The Trunk (2024) s01e06 Episode Script

[opening theme music playing]
THE TRUNK
2 YEARS AGO
[footsteps approaching]
[chuckles]
[In-ji] Daddy longlegs.
They live in the basements
of abandoned houses.
You're supposed to kill them.
[pensive music playing]
This isn't an abandoned house.
[woman] We just need your signature
right where it says "NM."
We also offer an exclusive
shipping service for this product.
That's okay. I got it.
I'll take a taxi.
[woman] The compartments
are sectioned off like this
for convenience and to maximize space.
It'll also help you organize
all your baby items.
That lady left with some
kind of trunk.
Could we see that?
[woman] Yes, of course.
Hey, I'm just gonna
[Seo-yeon] Mm-hmm.
[pensive music continues]
[panting]
[sighs]
[pensive music continues]
[music fades]
You're getting a divorce, In-ji.
Your father's dead.
I think your punishment is over.
Don't worry.
You'll receive generous alimony.
It's our fault the contract failed,
isn't it?
Oh.
I went through NM to find Ji-o.
I'm sure that's no surprise.
[intriguing music playing]
[intriguing music continues]
[music fades]
[pensive music playing]
Why are you awake?
Are you thinking about what Seo-yeon said?
That why you can't sleep?
[music fades]
[Jeong-won] You kick at the comforter
in your sleep over and over again.
You're staying up
so you can keep fixing it?
One of us should get to be comfortable.
So what can we do
to make you feel comfortable?
I want both of us
to be able to rest together.
[inhales]
We wake up tomorrow and
realize we're both 20 years older now.
[In-ji chuckles]
[sentimental music playing]
And we're both so tired of each other.
Obviously, I know everybody you know,
and you know everybody I know too.
Taking turns gossiping about them
is our one joy in life.
We have breakfast,
and we don't even clean our eye boogers.
We've been fused at the hip so long,
I'm sick of looking at you.
We argue over nothing,
then we grill some fish for supper,
and we fall asleep together.
Then we just get up the next morning
and do it again.
That sounds so tedious.
True.
I could do it though. Be tedious.
[tense music playing]
[music swells]
[gasps]
[panting]
[groans]
[sighs]
[In-yeong] I track him through brokers,
so my hands are tied.
He just disappeared all of a sudden.
You can tell me to stop looking, you know.
Uh, no.
I want you to keep looking.
Five months?
[In-yeong] Twenty-four weeks.
Your husband still have his mind made up?
I couldn't get an abortion anyway,
so who cares?
[phone buzzing]
SENDER NOH IN-JI
DEPOSIT 20,000,000 WON
That's a lot.
Well, once the baby's here,
it'll be tough without it.
Make sure you get a decent place
just for you.
Somewhere your husband won't find you.
[gentle piano music playing]
I can't believe I'm actually
about to thank
a rude-ass South Korean.
It would break you
if you were to lose your child.
Maybe don't thank me yet.
Don't let marriage get
too limiting either.
Divorce isn't a
big deal, after all.
[phone buzzing]
[Si-jeong] There's something
you should see.
[stirring music playing]
[stirring music continues]
[phone buzzing]
HAN JEONG-WON
[Jeong-won] When did you leave the house?
Early morning.
Well, is something wrong?
Oh, no. I'm just making sure you're okay.
I'm glad you're safe.
Thanks for calling.
I can't do breakfast today.
[disconnect tone]
[melodic string music playing]
[Si-jeong] You know how
Ms. Do-dam keeps saying
someone's sneaking in
to kill off the goldfish every night?
I brushed it off as bullshit at first,
but then she got me worrying,
so I recorded some footage just in case.
Can't believe I caught this, you know?
That's your guy, right?
The attempted marrier.
W w what should I call him? Um, Aquaman?
No, it wasn't him.
If he was anywhere near here, I'd know.
Yeah? Then who else would come through
the front door in the middle of the night
just so so they could peep
into the goddamn fish tank like a nutjob?
[stirring music playing]
[sighs]
[stirring music continues]
[tense music playing]
[gasps]
[breathing heavily]
[sighs]
Buy me some food.
