The Frog (2024) s01e04 Episode Script
Episode 4
1
A giant tree fell in a forest
and no one was around to hear it.
Did it make a sound
or was there nothing but silence?
THE FROG
RAINBOW MOTEL
Let's go inside. Come on.
Let's go inside just once!
Hey, just this once, please?
Mom.
Not bad, huh?
Come take a look, Eun-gyeong.
Come on.
Hurry up!
This place is up for auction,
and it's just amazing!
Remember the lake we saw?
You can see it all from here.
Come quickly.
In here. Come on.
Man!
Take a look. The view's amazing, isn't it?
An annual flower festival
will be held next year. Look.
They're planting flowering trees
all around the lake as we speak.
Ask your sister. She'll know.
She worked and lived here for two years.
What am I gonna do with you?
Wait. You already asked her, didn't you?
Really?
Son, this motel is ours now!
Do you like that?
I always felt like I wasn't good enough.
I know how much both you and Gi-ho
are struggling to deal with all this.
I'm sorry for making this decision.
I can't get the image of the woman
who died here out of my head.
And I'm willing to do whatever it takes
to make it go away.
Look at me, being a drama queen again.
I just want to be at peace.
I hope you can understand that.
I'm sorry, Sang-jun.
And please tell Gi-ho
that Mom loves him very much.
Mr. Ji Hyang-cheol.
I'm Yoon Bo-min,
an officer at Dongho Police Station.
We wanted to ask you
Who are you?
JOONGMIN DAILY
YEOM DONG-CHAN, REPORTER
You're not a reporter.
Wait.
You should remember me.
You, of all people.
Because of you, I
You're very kind.
Because of you, my family
Gi-ho!
Are you related to a victim?
Why me?
Why my family?
What have I done wrong?
What did my family do to deserve this?
Why did you have to pass by
at that moment?
Why did you have to run into me that day?
Wrong.
That's not it.
I was just on the road,
minding my own business,
and you lot just happened to be
on that road.
Why were you there?
On that day, at that moment.
Like I said,
I was just minding my own business.
You should be asking yourself
those questions.
Don't blame others.
-Wanna know why they croaked?
-Hey.
Their time was up, that's all.
-It's got nothing to do with me.
-Shut your mouth.
I'm spelling it out for him.
It's more sincere than just apologizing.
We'll give you a ride home.
No, that's okay.
How are you doing?
I heard you moved.
Thanks for your help today.
No, you don't have to.
I really wanted to see him,
not that I had anything to do
or say to him in particular.
Officer Yoon.
Don't ever be the frog.
I'm sorry?
The frog that gets hit
by a stone thrown carelessly.
When you're that frog,
even as your head spins,
your body withers,
and your breathing gets shallower
all you can do is keep thinking,
"Who threw that stone?"
"Why did it have to hit me?"
WOORI PHARMACY
Mr. Jeon.
SONG JI-SU PEDIATRICS
-Hello.
-Hi.
Dad!
-Why didn't you call first?
-I happened to be in the area.
Why don't we go have lunch together?
Let's go.
That's okay. I just wanted to say hi.
-Come on. He'll buy us something nice.
-She's right.
No, I really should get going. I
-Are you meeting someone?
-Yeah.
Yong-chae.
Yong-chae?
He's in a hospital in Seoul?
Yes.
Dad!
Some supplements for Yong-chae.
I wish I could pay him a visit.
He told me not to bring you.
I hope he takes care of his fracture.
These are for you.
Please! I don't need any.
Please take them, sir.
-You two!
-Take them.
You look like you've lost weight.
Is it because of the summer heat?
Dad?
Hey, you!
Mr. Jeon!
-Are you all right? Are you hurt?
-Dad!
Dad!
Dad, are you okay?
Ui-seon.
Have you had any women
acting strangely in the pharmacy?
Dad, is something wrong?
No, nothing's wrong.
Are you sure you're okay to drive?
Yeah, I'm fine.
