Stranger (2017) s01e06 Episode Script

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STRANGER
STRANGER
It was me.
I met up with Moo-sung Park
the night before he died.
I did it alone.
I was also the one who called
from our Public Service Center.
I met him to ask him for a favor.
I wanted to ask him to disclose
that my dad was set up
and that he never accepted any bribes.
Moo-sung Park supplied the money,
but only the delivery man got caught.
When I found out whose money it was,
he was already in huge debt.
You probably thought
he had nothing to lose
and that he'd say yes to that.
But
He belittled me.
Gosh.
That worthless scumbag dared
to go on about how I'm a woman
even though I'm a prosecutor.
I had been waiting for that moment.
I'm all my family has,
and that bastard belittled me.
I didn't do it.
I know why you went to see my dad
out of the blue as well as
why you asked about my boyfriend
and told the police officer about me,
but I did not kill him.
Why would I kill him?
I had to make him confess
that my dad is innocent.
Because he was not helpful and killing him
would become headline news.
Like now.
Do you think I'd kill someone
for that reason?
Then why did you eavesdrop?
Weren't you eavesdropping
when the police officer came by?
I did not kill anyone.
That was discourteous of me.
Mr. Hwang.
What?
Why do you always pretend
you don't know anything
when you know everything?
What do you think I know?
Mr. Lee is the culprit.
You said Moo-sung Park threatened him.
That's a very strong motive.
Why did you try to sound me out?
You were rejected
and belittled.
Would you consider that as a weak motive?
You were the last person Mr. Park saw
before he got killed.
Had I not figured it out,
you would've kept your mouth shut.
Do you want me to think
that you're coming clean to me
so that you can dump it all on Mr. Lee
since I've figured it out? Is that it?
If I'm the culprit,
how will you explain that girl?
Why would I stab a girl I don't even know?
At the moment, that's only a claim
you're making.
You must've been extremely resentful
after he turned down your plea for help.
What if that's when you found that girl?
Did that young girl say no right away
when you asked her
to expose her relationship with Mr. Lee?
That's probably when you decided
to change your method.
"I should use this girl to punish Mr. Lee.
I should warn him."
In that direction.
I guess I acted all weak
when I'm actually such an evil person.
I carried and even hung
that unconscious girl,
yet I couldn't even lift that bundle.
I'm sorry I disappointed you.
Yes, she was hung
to be seen by the whole world.
Why would Mr. Lee do such a thing?
-That's
-He'd want to take care of it quietly.
-Where are you going?
-To a restaurant.
How can you take off now?
They'll close if I don't leave now.
To ensure no one suspects him.
See? You're also questioning
why he'd do such a thing.
That must've been his intention
GA-YOUNG KIM
AGE: 20
Prosecutor.
On the scene
Let's say that
a police officer's fingerprint was found
on a weapon left on a crime scene.
Will the prosecution wait for us?
Put it down.
Will the prosecution wait for us?
Answer me.
Will you do nothing just because
the suspect is one of us in the police?
-That's nonsense.
-Then tell me.
Why do we have to
bend over backwards for him?
He said he touched the knife
to reenact the case.
Does that make any sense to you?
Who would believe that?
No one even saw it.
All right. Go get him.
I'll report to Chief again.
Let's go.
Come on, everyone.
I saw it.
I saw it.
I saw him trying to reenact
what happened at Moo-sung Park's place.
When?
The day we found out
that Jin-seob Kang isn't the killer.
That's when he did it.
He reenacted the crime
and figured out
that the killer posed as Moo-sung Park
and got captured
in the dash camera on purpose.
Are you serious?
Why would she say that
if she didn't see it?
Go ahead and arrest him
if you can't believe her.
Why didn't he say anything
about it though?
Did you go to see him that day?
Is that why the two of you
I didn't go there to see him.
I was revisiting the scene.
We weren't there together.
I was just re-investigating the case.
Then what about you?
Where were you at that time?
I'm not even surprised.
You all had a witness
right in front of your eyes.
Was this fuss necessary?
Communicate more with your colleagues.
You're right.
You should also communicate more
with your colleagues
to avoid making
unnecessary trips like this.
Captain, about Moo-sung Park
and Ga-young Kim
It's possible that the bar isn't
where they first met.