We should talk.
[uneasy music playing]
[sizzling]
[sizzling]
[music fades]
[Tae-seong blows]
[Tae-seong] Mmm.
I always feel weird when I'm eating these.
Ah! It kinda makes me go,
"Right, I forgot that pretty much
everything I eat used to be alive."
But it's normal to feel discomfort
when biting into a creature's flesh, huh?
It's amazing though.
- If you're just gonna waste my time
- Oh, that's right.
We're here to talk about Noh In-ji.
[Jeong-won sighs]
[Tae-seong] You know about
that pervert she was engaged to.
Ooh, you know.
He owns In-ji's place too.
My point is, it's been five years
since that fucker ran away like a coward,
and she's still hanging around that place.
[chopsticks clatter]
I still don't get why
she's so hung up on that deviant.
You know?
Just call the cops. You've got a problem
whether it was him or not.
[In-ji] Call them for what?
This isn't my house.
I should report a break-in
at a place my ex left five years ago
when all the accused did
was clean the fish tank?
I'd also have to tell them
I've been living here for several years.
All that just to stand my ground.
Ugh, shit.
Maybe I can, uh
Maybe I'll switch the door code.
By the way,
don't tell Ms. Do-dam about the new code.
She's such a blabbermouth. Jesus.
[mysterious music playing]
Hey, In-ji.
You know you're acting
kinda strange, right?
Where are you going?
I need to check something.
[laughing]
She attended the workshop I ran
for about three months.
When she did good work,
her company would pay for training
in different areas, like cooking classes.
The two of them looked great together
until I found out about him.
They were the kinda couple that'd
make you do a double take on the street.
In the end,
all I got to see was In-ji's entire life
fall apart in front of me.
You saw it?
A week or so before the wedding,
a few photos
started circulating on the Internet.
A bunch of guys all on top of each other.
All their mouths going.
How would you feel if hundreds
of thousands of people saw all that?
[pensive music playing]
He dropped off the face of the earth,
and In-ji had to take the fallout.
Don't get me started
on those megacorp fuckers.
They sent their legal team after her.
Told her to sign an agreement
that she wouldn't raise any issues
over the incident,
all 'cause they didn't wanna
look like homo-bashers.
[pensive music continues]
I bet you don't know
what hate means, do you?
You have no idea
how worthless it can make you feel,
how bad it can get.
[pensive music continues]
In-ji is basically an orphan.
She cut ties with her family,
and she made herself numb.
Fucking A. She's so goddamn tenacious.
[music fades]
And that's why I think
Noh In-ji is a goddess.
[intriguing music playing]
Just call me a bitch and get it over with.
You'll sleep a lot better at night
once it's out of your system.
So why won't you just say it?
I can't.
So, come on, you're divorcing me?
[Seo-yeon] Mm-hmm.
It'll ruin your life
if you get back with Jeong-won.
You and I are so happy together.
You sound deranged.
Or you're working extra hard.
[Seo-yeon] You never know.
Double-check it.
[man] Got it. And we've got
a great crew on this project,
so I'm sure we'll make the deadline.
[footsteps approaching]
[sighs]
This room's last on the list.
Tell me what you want,
and I'll take care of it.
What the hell are you thinking?
What? With the divorce?
You're the one
who arranged this whole thing.
You know it's not just between us anymore.
[chuckles] It's between the four of us?
When you break a contract,
you just need to pay the fine.
That's all there is to it. Voilà.
[sighs]
Stop fighting it, and take the meds.
You have the ones I gave you?
So that's your solution? Drugs?
Why did you change your damn mind, huh?!
Well, I'm convinced
I've seen all I need to.
Do I really need to go on?
Hurry up and end things.
Then we can go back to
the way things were.
- [sighs]
- [doorbell rings]
[doorbell rings]
[music swells]
[electronic music playing]
OPEN DOOR
[Jeong-won] So that's your solution?
Drugs?
Why did you change your damn mind, huh?!
- [connect tone]
- [phone line rings]
[Seo-yeon] Hey, come get me.
I'm not feeling well. I need to come home.
I'm sorry. I don't think I can.
