Once Upon a Small Town (2022) s01e06 Episode Script

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A NETFLIX SERIES
PARK SOO-YEONG
CHOO YOUNG-WOO
BAEK SUNG-CHUL
JUNG SUK-YONG, BAEK JI-WON,
KIM YOUNG-SUN, PARK JI-AH, YOO YEON
NA CHUL, PARK YE-NI, ROH JAE-WON
ONCE UPON A SMALL TOWN
"Dress."
"S"
- Come on, Dad. Hurry up!
- "Sheesh."
That's not a word.
You're so bad at this.
No, wait, I know. "Samcheonpo."
"Samcheonpo"?
What's that?
It's the name of a village
near your grandpa's house.
All right. Now it's "O."
"O"
"Ocean." Now it's Mom's turn.
"Ocean"?
All right. "N"
"Nephew"?
Hey, wake up!
Hey, wake up!
Hey!
Hey!
Hey! Open the door, kid!
Officer Ahn, are you okay?
Make some room over there.
He's in shock, so stay with him.
Okay, Ja-young?
Hey, are you okay?
Oh, no.
Are you okay?
Is she badly hurt?
The doctor said neither of them
suffered serious injuries.
She's just asleep, so don't worry.
The chief went to check on Sergeant Yoon.
Wait.
Why are you here?
I don't know.
I just happened to be.
In any case,
thank you.
You must be her guardian.
Please come fill out some paperwork.
Sure.
Do you know where you are?
What about Sergeant Yoon?
He's waiting for some lab results.
He's walking around the exam room,
so I think he's okay.
Are you sure you're okay?
I'm okay.
I'm okay.
By the way,
how did I get here?
I think Doctor Han
got me out of the car.
I just spoke with the chief on the phone,
and it seems he reported the accident
and headed to the site.
He must have been with Seon-dong.
You were on the phone with him, right?
Does it bother you?
You owe him one.
- Does that upset you?
- I'm upset by the look on your face.
What look do I have on my face?
An ugly look.
Wait here. I'll go get the doctor.
Thank you for today
You must have gotten soaked in the rain.
Are you okay
SANDEUL POLICE STATION
What are you guys doing here?
What is the matter with you two?
Are you that determined
to make me look like an evil boss?
You must be here because she's here,
and what's your story? You have a limp.
I'm not. I came in because I wanted to.
Not because of her.
I mean,
the Eastern medicine clinic director
is really good.
I got acupuncture yesterday,
and I'm totally fine now. See?
You should still get some rest.
Don't you know how to do that?
We both got our tests done yesterday,
and they said we were okay.
And we couldn't visit
Mr. Pyeong-shik's place yesterday
because of the accident.
We'll take it easy as if we're on break.
She's right, sir.
Corporal Hong can't do the evening shift.
There will be a problem without us.
We'll stay.
You do have a point.
You're both grown-ups
who can make their own decisions.
I can't stop you from being responsible.
Geun-mo, you can work.
- What?
- You go.
- What, why?
- Go home.
I know you're still in pain.
Come on, Chief!
I don't care.
I already came in, so I'm going to work.
I'm going on patrol.
I'll go to Mr. Pyeong-shik's place.
Hey, wait!
Gosh, she is just so stubborn!
Chief, do I really have to work today?
My neck is still
SANDEUL POLICE STATION
I don't know.
He just said he was going out
and told me to call him
if anything happens.
Why? You want to thank him?
Something like that.
He was the one who called
to report the accident.
Are you okay? Does it hurt anywhere?
I'm okay.
And what's in that bag?
I'm going to check in on Mr. Pyeong-shik.
You know, it rained a lot yesterday.
If the roof came down again,
he must have struggled all night.
That's great,
but you should take it easy.
Trauma from car accidents can be serious.
I will. See you later, Yeong-suk.
All right.
Thanks for the popsicle.
Gosh.
HAN DEOK-JIN VETERINARY HOSPITAL
I wonder where he went.
HAN JEONG-HO, YOON GYEONG-MI
Hello.
How's your leg?
It's fine.
I wanted to really thank you
for yesterday—
- Just a moment, please.
- Sure.
Yes, Ms. Lee.
Now?
Yes, I understand.
I'll call you again when I'm close.
Yes.
I'm afraid I've got to run now.
It's okay. You should go.
Hey, Ahn Ja-young!
What?
You really don't listen.
- I can't just loaf around.
- Is everything fine at Mr. Pyeong-shik's?
The house seemed okay.
- But I'm worried that his bull is sick.
- What?
Never mind!
I almost forgot.
The thing with Majeong is today, right?
