Love in the Big City (2024) s01e06 Episode Script

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[Love in the Big City]
[Episode 6]
Our date plans changed
with the gentrification of Seoul.
Just got off the bus. See you soon, Tabby!
Welcome back.
You're welcome.
I guess the cat's finally out of the bag.
Congrats! Do we get free entry into the club now?
And free drinks?
Sure, why not?
Today's on you, too.
They're still job-hunting, you leech.
You make good money,
today should be your treat.
- Cheers.
- Cheers!
Ji Tae, what happened
with that guy you were seeing?
I hit it and quit it.
You know my relationships expire in three days.
Right, three minutes is a stretch.
You little minx.
They're all so nice.
They can be tactless but they're good guys.
Thanks.
It's a first being introduced to friends.
You're not the first one I've introduced to them.
I will say, they've never reacted this way.
My friends are really transparent.
They're mean if you're mean
and kind if you're kind.
To everyone I've introduced, they've been a nightmare.
You're a good person, which is why they were nice.
- Tabby.
- Yeah?
Is your new job a secret?
Not really.
Then why haven't you told them?
I still have to do the physical exam
and
Right, Kylie
It shouldn't be an issue but you never know.
Shall I go in your place?
We're the same blood type.
- What?
- People say we look alike.
As if! We don't look alike.
I'm serious.
I'll show you.
Look up.
If I do this
and change my fringe
- Do we look alike?
- Yeah!
I told you, we do.
You're Go Young?
Yes.
Blood tests are to the right.
Great, thank you.
[Dae Il Trading Careers Portal]
[Congratulations]
Is this Go Young?
- Speaking.
- You got the job!
Yay
Aren't you happy?
Are you Shim Gyu Ho?
You got the job, too!
You scared me!
Congratulations!
Everyone, our new employee's here.
Hello, everyone. I'm Go Young.
If you need a snack,
grab whatever you'd like.
This is Associate Lee, say hi.
I'm the new hire, Go Young.
I'm glad to meet you.
This is our deputy manager, she's--
Where's she gone?
Hello, I'm--
Apologies. Are you okay?
No, I'm not.
Hello. I'm the new hire--
I'm Young!
I'll do my best.
Are you done, sir?
Please could you fill it up again?
You need to fill it up to the line.
But that was my last drop!
Young, I'm sorry I'm late.
What time do you call this?
I missed the early train
but I ran as fast as I could, sorry.
How many times is it already?
I didn't mean to be late.
I came all the way from Incheon.
Must you get mad at me?
Be real.
It's not five minutes,
you're always an hour late!
Trains don't come often in Incheon!
Directions on land still confuse me,
cut me some slack!
You never used to be late.
You lived in Incheon and we always met in Seoul
but you were never late.
Things are different now!
I have a job.
What about you?
You've never come to Incheon.
You said there's nothing to do there.
Let's eat chicken soup.
We need some comfort food.
Fine.
[Love in Incheon]
[Ringing in the weekend]
Raise your hand, please.
You did great.
Thank you, sir.
I'll enjoy these, thank you.
Careful on your way out.
Dude.
You dealt with Mr. Difficult without even flinching.
Are you sure you're a rookie?
I am. This is my first job.
Drawing blood freaked me out at first.
It's just the human body.
You're a natural.
Good luck. You'll do great!
Is this your best?
Yes, it is.
I thought your best would be better.
You thought wrong.
[Interview with Song Yoon Gyu,
Author of "Once in a Blue Moon"]
[A deep dive into his struggle
to win the new writers award]
- Dig in.
- Yeah, you too.
Tabby?
My colleagues love me.
They say I'm unlike kids these days.
They think you're a hick and a pushover.
That you'll do anything.
Even now, you're eating
don katsu of all things.
Nice going, tasteless island boy!
Do you eat fish because you're a cat?
Yeah.
I've always liked pork.
Let's go if you're finished,
I have to get to work.
When will you tell the club?
- What?
- That you're quitting.
I'm not quitting.
I'm saving for my own place.
You'll overwork yourself to death.
What is it?
Crabby Tabby
I can't stand living with
Shim Kyu Min anymore.
Why? What happened now?
He stuffed himself with the beef ribs I made
then flushed the bones down the toilet.
Wouldn't that block the toilet?
There's a tsunami at home.
That's it. Call a moving truck.
- What?
- We're going to your place.
We're starting here at Haehwa
so we're going all the way from here
to there!
So the other end of the world?
- It's not that far.
- Yeah, okay.
Oppa, come study with me!
Seolhee Nursing School!
- Did you hear that?
- Yeah!
I didn't know you lived so far away.
Now do you get it?
I forgive your tardiness.
How gracious of you.
Now, I'll never be late.
I guess so.
That night, cold stars filled the sky.