What do you mean?
His son, Kyung-wan Park,
who's in the military at the moment,
was a year ahead of Ga-young Kim
at the same high school.
A year?
-Then they must know each other.
-I asked other students about that.
Kyung-wan Park graduated two years ago,
so no one there really remembers him.
But Ga-young Kim used to be quite famous
for being pretty.
She stopped coming to school
at the beginning of 12th grade,
but many students still remember her.
So,
are you saying he took
his son's friend to a bar?
And paid her about five million won
per month?
-Gosh, that's insane.
-No, wait.
I don't know whether
they knew each other or not.
Tomorrow, I'll go to the army division
he belongs to and
Wait, which division was it?
-Go there first thing tomorrow morning.
-Yes, sir.
His son, Kyung-wan Park,
who's in the military at the moment,
was a year ahead of Ga-young
at the same high school.
So,
are you saying he took
his son's friend to a bar?
This is taking a strange turn.
No way. The police were probably just
taking a wild guess.
-The internal investigation we halted.
-Yes?
Let's resume it.
Well, do you think
that he could actually be the culprit?
Is there something
my department doesn't know yet?
As far as we know, Mr. Hwang didn't have
those kinds of transactions with Mr. Park.
These days, many people act
without motives.
He's good at his job,
but that's not all that matters.
We do need to admit that he's different.
Whether he's exceptional or evil,
let's be the first to find out.
Are you saying he might have
some sort of a personality disorder?
This is the security team
at Hansung Seorak Resort.
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Do some digging. It's your specialty.
Okay.
Women's perfume?
A mask.
Sunglasses, night, perfume.
He must've covered his face
to meet a woman.
Is Father asleep?
He went there.
The way the girl's body was placed
is quite unusual.
That is true.
He must've already thought that there's
a connection between me and that girl.
Honey.
Would you still
be with me even if I wasn't
Dad's daughter?
What are you talking about
all of a sudden?
Answer my question.
I would've left a long time ago.
I see.
Hadn't you been his daughter,
I would have
left your father a long time ago.
All right.
Just put them in the sink.
The housekeeper will be here tomorrow.
I heard that she's young and pretty.
Who?
The girl in the news.
I bet
you're very upset about it.
She came out 13 minutes
after she went into his room.
I'm not sure now.
Was Mr. Lee telling me the truth?
What was that just now? She smiled.
Have you forgotten her nickname?
I'm asking if you've forgotten
what Mr. Park used to call her.
Bell.
It's because she always showed up.
He said she's like a doorbell
that is answered right away.
Do you think he rang that bell
only for me?
He threatened me saying that he'd kill me
and strangled me,
so I had no choice but to give it to him.
I jotted down his license plate number.
I had no idea it'd turn
into something like this though.
That psycho is the culprit.
Once, he even broke a classmate's finger
right in front of our teacher.
Why do you think everyone called him
a psycho? He really is a psycho.
We shouldn't skip meals.
I guess you couldn't explain properly
because you hadn't eaten.
Sure, it must've been very effective.
Had you said it yourself,
it would've looked like an excuse.
On the other hand, me telling everyone
that I saw you touching the knife
would make every doubt and suspicion
vanish in one blow.
You didn't even care about
how looking like a traitor
in front of my colleagues would make me
feel when I didn't even do anything wrong.
But you know what?
I have no interest in proving it for you.
But I can order you some food
when you're locked up in the holding cell,
Mr. Suspect.
Jin-seob Kang will be livid
if he hears about this in the underworld.
Those with power and money
sure can get out of anything.
I have no money just like him.
Ga-young Kim.
Did you know her too?
Did the two of you
do it?
Did you two really
Goodness.
Who was in the room?
Mr. Chang-jun Lee.
Goodbye.
-You're the culprit, aren't you?
-Pardon?
You said the culprit is trying to frame me
as he bears grudges against me.
Gosh, I'm speechless.
How can you say such a thing
when I bought you a meal?
Why would I be holding
grudges against you?
That I don't know.
To frame me for it,
the culprit must've known
that I touched the knife.
I thought hard about it,
and you were the only one
who knew about it.
Then could there have been
someone else in that house?
No way.
The culprit wouldn't have gotten
Jin-seob Kang involved
if his goal was to frame me
for the murder.