A guest dropped in.
Oh yeah? Who is it?
She just showed up. It's In-ji.
[electronic music continues]
[music fades]
[Ji-o] Tea is kinda boring,
so I brought you this.
It's non-alcoholic, but it's not bad.
I didn't think you'd come over here.
I had to look into an issue.
And what do you plan to do after that?
You know the Judgment of Solomon?
With the real mother and the imposter.
[phone buzzing]
SEO-YEON
[phone buzzes]
- [connect tone]
- Hey, driver!
- Just please step on it!
- [phone line ringing]
[In-ji] The judgment
always struck me as odd.
If one of them was a phony,
it's still hard to believe
anyone would cut an infant in half.
Her disregard for the child's life
implies she
was in a very dark place to begin with.
She was just a shell.
Her life was destroyed.
I can relate to her.
Or she's another evil bitch
that's just really cruel.
Only this one lived 3,000 years ago.
[chuckles]
She's gonna be here soon.
- [scoffs]
- Ah!
Wine you might wanna scrub right away.
Use the second-floor bathroom.
Go to the left of Seo-yeon's study.
You'll find it there.
[stirring music playing]
[stirring music continues]
[unsettling music playing]
[music fades]
[melodic acoustic guitar music playing]
[Jeong-won] Oh, no.
I'm just making sure you're okay.
I'm glad you're safe.
[In-ji] Thanks for calling.
[Jeong-won] I can't do breakfast today.
[melodic acoustic guitar music continues]
[phone buzzing]
[Jeong-won] Coming home soon?
[melodic acoustic guitar music continues]
[phone buzzing]
[phone buzzing]
Why didn't you answer?
Oh. Forgot my phone, I guess.
I was just rinsing off.
Where's In-ji?
She's already gone.
Guess I should've told you.
[music fades]
Did you guys talk, hmm?
Strategy meeting between coworkers
about the contract termination.
Is that acceptable?
Does that put your mind at ease, Seo-yeon?
[ethereal music playing]
[music fades]
What did you do today?
I took care of something with a friend.
At my old place, you know.
Your old place?
Today, I ran into someone I know.
We're not even that close,
but we got soju.
Was it decent soju?
I can't recall.
Do you wanna head upstairs
with a few cold ones?
Sure.
[refrigerator door opens]
[wistful music playing]
[sobs]
[breathing shakily]
[sobbing]
[commentator] The Brazilian winger's
got it down there.
He's done a little Cruyff turn
into the box.
Ah, he's been blocked by the defender.
[phone buzzing]
[commentator] Fantastic strike on goal,
just over the bar by the Welsh wizard.
[Si-jeong] I found the supplier. Mr. Yoon.
He's got a reputation in this business.
[In-ji] All right, where can I meet him?
[intriguing music playing]
[phone buzzing]
[Jeong-won] Got more of that stuff?
[Seo-yeon] We should talk in person.
[Jeong-won] I'll visit you
at work tomorrow.
[intriguing music continues]
[beeping]
[lift rattles]
[intriguing music continues]
[shoe scrapes]
[music fades]
Did you text me
using Jeong-won's cell phone?
I just wanted to make sense of it,
why you're doing this.
Think you know Jeong-won?
Well, sounds like you think you know him.
Is that why you're lying?
You should be careful.
You'll be divorced soon, after all.
Oh, no.
He and I aren't divorcing.
I won't cooperate.
The manual says, "Only the married couple
can decide on a divorce."
That's how it works in the real world.
Don't come near that man.
Consider this a warning.
[laughing]
You know, I think you should've said that
a lot sooner to your mother.
Should've told her
not to mess with your man.
Although, for a low-rent whore,
you really have an amazing ability
to bring bad luck to everyone around.
You're poisonous.
I'm glad I see that
scheming skanks like you basically
haven't changed in 3,000 years.
[beeps]
[lift rattles]
[uneasy music playing]
Why are you pushing these drugs
to my husband? What do you gain?
It's basically meth.
You think I'm giving him those
so he gets hooked?
Tell me why, then.
You don't think I actually
owe you an explanation, do you?
Does your client know?