Yes, I'm headed over there
after I park this.
Hey, you should come too.
They're bound to fight.
It wouldn't hurt to have a cop there.
Gosh, I'm getting a headache already.
Why do they fight so much?
Let them be.
You'll just get hurt trying to stop them.
Listen.
- About what you said last time
- What?
That thing you told me last time.
I thought about it, and
- Think some more!
- What?
Jeez, you punk.
Excuse me.
Anyone home?
Who is it?
Not looking good, is it?
He doesn't sound too good.
He's so old,
and it's been over a month
since she stopped eating on his own.
His organs must have deteriorated.
His feces looks bad too.
In his current state,
there really isn't much treatment
I can give him.
I didn't call your hospital
to ask you to save this bull.
I heard there was this thing
called euthanasia or something.
I was wondering if you could do that.
You want to euthanize the bull?
Unlike pet dogs,
he was born as livestock.
I know livestock are
intended to work all their lives for us
and just get buried
once they die of old age.
However,
to me,
he's like family!
One day of starvation is painful enough.
And this one's only had water
for the last 30 days.
He must be in so much pain.
He's going to die either way.
I'm just asking you
to make it less painful for him.
Can you please do that for him?
Please.
Honestly, I don't understand
why we're having this meeting at all.
It's National Singing Contest
we're talking about here.
"National," you know?
It's not like we can do it
at a small village community center.
We would need an assembly hall
at the very least.
People need to go to restrooms too,
you know?
We need a proper venue for an event,
don't you think?
- Hear, hear!
- She's right!
Huidong also has a suitable public venue.
Right here. Huidong Elementary School.
You all know it's the third
most beautiful school in Korea, right?
Majeong may have a college campus,
but think about its location.
There's nothing but empty fields
around it.
We've been working to specialize
in our peaches for six years.
They're in season right now,
and you can smell the peaches in the air.
Whether it be orchards or walls,
every corner of our village is beautiful.
It'll make for some great footage,
Mr. Producer.
Sang-hyeon could even win
a straight man's heart.
I get that you want to capture
a pretty picture.
But Huidong is just too shabby
to even compete with Majeong.
That's what I'm saying.
How can you even compare
an elementary school with a college?
People already look down on the country.
And an elementary school?
I mean, people will think
we're hosting a children's talent show.
If you show the green campus lawn
with tall college buildings behind it,
that will look really good,
don't you think?
Come on, let's be honest.
Just think which picture would
look better to the viewers.
A country village has
its own charm and beauty.
Why come all this way to do a shoot
if they want to see some buildings?
There are plenty of those in the city.
There's beauty to be found
in a small village like this,
and there are
beautiful people like us in it.
Isn't that the whole point
of the National Singing Contest?
Can you even call that a village?
There are more empty houses than people.
What?
It's empty even during the day,
and if you run into someone,
it's a gray-haired old-timer.
It's just a ridiculous idea
to host a national show like this
in a ghost town like that!
That's just your greed!
What? A ghost town?
Hey, did you just call our village
a ghost town?
Do you think you'll never get old?
How dare you call a village
full of living people a ghost town?
How impudent.
Are you trying to show
how stupid and uneducated you are?
Do living people seem like ghosts to you?
Damn it, what did you just say?
Hey, are you highly educated then?
Are you?
We're both only high school graduates,
but you always look down on me.
You must think you're smart now
since your husband's well-educated,
but you're utterly mistaken!
What did you say?
And I didn't say anything wrong.
It is a ghost town!
The village is so shabby
that all the young people leave!
Why are you making such a fuss
to hold an event in a village like that?
Know your place!
Listen to this woman spewing nonsense.
What? Shabby?
Did you just say shabby?
We could never beat your village
in shabbiness.
It's overflowing with cow poop and trash.
On top of that, there's the load of crap
coming out of your mouth.
We could never beat you!
What did you just say?
- Hey, use words, please.
- What?
Just use words.
Stay out of it!
Hey, did you just put your hands
on one of our village residents?
You're going to die today!
Don't stop me!
What is wrong with all of you?
You can't do this
in front of our guests from Seoul!
This is embarrassing!
What? "Embarrassing"?
Adults handling business is embarrassing?
Listen to this.
This is what they call uneducated, okay?
You've spoiled her
just because she has no parents.
Look at her looking down on me like this!
You just won't stop
spewing nonsense, will you?
Look here, you bitch!
Have you had a child yourself?
What do you even know? You know nothing!
Did your parents teach you
to be such a bitch?
Auntie, what are you doing? Let go!
- Let her go and talk it out!
- I didn't
- Let go!
- I didn't say anything wrong!