Then it's probably not about
dumping what he did on you.
He's either trying to tease me or pull me.
Why though? Pull you toward what?
I'm not sure.
Like you said,
let's just catch him and ask him directly.
Now, I have to see what he looks like.
Don't get pulled in so deep.
I'll get you out of there
no matter what, but
-What's wrong?
-Nothing.
Are you a fan or what?
I heard that song when I called her.
It was after she got abducted though.
Back then, I didn't know.
From where?
From the beginning or the chorus?
-Is that important?
-From where did you hear?
I don't know, I don't
What? Are you sure it's the same song?
The man who was in the room at the end
of the hallway at the resort
Wasn't it the prosecutor in charge
of Ga-young Kim's case?
Dong-jae Seo? No. Why do you ask?
That's his ringtone.
You didn't know
when you see him every day?
We put our phones on vibrate at work.
Now, you know.
You two, again?
-From that part?
-Yes, from there.
Si-mok.
What's up?
What is this about? What are you doing?
-I'm sorry?
-Did you press the wrong number?
I did. My apologies.
Goodness.
That means he has Ga-young's phone.
That suitcase
What if it's in there?
He'd make sure to keep it with him.
What if he destroys it?
Let's go back to where it started.
Hello, welcome.
My gosh, a couple is here.
Will other people be joining you?
This perfume.
It must've been your perfume that
I smelled from Prosecutor Dong-jae Seo.
It looks like you met him
about two to three hours ago.
Why did he meet up with you again?
To make sure you tell no one
about giving him Min-ah's address?
What are you talking about? Who?
I didn't meet anyone.
This isn't that perfume.
I'm certain it's not.
This is a completely different one.
You have a room, right?
Meet us there.
Would you like to order the basics?
Thank you.
While giving your statement, you said
that you don't know Min-ah's address.
Why did you lie?
Who said it's a lie?
The prosecutor showed up and grilled you,
so you probably had no choice.
Who knows what he'll do to you
if you get on his wrong side?
So? Did you say
that you don't have her address
when you actually gave it to him?
Your girls obviously
won't want to work for a boss
who gives away their addresses.
Even if that's why you lied
You must be a very discreet person.
You kept it to yourself
even though she got stabbed.
How dare you do this
at my place of business?
She was found brutally harmed.
You're a woman too.
You're both in this tough business.
How could you only think about yourself?
You gave her address to a stranger,
and she was found abandoned in someone's
bathroom with stab wounds all over her.
And you were only concerned
about the losses you might have to face?
That's not true.
I did give him her address.
He caused such a ruckus after she got
away, so I gave it to him secretly.
But he didn't do it.
How do you know that?
I told him where she lives,
but he came back a couple of hours later.
He said she already fled.
Then he even had drinks here.
Gosh, don't be such an amateur. Tell me.
You must've seen all sorts of things.
Did you actually believe that?
He obviously came back here
and told you that he couldn't
find her and that she had already fled
when he got there because he knew
exactly what was going to happen later.
I know you thought about all this.
He's a prosecutor.
Whom can we trust
if we can't trust prosecutors?
You had to trust him.
Only then, you can think that her getting
stabbed like that wasn't your fault.
He can't be the culprit because you're
the one who gave him her address.
-It's not like that.
-What time did you give him her address?
You said he came back and caused a ruckus
after she got away.
Was it immediately after that?
I guess you gave in
only after a few minutes.
Then what did you two
talk about earlier today?
"Let's say you didn't give me her address
and that I never went there."
Is that what you've decided to do
for both of your sakes?
You must think you can walk
all over people like me.
Everyone is just talking about who
stabbed her. No one cares about her.
Of course no one would care.
She's just a bar girl.
Those pricks who beat up girls
in this business don't even get punished.
Why are you making me
look like a complete bitch?
So?
Are you saying you'll join hands
with those who stab and beat up girls?
Is it because you're scared?
Did Prosecutor Seo threaten you?
You can stay if you're going to drink.
Otherwise, you should leave.
I've lost enough business
because the word has already spread.
About Min-ah's address
Will it make you feel better if I tell you
that someone else gave it away too?
It's the on-call driver.