See you later.
Mr. Koo insisted I take this,
but it's not right for me to keep it.
How did it feel to meet him?
Ji Hyang-cheol, I mean.
I was just doing Mr. Koo a favor.
Did it get your blood pumping?
Why did you become a cop?
I just kind of fell into it.
You say "just" a lot.
Were you an athlete?
Track and field.
Were you any good?
No.
If you were, I guess you'd be a pro.
Anyway, after all that running,
you chose a job that requires you to run.
Why did you take the photos?
Are you just drawn to this stuff?
To murder, crime scenes,
the stench of blood, and criminals?
Do you find it interesting?
You can be honest. I'm not mad.
People don't understand those
who find crimes and criminals interesting,
but I do.
I heard you caught that bicycle thief
and that you stopped a man on the street
who turned out to be wanted.
You shrugged it off as sheer luck,
but that's not true.
Did you catch those criminals
just to protect the citizens?
I don't think so.
Did you pay Ji a visit
just because that motel owner asked?
I doubt that.
You wanted to see him for yourself.
That's why you called and asked me.
Pure rage against criminals
and personal revenge make good detectives.
But instincts like yours are just as good.
The way I see it, some people are born
to be "It" in this game.
It's in their nature to be "It"
while others run and hide.
I have no idea what you're talking about.
If you ever make up your mind,
come to the Violent Crimes Team.
Are you just drawn to this stuff?
To murder, crime scenes,
the stench of blood, and criminals?
Do you find it interesting?
PARK YONG-CHAE
Are you here to see
how a fake patient is doing?
-Are you all right?
-Let's go out.
No way. You're injured.
I'm going stir-crazy in here!
Besides, it's just a broken ankle.
These are from Ui-seon.
From the pharmacist herself?
Tell her you're in a hospital in Seoul
and that you didn't want her to visit you.
Seoul?
Pretty good, right?
If I ever end up in here again,
I might get ten kilos fatter.
I can't let you drink.
Are you kidding me?
I gotta have a drink with my jjamppong!
How are you gonna drive home?
I'll be your caregiver for the day.
You remember that woman?
-From last year.
-What?
The air conditioner in your rental broke,
so you brought her to stay at mine.
That kid I played with in the pool!
Yeah. What about her?
I think she killed that child.
What?
Yeah. What about her?
She left something at the rental.
I still have it
because I don't know her number.
Last year?
Yes.
She would've called if she wanted it back.
Is it something valuable?
Then you should give it back.
By the way, don't you like the food?
My stomach's a little upset.
A record of the booking?
I got her number
when she paid the deposit,
and the AC was repaired the next day, so
It was on this day.
She booked it under Ha Si-hyeon.
It's Si-hyeon.
Ha Si-hyeon.
The kid's name was used for the booking,
and the phone number was out of service.
That woman had a key to my rental
and knew what my daughter looked like,
but I didn't even know her name.
It's an apricot tree.
Very popular for gardens.
You must have a pretty big yard.
My family runs a vacation rental.
Why don't you take one home?
They're pretty.
I guess you were out yesterday.
Would you like to have lunch with me?
I needed to know
more about that woman too.
Hey! Where are you
I can unlock it,
but only by formatting the hard drive.
Will that wipe out everything?
Yes, all of it.
Is it your daughter's?
WELCOME DRINK
COURTESY OF WOORI PHARMACY
What's going on here?
We got a call asking to pick these up.
What call?
This is my house.
Put them back.
Unload everything and leave.
-You heard me!
-Unload it.
Yes, but if it's too soiled,
it might not come off.
So Gum will come off.
Yes, I'll have to take a look for myself,
so it'd be great if you could bring it in.
Yes, goodbye.
May I take your order?
An iced Americano, please.
One iced Americano.
That's a lot of coins.
Can I take some pictures?
Sorry? Pictures?
This place is so pretty.
I want to use the colors
as a reference for my art.
Of course you can. By all means!
