
And it's a huge one.
[wind whooshing]
- [man straining]
- [bell ringing]
[wind blowing intensely]
[computer trilling]
[wind subsiding]
[5-8 panting]
DISTRICT A
[5-8] It's even uglier than I remember.
[5-8 sighing]
UNKNOWN SENDER
GATE 8, 5 P.M.
[5-8] Mission failed?
[suspenseful music playing]
[5-8] The Air Core.
It's sooner than I expected.
[gears shifting]
[Seol-ah] Has the armed protest been
completely suppressed?
[man] Yes, the guard force
dealt with it. It's over.
I should have called you earlier
Anyway, thank you
for coming all the way here.
Since I have, I'd like to meet
the head of the guard force.
[man scoffing]
[man] Even you can't go in there
without authorization beforehand, Major.
I understand secrecy is important,
but it's ridiculous to restrict access
to a major
of the Defense Intelligence Command.
[man] I've told you time and time again,
Cheonmyeong is leading
the construction of District A.
Please don't take this the wrong way.
I ask for your understanding.
[Seol-ah] Where are they going?
[man] They are Cheonmyeong's assets,
and that being the case,
they're not of your purview either, Major.
[Seol-ah sighing]
[tense music playing]
It's strange they're going this far
to stop people from seeing District A.
Actually, yeah.
I was also wondering about that.
That jackass head guard disappears
whenever I show up,
and that Oh guy always brings up
Cheonmyeong, Cheonmyeong. God!
The head guard's pretty old.
I think calling him a jackass
is a little, um
Yeah, no, you're correct.
Whoa!
[all grunting]
Oh shit.
Hey, watch out, you damn idiot!
Yes, sir, uh
I was trying to be careful.
[ominous music playing]
[Seol-ah] Stay alert!
Open the door.
[woman] Stop, hands in the air!
[5-8] What's going on?
I hate having guns aimed at me.
Major Jung Seol-ah,
Defense Intelligence Command.
Is this your vehicle?
[5-8] The Cheonmyeong Group owns it.
I know that.
Please answer the question I asked.
Yes, I drive this vehicle. Major.
[Seol-ah] The area near District A
is off-limits.
Why is your delivery vehicle
this far off-route?
[5-8] I got lost because of the tornado
and saw another path.
[Seol-ah] Where did you go?
[5-8] Does that matter?
[Seol-ah] I asked you where you went.
[suspenseful music playing]
[5-8] I
was
uri
nating.
[Seol-ah] Let me check your ID.
[velcro tearing]
[computer trilling]
IDENTITY CONFIRMED
[Seol-ah] Please leave right away.
[car door closing]
[man] Get in the car.
[5-8 scoffing]
Little angry.
[machinery whirring]
[dramatic music playing]
I'm back.
[birds chirping]
[Seul-ah panting]
So did you have fun today?
[whimsical music playing]
[Sa-wol] Huh?
Mm-hmm.
Go to your room, now.
Now?
What do we got here?
Should be plenty, okay?
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!
LOCKED
- [computer] Commencing QR lockdown.
- What are you doing?
You put yourself in my shoes, Oppa.
I'm sorry, but you couldn't even stay
inside for one day.
- What else can I do?
- You serious? Um
Something went down today. Really.
Just open the door.
I'll tell you everything.
Okay, then just say it.
You can say everything just right here.
How about we, uh,
eat something and chat?
[Seul-ah chuckling]
Those boxes have enough food
to last 15 days.
Ugh!
Okay look, I promise after tomorrow
I'll be inside every day.
- I promise, I promise, okay?
- [Seul-ah] You promise?
'Cause I was thinking about it today.
How many times
have you actually kept your word
in the ten years you've lived here?
How many? Uh
Not once.
Zero times.
Hey!
That doesn't mean you can lock me in here.
[Seul-ah] Listen to Seol-ah and me
just this once.
Seul-ah! Jung Seul-ah!
[computer] You must scan your QR code.
[sighing heavily]
[Sa-wol grunting]
REFUGEE DISTRICT - LABOR MARKE
[tense music playing]
[indistinct chatter]
[air hissing]
[5-8 sighing]
[5-8] Are you on your own?
[girl] No.
My dad,
he went to go get oxygen.
[5-8] Hmm.
I GAVE MY ALL TO BECOME A DELIVERYMAN
[5-8] What's that book?