He gave her address to a guy whom
he called a psycho
and didn't tell her because
he didn't want to lose customers.
That prick
At least he reported it to the police.
What did you do?
I guess you come here often.
Prosecutor Seo is the one
who found this bar,
and he's been after her.
You must've been suspicious of him.
Why did you hide it from me?
I didn't hide it.
-I guess I'm just like them after all.
-What do you mean?
People at work.
He has no connections through school.
Are you trying to tell me that
he's not a Seoul University graduate?
So what?
Now, he's glued to Mr. Lee
trying to get on his good side,
but he's not considered
one of the best ones in the department.
So you assumed he wouldn't be able
to find her address.
You probably thought,
"I can do it, but he can't."
You must've had
a sense of superiority toward him.
A sense of superiority?
Did I have something like that?
He passed the bar exam too.
You shouldn't have underestimated him.
It's definitely a sense of superiority.
You're right.
I can't believe the only thing I can feel
is a sense of superiority.
The only thing you can feel? You make it
sound like you can't feel other emotions.
Hang on. Give me a minute.
I'll explain it in a way
that's easier to understand.
Have a look.
Why are you dissecting the brain?
What are you talking about?
I'm drawing the internal structure.
The structure of your brain.
Look.
Your determination to solve the case
takes up this part here.
This tiny part here is where
your sense of superiority resides.
Let's say that this small part
is your obsession with the soupy rice dish
we had earlier.
Then what's this part?
Other feelings.
Your other feelings.
You just don't show them.
Whether they're good or not.
I'm not sure.
Do you believe aliens exist?
Yes.
Why?
Otherwise, it'd be a waste of space.
Exactly. The same goes for this.
It's a gift for you.
Let's go.
Get in.
Get in! I'll give you a ride.
Hold on.
How will we figure out
what Prosecutor Seo did after this?
Some people don't need alibis.
Do you think he hired
a contract killer or something?
It's not like
this is a Hong Kong noir film.
He has connections,
from petty criminals he met through cases
to chairmans of big companies.
Who else are you thinking?
-Sorry?
-You said "some people."
"Some people don't need alibis."
Is there another person who can do
something like this without getting
blood on his own hands?
If it's the man you saw in the security
camera footage from the resort
Chief Kim.
There's another suspect.
Here's one too.
It's brewing distrust amongst us.
Crime is such a
Don't you think it's so sad?
"Amongst us"?
Yes. Why?
Bye.
Goodness.
CHIEF
GA-YOUNG KIM
SI-MOK HWANG
Don't slouch like that!
Why does he always walk like that?
It doesn't suit him.
It makes him look intimidated.
Gosh. Goodness.
Are you really back? For good?
Yes.
I don't need to go back.
I finished my service early.
Gosh, I'm so grateful.
Thank you, everyone in the military.
Grandma. I'll be by your side
from now on, okay?
I won't go anywhere.
Gosh.
Here's the next news.
The victim's identity has been confirmed,
but she's still unconscious.
The victim was initially thought to be
a 25-year-old female, Ms. Kwon,
but she turned out to be
a 20-year-old employee
of an adult entertainment establishment.
The police are focusing on figuring out
her relationship to the late Mr. Park.
They are gathering additional statements
from the victim's family and friends,
and around the crime scene
I'm sorry, but could you please
change the channel?
-planning to investigate thoroughly.
-Sure.
Meanwhile, the prosecution
By the way, where's your stuff?
I dropped off everything
at my friend's place just in case.
You at least need a change of clothes.
-I'll take you.
-Well, it's okay.
Let's go together. I'm heading out anyway.
I can drop you off there.
Where are you going this late?
You should get some rest.
I know, right?
We have an emergency though.
Let's go.
But buses won't be running on my way back.
-Where's your friend's place?
-In Yongin.
Getting back is one thing, but I think
it's too late to visit anyone's home.
I'll just go by myself tomorrow morning.
All right, then. Get some rest.
You couldn't even lie down for a moment.
You barely had enough time to get changed.
Wait.
Yes.
I'm sorry, but when do you think
we'll be able to go back to our place?
You want to go back there?
Yes, we don't have anywhere else to go.
And it's my grandmother's house.
That is true.
At least she renounced the succession
quickly and managed to protect the house.
I suggested it to her.