I put a lot of thought into the design.
Nice, isn't it?
I love it.
The coffee is great too.
You might as well run a café instead.
Actually,
that's what I was originally planning.
I should come here often.
How did you end up in this town anyway?
Are you staying
in a vacation rental nearby?
I'm staying here for a month.
Is that so?
Which rental are you staying at?
I'm not sure what it's called,
but it's in the woods.
That's Yeong-ha's place.
The isolated rental
at the end of the forest road.
-Yeah.
-That's a nice place.
How come I didn't know he had a guest?
I know all the rental owners around here.
I'm good friends with them.
That's strange.
Yeong-ha never mentioned you to me.
We'd like to order.
Well, enjoy your coffee.
What do you want?
Be right there.
Chocolate latte?
I want to watch a movie.
If you have any questions, just ask.
I do.
I have questions.
Take a good look.
It's safe, see?
Do you want to kill me, Mister?
So you do.
What's your plan?
What plan?
I'm just a guest
staying at your rental.
Am I not like the other guests?
-What did you do with the kid?
-What kid?
The kid you brought here a year ago.
Si-hyeon.
You left here alone in the morning.
I have dashcam footage of you.
Is there anything else?
I found a bloodstain while cleaning up.
And?
Two of my towels went missing.
And?
The bathroom.
It smelled like bleach.
So?
What did you do after that?
So, the only thing you have now
is the dashcam footage.
You do realize
that hardly counts as evidence, right?
Fine, let's say you're right.
Say I came here a year ago with some kid,
left by myself the next day,
and the kid was nowhere to be found.
According to you,
even his body couldn't be found.
After that, instead of calling the police
or even going to find me,
you washed away the bloodstain,
cleaned the house from top to bottom,
replaced the missing towels,
and acted like you'd never met me before,
even though you recognized me.
It sounds to me like
we're not so different.
I wonder what will happen
if you report this to the police now.
I'll be charged with murder, and you
with covering it up for an entire year.
But seriously,
think about what happened that day.
Did anyone come to see you
in the past year?
Did anyone notice anything suspicious
and come here to find out what happened?
What if I asked you
to sell me this house?
What?
I don't know
what this house might mean to you,
but it's come to mean so much to me.
To be honest, before coming here,
I had forgotten who I was for a while.
But
here, I found myself again.
Well, if you don't want to sell it,
that's fine.
I'll come back every summer
for just a month.
Let's not try to find out
too much about each other,
and everything will be fine.
-Ui-seon, behind you.
-Okay.
-Here, let me.
-That's okay, Doctor.
I'll do it. I'll take this too.
-Thank you.
-You must be tired.
-No, I'm fine.
-I hope you can go home soon.
Weren't you tired today?
I was.
It must be so exhausting.
I'm okay for now.
Are you not drinking beer because of me?
Yeah.
Just drink it.
I'm gonna be pregnant for a long time.
Okay.
Excuse me. Can I get a glass of beer?
Right away.
How's your father doing?
He's doing all right.
I talked to him on the phone.
His rental is nice,
but I'm worried that he's alone out there.
Why don't you ask him to move to Seoul
and use the place as a vacation home?
I want Dad to be the one
to make that decision.
-Then why don't we go to him?
-Huh?
You said you once considered
opening a pharmacy near your dad's place.
Things have changed.
That was before we even started dating.
No, nothing's changed.
We can open a pharmacy on the first floor
and a clinic upstairs.
I wonder what will happen
if you report this to the police now.
I'll be charged with murder and you
with covering it up for an entire year.
I wonder what will happen
if you report this to the police now.
I wonder what will happen
if you report this to the police now.
I'll be charged with murder and you
with covering it up for an entire year.
So, the only thing you have now
is the dashcam footage.
Shit.
HIDE-AND-SEEK
BY YOO SEONG-A
Sir, are you okay?
Are you okay?
-Call the EMT.
-On it, sir. Just a sec.
Call the EMT now!