Let go of me!
- Get over here!
- Let go, you bitch!
That's enough!
I don't care if you think I'm impudent.
I'm not here
as the uncultured orphan Ahn Ja-young,
but as a police officer
of Sandeul Police Station.
So I can't help but break this up.
You better break it up unless
you want to end up at the station, okay?
Hey!
I took pity on you
because you have no parents.
Why do you always take Huidong's side?
My tax money goes into your paycheck too,
you know!
Hey! Ja-young pays taxes too!
She also has the right to do
as she wishes! You got that?
In that case,
you should use a muscle relaxant.
It certainly is a rare case, though.
Euthanizing a livestock animal
I can't succinylcholine on its own.
- It won't relieve the pain.
- What about Rompun?
Rompun is a sedative, not an anesthetic,
so he'll still be conscious.
I need an anesthetic.
What I have here isn't enough
to put a bull to sleep.
Then you should go ahead
and search for a veterinary pharmacy
nearby.
There should be one.
- I'll look into it and call you back.
- Okay.
And try not to feel so bad.
It's not the same as humane slaughters,
you know?
Anyway, I understand. I'll call you back.
Okay.
I'm sorry.
It's okay. Well, then.
Are you okay?
Of course. I'm fine.
Let's go.
I
I want to take a walk.
I need to patrol the area anyway.
Then let's walk together.
- I meant alone.
- What can I do for you? Tell me.
Do you want a cooler full of beer?
Yes, that sounds good.
Call me when you're done.
Sir.
I'm going to administer
a total of two shots.
An anesthetic first,
and then a drug to stop his heart.
He won't feel a thing.
There might be some convulsions,
but they're not due to pain,
so don't be startled.
Thank you.
Whatever you're born as
in your next life,
come back to me.
I'll see you again, okay?
My wife could come back in some form,
so let the three of us meet again
and live happily together.
There, there. Lie down.
It hurts, doesn't it?
Here.
- Thank you.
- No, I should thank you.
You ran around here and there.
I'm sure it wasn't easy.
Thank you for what you did.
You're welcome.
Looks like my bull isn't the only thing
that is on your mind today.
Well
I guess you're right.
You miss them a lot, don't you?
Your mom and dad.
I'm sorry?
It was around this time of the year.
Your grandfather asked me for help.
He was busy with the funeral
and his hospital,
so he asked me to watch his
grandson for a few days.
His face was as white as a sheet.
And you've become such a fine young man.
I bet he's got
nothing to be worried about now.
You can talk properly now too.
I'm sorry I didn't recognize you
right away.
In life, there are things
you'd rather forget.
Today will be something
I'd rather forget, too.
I've been living with that bull
for 30 years.
It feels strange to think that he's gone.
Would you like help burying him?
No.
It'd be embarrassing
to cry in front of you.
I held back my tears earlier.
And you want me to hold it in
when I bury him too?
I can't do that.
I'm going to tell him
all the things I couldn't.
"I'll live out my remaining days
and join you soon."
"I'll see you then."
"If I miss you too much before then,
I'll forget you for a little while."
I have so much to say to that bull.
I'm suddenly reminded of
what my mother used to say.
"As long as you don't forget
about someone you yearn to see,
they will come to you
as the rain or even as the wind."
I wonder if my mother
came back as that bull.
I'll come visit again.
Why bother?
I don't even have a bull anymore.
Thank you very much for today.
For helping him go without pain.
Oh, that's right.
Earlier, right before you came,
Ja-young came by and dropped this off.
Did you not see her on your way here?
Officer Ahn?
You were so adorable
playing together in secret back then.
Now the two of you are all grown up.
Since you're here in the village,
you must be seeing her often.
You two are still good friends, right?
Come into the water and play with me.
Aren't you going to come in?
Come on. Join me!
Just come in.
"Once, there was a tree"
"and she loved a little boy."
It's done. Give me your hand.
There.
High-five.
SHOWER
Ji-yul.
I'M HAN JI-YUL. I'LL COME BACK.
LET'S BE SECRET FRIENDS AGAIN!
Subtitle translation by: Daniel Shin
ONCE UPON A SMALL TOWN
Why are you so lukewarm?
You were fussing about
being secret friends.
"It's been a long time, so I forgot.
I'm sorry for not remembering."
It's not like I completely forgot.
I just couldn't remember right away.
Why would I be sorry?
Did they fight?
You're right.
You were just kids back then.
In my experience,
if she's not in my line of sight,
I'm bound to be concerned.
Does she look different now that you
think of her as someone you already know?
Aren't people usually like that?
ONCE UPON A SMALL TOWN