You remember Ga-young Kim, right?
Yes.
Did you know that girl in the news
was Ga-young?
Yes.
How?
My friends who saw the photo
on social media
said that she looked like Ga-young.
I wasn't sure at first,
but I became more certain of it later on
due to messages from my friends and so on.
Were the two of you close?
Gosh, no. I've never even talked to her.
She was so popular that kids from other
schools used to come to see her. I was
But why was she found
in my grandmother's house?
What happened?
We're still investigating the case.
Come to the police station tomorrow.
Why should I
Just for a simple interview
as a referential witness.
Your grandmother did it too.
Just tell her that you're going out
to pick up your stuff.
Okay.
Anyway, thank you for looking after
my grandmother and everything else.
Don't mention it. Go back inside.
All right.
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KYUNG-WAN, DIDN'T YOU HAVE A CRUSH ON HER?
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Is there anything you want to eat?
I'm craving everything.
Actually, no. I don't have much appetite.
Why? Just tell me.
I'll make you whatever you want to eat.
What do you feel like eating?
I'll buy you everything you want to eat.
What's wrong, Grandma?
Why are you crying? Don't cry.
It's okay.
Your other feelings.
You just don't show them.
Why?
Why didn't he finish her?
Or he might've wanted
to mete out a bigger punishment.
So that she can't function
even if she wakes up.
Have you gotten into an alliance
with someone
to stop my promotion?
Alliance?
With whom?
I did not kill anyone.
The woman.
I did not kill anyone.
The woman.
A warning. A punishment.
Someone who can punish Mr. Lee.
YUN-BEOM LEE
YUN-BEOM LEE, CHANG-JUN LEE, DONG-JAE SEO
EUN-SOO YOUNG, IL-JAE YOUNG
Chief of Yongsan Police Station
The ones who wanted Moo-sung Park dead.
The ones who want Ga-young Kim
to disappear.
YUN-BEOM LEE
CHANG-JUN LEE, DONG-JAE SEO, EUN-SOO YOUNG
CHIEF OF YONGSAN POLICE STATION
The ones who would wish to punish Mr. Lee.
YUN-BEOM LEE, DONG-JAE SEO, EUN-SOO YOUNG
IL-JAE YOUNG
How have you been?
Did you want to see me because you were
curious about how I was doing?
Si-mok.
Eun-soo
Please keep my daughter safe.
Please do it for me.
She's still young.
She may think that she knows everything,
but I bet she neither has any idea
how insidious this world can be
nor how people can be.
She's still a kid.
A spring chicken who's confused because
she's armed with intellect and title.
You're the one
who taught me not to become a prosecutor
who just collects his paycheck.
Right.
What if someone finds out
that she's been snooping around?
Even the girl who got slashed brutally
probably thought that she'd be able
to protect herself.
She's very young,
but I'm sure she was already confident
that she could control men.
I couldn't even read the article
about that case.
Who's the culprit?
Why are you asking me?
You're not worried about your daughter
fulfilling her duty and striving
to catch the culprit.
If the person who made you fall hard
three years ago wasn't the culprit,
you wouldn't need to worry about her
ending up like that girl.
I don't think you're asking me
to protect her because you trust me.
Isn't it because you've concluded
that the culprit is always lurking
around the two of us?
Are you referring to Chang-jun?
It's not him.
I trained him.
You only spent six months with me
at the training institute,
but he spent ten long years with me.
He disrespected all those years with you
and betrayed you.
Can you still be certain
that it wasn't him?
Everyone is born with a certain set
of personality traits.
The essence never changes.
Ten years with you
and another ten years after that.
Then another ten years have passed,
and there have been so many changes.
Chang-jun would never stab
or kill anyone just to fulfill
his own selfish gain
because he's not wired that way.
It's Yun-beom Lee.
It's all his doing.
All his life,
he's only been interested
in his own gains.
To him, harming Eun-soo
would just be like twisting a kid's neck.
Protect her so that she doesn't jump
into a pit of fire.
Please.
I can't promise you that.
Ms. Young is neither a kid
nor a weak woman.
Being a strong person doesn't mean
she can protect herself in this.
If you tell me to get stabbed
in place of her, I can do it.
But do you think it's possible
to control anyone?