There has been an accident. Please hurry.
A giant tree fell in a forest
and no one was around to hear it.
Did it make a sound
or was there nothing but silence?
THE FROG
RAINBOW MOTEL
Let's go inside. Come on.
Let's go inside just once!
Hey, just this once, please?
Mom.
Not bad, huh?
Come take a look, Eun-gyeong.
Come on.
Hurry up!
This place is up for auction,
and it's just amazing!
Remember the lake we saw?
You can see it all from here.
Come quickly.
In here. Come on.
Man!
Take a look. The view's amazing, isn't it?
An annual flower festival
will be held next year. Look.
They're planting flowering trees
all around the lake as we speak.
Ask your sister. She'll know.
She worked and lived here for two years.
What am I gonna do with you?
Wait. You already asked her, didn't you?
Really?
Son, this motel is ours now!
Do you like that?
I always felt like I wasn't good enough.
I know how much both you and Gi-ho
are struggling to deal with all this.
I'm sorry for making this decision.
I can't get the image of the woman
who died here out of my head.
And I'm willing to do whatever it takes
to make it go away.
Look at me, being a drama queen again.
I just want to be at peace.
I hope you can understand that.
I'm sorry, Sang-jun.
And please tell Gi-ho
that Mom loves him very much.
Mr. Ji Hyang-cheol.
I'm Yoon Bo-min,
an officer at Dongho Police Station.
We wanted to ask you
Who are you?
JOONGMIN DAILY
YEOM DONG-CHAN, REPORTER
You're not a reporter.
Wait.
You should remember me.
You, of all people.
Because of you, I
You're very kind.
Because of you, my family
Gi-ho!
Are you related to a victim?
Why me?
Why my family?
What have I done wrong?
What did my family do to deserve this?
Why did you have to pass by
at that moment?
Why did you have to run into me that day?
Wrong.
That's not it.
I was just on the road,
minding my own business,
and you lot just happened to be
on that road.
Why were you there?
On that day, at that moment.
Like I said,
I was just minding my own business.
You should be asking yourself
those questions.
Don't blame others.
-Wanna know why they croaked?
-Hey.
Their time was up, that's all.
-It's got nothing to do with me.
-Shut your mouth.
I'm spelling it out for him.
It's more sincere than just apologizing.
We'll give you a ride home.
No, that's okay.
How are you doing?
I heard you moved.
Thanks for your help today.
No, you don't have to.
I really wanted to see him,
not that I had anything to do
or say to him in particular.
Officer Yoon.
Don't ever be the frog.
I'm sorry?
The frog that gets hit
by a stone thrown carelessly.
When you're that frog,
even as your head spins,
your body withers,
and your breathing gets shallower
all you can do is keep thinking,
"Who threw that stone?"
"Why did it have to hit me?"
WOORI PHARMACY
Mr. Jeon.
SONG JI-SU PEDIATRICS
-Hello.
-Hi.
Dad!
-Why didn't you call first?
-I happened to be in the area.
Why don't we go have lunch together?
Let's go.
That's okay. I just wanted to say hi.
-Come on. He'll buy us something nice.
-She's right.
No, I really should get going. I
-Are you meeting someone?
-Yeah.
Yong-chae.
Yong-chae?
He's in a hospital in Seoul?
Yes.
Dad!
Some supplements for Yong-chae.
I wish I could pay him a visit.
He told me not to bring you.
I hope he takes care of his fracture.
These are for you.
Please! I don't need any.
Please take them, sir.
-You two!
-Take them.
You look like you've lost weight.
Is it because of the summer heat?
Dad?
Hey, you!
Mr. Jeon!
-Are you all right? Are you hurt?
-Dad!
Dad!
Dad, are you okay?
Ui-seon.
Have you had any women
acting strangely in the pharmacy?
Dad, is something wrong?
No, nothing's wrong.
Are you sure you're okay to drive?
Yeah, I'm fine.
See you later.