[mask hissing]
[girl] It's mine.
I'm gonna become a deliveryman.
Oh, is that right?
Yes, I really, really want to.
I'll help the refugees,
like 5-8 does,
and give them oxygen and food.
That way I'll become
the refugees beacon of hope,
just like 5-8.
[5-8 chuckling]
[man] Hey, old man.
[man chuckling]
[5-8] They suppressed
the armed protest at District A,
so the mission
to delay the construction failed.
Our informant is out of contact too.
[man sighing]
The idiot. Wonder if he died.
[tense music playing]
The Air Core's in District A now.
I'm gonna need you to go.
Okay.
[5-8 grunting]
[mask hissing]
PROCESSED FOOD
[man] It'll be a bit short this time.
I'll be by again soon.
[man 2] Thank you so much.
Just when we're about to die,
that's when you guys show up.
[all chuckling]
[man 3] I know I say this every time
but split it fairly.
- [man 2] Okay.
- [man 3] Here.
[woman breathing heavily]
[woman 2] Heartbeat and blood pressure
are all normal.
I'll come by again before the delivery.
[woman] Thank you.
[man] Here.
[electricity zapping]
[woman] Thank you.
[indistinct chatter]
[upbeat dramatic music playing]
[funky dramatic music playing]
[music fades]
[upbeat electronic music playing]
[Sa-wol grunting]
[groaning]
[announcer] Challenger,
3 minutes 23 seconds, lost by KO.
So strong. My God.
[glasses beeping]
[Sa-wol panting]
Take a break from losing and eat.
[whimsical music playing]
If I eat,
I'm gonna have to take a dump. What then?
[Seul-ah gasping]
Why do you have to be gross?
It's the rebellion of youth.
You sound like a child,
not some kind of rebel.
[exhaling]
[door chiming]
[computer] Deliveryman,
identity confirmed.
A package!
[computer] Disinfection complete.
You're not Deliveryman 5-7.
No, he's busy, so I'm here today.
Oh.
- [computer] Ms. Jung Seul-ah
- Wait. Oh my God.
What is it?
Are you the famous 5-8?
- Yes.
- [gasping] No way!
Wow.
Wow, that's totally
Could I get a picture with you? That okay?
[Sa-wol] What's going on?
IMPRISONMENT DAY ONE
[Seul-ah] Just one more.
[Sa-wol] 5-8?
[whimsical music playing]
- Why am I hiding?
- [Seul-ah] Thank you!
[5-8] I should get going.
- I did nothing wrong.
[Seul-ah giggling]
- [Seul-ah] Bye.
- [5-8] Bye.
[Seul-ah] Bye.
[Seul-ah gasping]
[squealing] Oh my God!
CHEONMYEONG LOGISTICS
[Sa-wol] You looked so thrilled
back there.
"Just one more, please."
[gasping]
"Thank you! Oh my God!"
"Goodbye now."
[ominous music playing]
[Seul-ah] He's much more handsome
in person.
Oppa, you're done.
He beats you in fighting and in his looks.
Uh, no.
You know his looks aren't even close.
[Seul-ah sighing]
Hmm.
[Sa-wol grunting]
[computer beeping]
[computer] Deliveryman,
identity confirmed.
What now?
FRONT GATE OPEN
[door opening]
[intense music playing]
[Seul-ah screaming]
[Seul-ah] No! No!
Who are you people? What are you doing?
[man] Hurry up and Inject her!
[Seul-ah screaming]
[man grunting]
[man] Dammit!
[computer] You must scan your QR code.
[Sa-wol grunting]
[man] Is someone else here?
Go check.
[Seul-ah whimpering]
[door thudding]
[Seul-ah screaming]
[Sa-wol grunting]
[Sa-wol roaring]
[Seul-ah whimpering]
[Seul-ah moaning]
- [Seul-ah screaming]
- [Sa-wol grunting]
[Sa-wol breathing heavily]
[gun clicking]
[Sa-wol panting]
[somber music playing]
Seul-ah. Are you okay?
Jung Seul-ah.
[Sa-wol breath shuddering]
[body thudding]
[gun cocking]
[ending theme music playing]
BASED ON THE TOOMICS WEBTOON
BY LEE YOON-GYUN
Subtitle translation by: Mihee Kim