It's not.
I should get going.
Don't you know
that I'm desperately worried
Il-jae Young
Everyone is just after
the one whom they want to slay.
Dong-jae wants me gone.
Il-jae Young is after Yun-beom Lee.
Then why do I keep
circling around Mr. Lee?
-Hello?
-I'll keep it short as we don't have time.
Prosecutor Seo will come to our station
soon to interview Kyung-wan Park.
Kyung-wan Park?
He was discharged early
due to financial difficulty.
He's just a referential witness.
Why is Mr. Seo going there?
He and Ga-young know each other.
They went to the same high school.
Anyway, it means there will be
no one in Prosecutor Seo's office.
Shall we trap the rabbit?
Trap the rabbit?
Sure, let's do it.
About Ga-young's phone
If I were him, I'd make sure
to always keep it within my reach
even if I'm planning
to destroy it later on.
But I wouldn't be able
to carry it around all the time.
PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE
PROSECUTOR DONG-JAE SEO
Have you been abusing your brain cells?
It looks like you've forgotten
where your office is.
Mr. Hwang. Something is going on, right?
I may be able to help you.
What's the matter?
Please keep Eun-soo safe.
Please do it for me.
Eun-soo.
-Is he inside?
-He stepped out. What's the matter?
What should we do? I can't find the file
you said you gave me yesterday.
Gosh, which one?
Did you forget that I'm taking care
of the trial and send it in already?
No way. I gave you everything yesterday.
I can't find it anywhere in my office.
The deadline is today. The suspect will be
let go if we can't find it.
Please go to the court and try to find it.
It may be in the pile from this office.
That can't be.
I double-checked everything.
-I'll look through my room again.
-Okay.
What are you looking for?
What is it, Mr. Hwang?
A cell phone.
Whose phone? What's the number?
That won't work. It's off.
I got so scared for a second
thinking you were Mr. Seo.
What are you doing here?
I lost a file he gave me.
Which file? Where did you leave it?
Wait. Just a second, please.
PROSECUTOR SI-MOK HWANG
You found it? I had no idea it'd be there.
Okay.
They found it.
Please don't tell Mr. Seo about it.
He'll scold me.
All right.
-I'll buy you coffee instead.
-What? You don't have to.
-Let's go.
-It's really fine.
-Come on.
-You don't have to buy me coffee.
What kind of coffee do you like?
I just drink the ones
from vending machines.
Let's go.
Try this.
It'll be 100 times better than the ones
from vending machines because I made it.
Thanks.
It is 100 times better
than lattes sold at cafes.
Is it because you made it?
It even smells amazing.
Hello.
PROSECUTOR SI-MOK HWANG
JUNG-BON KIM
JUNG-BON KIM
PROSECUTOR EUN-SOO YOUNG
What are you looking for?
What is it, Mr. Hwang?
A cell phone.
Last October,
Mr. Park sent an underage girl to you.
Last October.
How does he even know the date?
And today,
that underage girl was found.
That girl, whom you've been
so desperately looking for,
was found nearly dead.
Then, Ga-young Kim is Chang-jun Lee's
What are those? They are
for the special prostitution crackdown.
Chang-jun Lee
Dong-jae Seo
Ga-young Kim.
A cell phone.
-You're already here.
-Yes.
What's gotten into you? I never thought
you'd call me first to grab food with me.
Thanks to you, I was able to get
to the scene early.
Look at you. You've finally
become a little nicer.
I'd like the set menu.
-Me too.
-Sure.
What's going on with that girl?
Is she still unconscious?
Yes.
How did you hear about it so soon?
I'm jobless right now, you know.
I was on my phone until late at night
and saw something weird popping up.
You know, those trending posts.
I clicked on it out of curiosity
and was so shocked
especially because it was
at that house in Huam-dong.
So you knew the house.
I went there once
for Jin-seob Kang's trial.
The attorney didn't even lift his butt
because it wasn't a profitable case.
The house looked the same.
What are you talking about?
It was a total mess.
There was a big mess inside the house.
That's not what I meant.
How could I have gone into the house?
There was a huge ruckus going on
in the alleyway.
I went there too.
I couldn't fall asleep after calling you.
I saw you there.
I see. How odd.
What do you mean?