Mr. Koo insisted I take this,
but it's not right for me to keep it.
How did it feel to meet him?
Ji Hyang-cheol, I mean.
I was just doing Mr. Koo a favor.
Did it get your blood pumping?
Why did you become a cop?
I just kind of fell into it.
You say "just" a lot.
Were you an athlete?
Track and field.
Were you any good?
No.
If you were, I guess you'd be a pro.
Anyway, after all that running,
you chose a job that requires you to run.
Why did you take the photos?
Are you just drawn to this stuff?
To murder, crime scenes,
the stench of blood, and criminals?
Do you find it interesting?
You can be honest. I'm not mad.
People don't understand those
who find crimes and criminals interesting,
but I do.
I heard you caught that bicycle thief
and that you stopped a man on the street
who turned out to be wanted.
You shrugged it off as sheer luck,
but that's not true.
Did you catch those criminals
just to protect the citizens?
I don't think so.
Did you pay Ji a visit
just because that motel owner asked?
I doubt that.
You wanted to see him for yourself.
That's why you called and asked me.
Pure rage against criminals
and personal revenge make good detectives.
But instincts like yours are just as good.
The way I see it, some people are born
to be "It" in this game.
It's in their nature to be "It"
while others run and hide.
I have no idea what you're talking about.
If you ever make up your mind,
come to the Violent Crimes Team.
Are you just drawn to this stuff?
To murder, crime scenes,
the stench of blood, and criminals?
Do you find it interesting?
PARK YONG-CHAE
Are you here to see
how a fake patient is doing?
-Are you all right?
-Let's go out.
No way. You're injured.
I'm going stir-crazy in here!
Besides, it's just a broken ankle.
These are from Ui-seon.
From the pharmacist herself?
Tell her you're in a hospital in Seoul
and that you didn't want her to visit you.
Seoul?
Pretty good, right?
If I ever end up in here again,
I might get ten kilos fatter.
I can't let you drink.
Are you kidding me?
I gotta have a drink with my jjamppong!
How are you gonna drive home?
I'll be your caregiver for the day.
You remember that woman?
-From last year.
-What?
The air conditioner in your rental broke,
so you brought her to stay at mine.
That kid I played with in the pool!
Yeah. What about her?
I think she killed that child.
What?
Yeah. What about her?
She left something at the rental.
I still have it
because I don't know her number.
Last year?
Yes.
She would've called if she wanted it back.
Is it something valuable?
Then you should give it back.
By the way, don't you like the food?
My stomach's a little upset.
A record of the booking?
I got her number
when she paid the deposit,
and the AC was repaired the next day, so
It was on this day.
She booked it under Ha Si-hyeon.
It's Si-hyeon.
Ha Si-hyeon.
The kid's name was used for the booking,
and the phone number was out of service.
That woman had a key to my rental
and knew what my daughter looked like,
but I didn't even know her name.
It's an apricot tree.
Very popular for gardens.
You must have a pretty big yard.
My family runs a vacation rental.
Why don't you take one home?
They're pretty.
I guess you were out yesterday.
Would you like to have lunch with me?
I needed to know
more about that woman too.
Hey! Where are you
I can unlock it,
but only by formatting the hard drive.
Will that wipe out everything?
Yes, all of it.
Is it your daughter's?
WELCOME DRINK
COURTESY OF WOORI PHARMACY
What's going on here?
We got a call asking to pick these up.
What call?
This is my house.
Put them back.
Unload everything and leave.
-You heard me!
-Unload it.
Yes, but if it's too soiled,
it might not come off.
So Gum will come off.
Yes, I'll have to take a look for myself,
so it'd be great if you could bring it in.
Yes, goodbye.
May I take your order?
An iced Americano, please.
One iced Americano.
That's a lot of coins.
Can I take some pictures?
Sorry? Pictures?
This place is so pretty.
I want to use the colors
as a reference for my art.
Of course you can. By all means!
I put a lot of thought into the design.