Squeezed in the passenger seat
of a moving truck,
we felt each other's warmth
as we sped home on the motorway.
It was no longer my home but ours.
Gazing at the orange streetlights,
I felt strangely on the verge of tears.
- Go right.
- To the right!
- To your left.
- Left?
By the window.
Hold up.
- Sorry.
- You did that on purpose!
Use that writer brain of yours.
- I give up.
- Don't lie down, get up!
Do you think we'll finish tidying up today?
Of course we will.
Let's move the bookshelf,
it shouldn't be by the shoe rack.
Yeah, I was worried
the books would smell like feet.
We don't want that. Let's do it.
One, two, three, lift!
Something fell, watch your feet.
What the fuck is this?
Why are her knickers in her college textbook?
- Have them!
- Ew, they touched me!
I'll get you, Tabby!
- I'm a monster!
- I'll kill you!
Cheers.
Cheers!
This tastes heavenly.
Calm down.
I want all of it.
I've never
had anything of my own.
Never had a place to call mine.
It's always felt like I was living
in someone else's home.
You're from Seoul, the land, and an only child.
You wouldn't understand.
Gyu Ho was exhausted from juggling two jobs
and decided to work as a nurse's aide full-time.
I was stuck in a cycle
of getting my writing rejected,
and started to adapt
to my monotonous job.
[We regret to inform you that we will not be publishing your work]
Don't put it out, it's fine.
Your latest report showed much improvement.
I told you your best could be better.
- I did nothing different.
- What?
Could you turn down--
What?
I did nothing different.
So you're that type of guy?
I see through you.
Trying hard isn't embarrassing.
- That's not what I--
- I'm looking to make you permanent.
We would make a great team.
Isn't that good news?
I've taken a shine to you.
See you inside.
Where were you? You're late.
At a cafe.
Why?
I've been waiting to eat with you.
I just
can't concentrate here.
Let's eat.
Does it smell bad?
I told you to open up the windows
when drying laundry!
I'm sorry, it's been a long day.
Leave it and let's eat.
It's okay, I could smell it too.
[Unlike our somewhat dramatic start]
[Our relationship turned out to be average, even dull]
Perhaps I'd said too much
to the characters in my stories.
I had nothing to say to Gyu Ho.
Perhaps Gyu Ho saw too many penises at work,
as he no longer seemed to want to see mine.
Take a break on weekends.
My job is my rest and writing is my work.
You wrote the whole of last weekend.
Spend some time with me.
We're together every day.
We don't spend time together though.
Fine, I'll leave you to work.
- You and I are different.
- How are we different?
You're doing what you want, I'm not.
I don't do what I want,
I work to make us a better future.
Don't you think that's what I want?
But I want
an even better future.
I don't want our house to smell dank
and I hate wasting away at my job.
What on earth
can I do for you?
Nothing.
You can't do anything.
Ho Min, you've slimmed
since you took over this place.
Really? That's a relief.
A relief? At our age, baby fat is a blessing.
I had a hundred injections
to get rid of my fat cheeks.
Forget it, what would you know about beauty?
Found a place for your waxing shop?
Yeah, in Hongdae. Renovation starts tomorrow.
Welcome to the world of business.
Everyday shall be a new hell.
- It shall be heaven.
- It shall be agony.
Who knew that two of us
would become entrepreneurs?
Tell me about it. Just ten years ago, we--
Back to Young.
Why did you want to meet?
Is something up?
It's nothing big.
Just Gyu Ho and I won't stop fighting these days.
We had a big blowout earlier.
How long have you been dating?
A year.
It's the one-year slump.
When did you last have sex?
The last time
If you have to think that hard,
there's definitely a problem.
I think it's been three months. Maybe four?
Do I even know you?
What happened to
"The Bed Hopper of Jongno"?
The answer's clear. Have sex.
Why don't you go on a trip abroad?
Would that help?
Of course it would.
If you fly abroad, it's a duty.
He's right. Things were rocky
with this guy so we went to Bali,
and my eating turned him on.
Here he goes again. Let's call it a night, guys.
Why don't you mature with age?
You must have sex.
Hey, mean old tabby cat!
It's so fragrant and fluffy.
We have to wait 27 minutes.
Kyu Ho.
Yeah?
Shall we go on a trip?
All of a sudden?
Where to?
Bangkok.
Tabby
Before a trip, there's something you must know.
What is it?
I
don't have a passport.
Who doesn't have a passport?
I'm serious, I've never flown abroad.
It's beautiful.
Everyone, please undo the panels.
It's as if there's a huge hole in the sky.
Do you reckon the rain in Bangkok is acidic?
What if we go bald?
You'd be sexy even if you were bald.
Gyu Ho?
Yeah?
When I first told you about Kylie,
you told me it was fine.