Since our encounter
at Jin-seob Kang's trial,
we've been running into each other a lot
even though we didn't keep
in touch for 20 years.
You're right. I guess you never know
whom you'll meet.
Gosh, the portions here are very generous.
A friend?
I didn't know Si-mok had a friend.
I'm sorry. I don't know much about him.
I've never lived with him either.
You must've gotten in trouble
for saying what you said.
You didn't even mention the surgery.
You just said he has fully recovered.
You must've been very upset about it.
Do you know about his surgery?
Is that supposed to be a secret?
I heard about his brain surgery.
Well, I guess it's not a secret
if he told you about it himself.
You and Si-mok must be very close.
Not exactly.
We have to protect
the prosecution's public image.
I came to ask you to be careful
with what you say to the media.
Well, it's not like I made it up.
I didn't even mention the surgery.
What's the problem?
From where Mr. Hwang and we stand,
it was just a small surgery,
so it shouldn't
Small?
They opened up his skull
and cut out a part of his brain.
If that's a small surgery,
cancer surgery must be a joke.
"Insular cortex
is where sensory
and emotional awareness occurs.
It makes us sense
trust, distrust, empathy, contempt,
-I'll get going.
-guilt, forgiveness, and so on,
which are what make us human.
There was a case where
anterior cingulate cortex was removed
through surgery in order to reduce
untreatable pain.
It showed that damage in insular cortex
can cause various types
of emotional issues such as apathy,
carelessness and change in personality."
That is him. It's not good.
It's hard to tell though.
I'm not sure if it's completely gone
or if it's just being suppressed
temporarily.
Either way
There aren't many cases like this.
I want to ask a doctor about it.
All right.
After you.
-Will it be announced today?
-Yes. I owe it all to you, Father.
Don't even mention it.
I have to support you, of course.
Did something happen?
People are saying the prosecution
might get hit by a headwind.
Because the Public Prosecutor General may
give up his investigative jurisdiction?
Those at the supreme office said
nothing has been decided yet.
Even those at the Ministry of Justice move
according to what high-ups want.
The General shouldn't keep butting heads
with the Minister of Justice.
Unless he wants to resign, that is.
It's really too bad.
It would be a waste of talent
if he leaves like that.
Are you sad about letting him go?
You should be sad
that the empty seat can't be yours.
If you reached the top a little sooner,
that vacant position after his resignation
would surely be yours.
Focus on reaching higher
instead of worrying about him.
I didn't realize your big picture.
I'm sorry.
Are you unambitious or thoughtless?
My goal isn't
the next Public Prosecutor General.
Have you made up your mind?
Yes.
Chang-jun.
Yes, sir.
Clean up the mess around you.
Before you embark on a long journey,
you must dust off your shoes first.
Yes, sir.
Shall we start making a move?
Goodness.
Please go in.
Yes, honey. I met him.
Okay, I'll come back early today.
Alright, I'll do that. Okay.
Hello, sir.
Was someone in my office?
-Pardon?
-Pardon? No one went in there.
That's right.
Were you away from your desk today?
I stepped out briefly because
Ms. Young asked me for a favor.
Why did you tell him?
What's the problem?
Eun-soo!
Eun-soo.
Mr. Seo.
Mr. Seo.
What are you doing now?
Let go.
You let go first. This is considered
workplace violence.
Violence, my ass. Mind your own business.
Since when did you care about
Hold on. You two
Did you do it together?
Let go of me first. I won't go anywhere.
There you are.
I read the announcement just now.
Congratulations, Mr. Chief Prosecutor.
Congratulations, Mr. Chief Prosecutor.
Where's everyone?
This is the first time in ten years that
the head was appointed from our division.
Congratulations, Chief Prosecutor Lee.
-Congratulations, Chief Prosecutor Lee.
-Congratulations, Chief Prosecutor Lee.
STRANGER
I've narrowed down the suspects.
Mr. Park's son.
It could turn into a total war.
We need a powerful spear.
A spear that could pierce any shield
Is that what you want? This is it.
I've been thinking about who could
possibly punish Chief Prosecutor
Why would you assume
I don't know anything?
I'm sure he could've made him the culprit.
But why? Why did he close the case
instead of solving it?
Why? Why can't I see anything?
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