Nice, isn't it?
I love it.
The coffee is great too.
You might as well run a café instead.
Actually,
that's what I was originally planning.
I should come here often.
How did you end up in this town anyway?
Are you staying
in a vacation rental nearby?
I'm staying here for a month.
Is that so?
Which rental are you staying at?
I'm not sure what it's called,
but it's in the woods.
That's Yeong-ha's place.
The isolated rental
at the end of the forest road.
-Yeah.
-That's a nice place.
How come I didn't know he had a guest?
I know all the rental owners around here.
I'm good friends with them.
That's strange.
Yeong-ha never mentioned you to me.
We'd like to order.
Well, enjoy your coffee.
What do you want?
Be right there.
Chocolate latte?
I want to watch a movie.
If you have any questions, just ask.
I do.
I have questions.
Take a good look.
It's safe, see?
Do you want to kill me, Mister?
So you do.
What's your plan?
What plan?
I'm just a guest
staying at your rental.
Am I not like the other guests?
-What did you do with the kid?
-What kid?
The kid you brought here a year ago.
Si-hyeon.
You left here alone in the morning.
I have dashcam footage of you.
Is there anything else?
I found a bloodstain while cleaning up.
And?
Two of my towels went missing.
And?
The bathroom.
It smelled like bleach.
So?
What did you do after that?
So, the only thing you have now
is the dashcam footage.
You do realize
that hardly counts as evidence, right?
Fine, let's say you're right.
Say I came here a year ago with some kid,
left by myself the next day,
and the kid was nowhere to be found.
According to you,
even his body couldn't be found.
After that, instead of calling the police
or even going to find me,
you washed away the bloodstain,
cleaned the house from top to bottom,
replaced the missing towels,
and acted like you'd never met me before,
even though you recognized me.
It sounds to me like
we're not so different.
I wonder what will happen
if you report this to the police now.
I'll be charged with murder, and you
with covering it up for an entire year.
But seriously,
think about what happened that day.
Did anyone come to see you
in the past year?
Did anyone notice anything suspicious
and come here to find out what happened?
What if I asked you
to sell me this house?
What?
I don't know
what this house might mean to you,
but it's come to mean so much to me.
To be honest, before coming here,
I had forgotten who I was for a while.
But
here, I found myself again.
Well, if you don't want to sell it,
that's fine.
I'll come back every summer
for just a month.
Let's not try to find out
too much about each other,
and everything will be fine.
-Ui-seon, behind you.
-Okay.
-Here, let me.
-That's okay, Doctor.
I'll do it. I'll take this too.
-Thank you.
-You must be tired.
-No, I'm fine.
-I hope you can go home soon.
Weren't you tired today?
I was.
It must be so exhausting.
I'm okay for now.
Are you not drinking beer because of me?
Yeah.
Just drink it.
I'm gonna be pregnant for a long time.
Okay.
Excuse me. Can I get a glass of beer?
Right away.
How's your father doing?
He's doing all right.
I talked to him on the phone.
His rental is nice,
but I'm worried that he's alone out there.
Why don't you ask him to move to Seoul
and use the place as a vacation home?
I want Dad to be the one
to make that decision.
-Then why don't we go to him?
-Huh?
You said you once considered
opening a pharmacy near your dad's place.
Things have changed.
That was before we even started dating.
No, nothing's changed.
We can open a pharmacy on the first floor
and a clinic upstairs.
I wonder what will happen
if you report this to the police now.
I'll be charged with murder and you
with covering it up for an entire year.
I wonder what will happen
if you report this to the police now.
I wonder what will happen
if you report this to the police now.
I'll be charged with murder and you
with covering it up for an entire year.
So, the only thing you have now
is the dashcam footage.
Shit.
HIDE-AND-SEEK
BY YOO SEONG-A
Sir, are you okay?
Are you okay?
-Call the EMT.
-On it, sir. Just a sec.
Call the EMT now!
There has been an accident. Please hurry.