Yeah, I remember.
Was it really fine?
Yeah.
How come?
With or without it,
you're still you.
The trip rekindled passion
in our relationship
but we soon returned
to our lukewarm normal.
[Editing Bio: Looking for someone to spend the night with]
[Park Ho Jung, 11km away]
[Alarm Off]
When the resentment faded
and we forgot why we had argued,
we would silently return to our relationship.
No questions asked.
It was a blur of false goodbyes
and reconciliations.
[Congratulations on becoming a head nurse]
Do you work at a convenience store, not a hospital?
You were promoted so quickly.
Open up.
It's so good.
Next year,
they're opening a branch in China.
They are?
There are more people,
there'll be more penises to enlarge.
They're looking for head nurses
to send to Shanghai and Beijing.
Hurry up and eat.
You too, I'll make you a wrap.
If you pass the Chinese language test,
you get housing and living expenses.
Plus the pay is double.
- Double?
- Sweet deal, right?
Eat this.
If I work hard and save for a year or two,
we'd have the deposit for a two-room.
I guess we would.
The chief likes me
so I could go if I wanted.
Do you like Chinese food?
Not particularly.
You don't like mala soup or even hot pot.
Could you live there for two years?
It's not easy living somewhere
if you don't like the local food.
Come to Shanghai with me.
I won't go without you,
but it's a good opportunity.
Let's think of ways we could go together.
I do like hot pot.
What?
Really? So you'd come with me?
You can't take it back. It's agreed.
- Good night.
- Good work today!
Hello.
Hey.
What's your name?
My name's Go Young.
What's your name?
My name is Shim Gyu Ho.
Where are you from?
I'm from Jeju Island. What about you?
I'm from New York City.
Wow, New York?
Please take good care of me.
Sure thing.
By the way,
do you have a partner?
Yes.
Wow, you don't look like you would.
- Aren't you hungry?
- I'm starving.
What shall we eat?
Fermented bean soup?
I'm not quite in the mood.
[Docs for Shanghai Office Placement]
Why are there so many?
[Valid Passport, Visa Application,
Work Permit, Passport Photo]
[Health Certificate and Blood Test for HIV]
Kylie.
I'd been blinded by greed.
How could they do that all of a sudden?
And didn't you say he's married?
They should send a single guy like you.
What can we do? They've made the decision.
Companies tend to favor married employees.
He's sending his children to
an international school in Shanghai.
This is bad.
I would have failed the test anyway.
Chinese is too hard.
How is it hard?
We went to classes together.
And how would you know without trying?
I just do.
You're a little daft
but you're quick at this stuff.
You have a Seoul dialect now.
You'll pass the test.
I'm not going.
- What?
- Why would I go without you?
I'll find somewhere that pays better, it'll be easy.
Gyu Ho.
You have to go.
Why throw away such an opportunity?
You have to go.
[Mr. Baek's Pollack Stew Recipe]
It's roomy. Now help me out.
No, stay in there!
- Crabby Tabby, stay in there forever.
- Let me out!
I can't deny the sorrow I felt
but I didn't dare think to follow Gyu Ho.
I knew that even this thrill was fleeting.
I have so many clothes
but never anything I want to wear.
Too many clothes.
Should I take hangers?
Buy them there. Don't forget this.
Please throw this out.
The collar's stretched and it's washed out.
It's still wearable.
Trash is meant to be trashed.
Wear some nice clothes.
On second thought,
I'll buy you a new one.
It's not like it costs a fortune.
The fact that my heart flutters now
is probably just a sign that our end is near.
Because the night always falls
as a new morning rises.
[Looking out at the landscape blurring before my eyes,]
[I headed back to Seoul,
towards the big city I know so well.]
It's been a while
since we've laid in the same bed.
Gyu Ho.
Yes?
You don't find me dirty now, do you?
Over there,
live your most dirtiest life.
Crabby Tabby.
You are
the world's dirtiest joke.
I wonder why you sleep in utter silence.
Like you're constantly on tiptoes.
As if you're never home, no matter
how long you've lived there.
Is that my fault?
Or is it yours?
Or maybe it was simply an inevitability.
Sit down.
I'm okay, you should sit.
There's a seat over there.
I'd rather stand here.
The journey's over an hour.
Go on.
I probably won't exist
in the future you dream of,
because I cannot see what you see.
We can only pass each other by
and return to being strangers.
Strangers forever.
Will you wait for me?
They say if you date a local,
you pick up the language quicker.
Why do you keep smiling?
Is something funny?
I'm always smiling.
All I do is smile.
Are we breaking up?
Stop asking questions.
I won't be there to answer you now.
Will you be okay without me?
I guess you'll remember me as a joke
you once heard a long time ago
The world's dirtiest joke.
Won't you?