You hired a junkie
so you have a steady flow of drugs?
You know, I can't help but wonder
if you might be losing sleep
over that tonight.
I can make your life worse if you want.
[grunting]
[both grunting]
[loud clatter]
- You threatening me?
- [chuckles]
It's a lot more than a threat.
His father monitored his mom
the way you've been doing it.
He put cameras in the lights.
What kind of monster would do that, huh?
[uneasy music continues]
- [Seo-yeon yelps]
- [grunts]
[Seo-yeon screams]
And I know you wanted him
to take all of these!
You had to break Jeong-won
so he would go back to you!
What was it like to watch him on camera?
Did you enjoy it?
Did it feel like you had him
in the palm of your hand?
Did you feel like some kind of god?
How could you do that?
You're an animal! This is unforgivable!
[pants, grunts]
[yelps]
[both grunting]
Why are you doing all this?
Why would you go this far
for a man like that?
[In-ji screams]
- [In-ji grunts]
- [Seo-yeon screams]
[music swells]
[dramatic electronic music playing]
[both grunting]
[beeping]
You don't get it!
Jeong-won and I are together!
It's our life, not yours!
And who gets to live it?!
[Seo-yeon exclaims]
[both panting]
[Seo-yeon screaming]
[Seo-yeon sobbing]
[sobs]
[sobbing]
[door closes]
[music fades]
[frustrated sigh]
[Ji-o] We're getting a divorce?
How am I supposed
to get over you, Seo-yeon?
I just have to obey all your decisions,
and there's nothing I can do to stop you?
You know, I'm human too.
[engine roaring]
[Hyeon-cheol] The director
said they liked it.
Sure, he had some tiny notes
here and there,
but to think
there's another being on Earth
who shares your eccentric tastes.
You decided how you're gonna
end things with In-ji yet?
Oh.
Don't rekindle things with Seo-yeon.
I don't know what she's thinking,
but for you, this is a huge opportunity.
Break it off for good. Got it?
Seo-yeon told us to divorce.
[Hyeon-cheol] God, she's nuts.
The truth is, I adore In-ji.
How'd that happen?
Man, long story.
[sighs]
[scoffs] You do know that you can't have
a serious relationship with her, right?
Why?
Man, it's the protocol.
You literally can't do anything
with Noh In-ji.
"Any couple matched through NM
must get married through NM too."
It's in the manual, dude.
You can't blow off the manual.
[pensive music playing]
[beeping]
[keypad beeps]
Ah shit. How the hell does this work?
Is this it?
- [keypad beeping]
- Oh.
[keypad beeping]
[Do-dam] What the hell are you doing?
- Ah, damn it.
- [beep]
[keypad beeping]
[laughs]
I guess it wasn't this guy.
You you think it's not him?
Think she's right?
My vision is blurry.
I need glasses.
Who knows if she's right.
You've been far-sighted
for a while now. Come on.
Just just look at the picture. Here.
- [Do-dam] Five years is a long time.
- It really is.
If he said anything at all before he left,
In-ji wouldn't have hung around.
I don't think she would've felt obligated
to take care of the house.
[chuckles] I don't think she'd care.
I think In-ji's been watching his place
'cause he never said it was over.
[Do-dam sighs]
[melodic acoustic guitar music playing]
Do you wanna go eat?
[In-ji] Definitely.
I'm starving.
[melodic acoustic guitar music continues]
[Jeong-won] Hey, can I get, uh,
two cheeseburger combos?
No tomatoes, please.
[woman] Sure, no problem, sir.
It'll be ready in a few minutes.
Two cheeseburger combos. Thank you, enjoy.
[Jeong-won] Thank you.
[music fades]
I asked them to hold the tomatoes on both.
Since we're vegetarians.
[chuckles]
You're sweet.
[Jeong-won] I missed you all day today.
So much, it was tough
to get through the afternoon.
I didn't think it was that difficult.
You know I'm kidding, right?
[romantic pop music playing]
[Jeong-won coughs]
[romantic pop music continues]
[romantic pop music continues]
[In-ji laughs] Back up.
[laughs] Wrong way.
You don't know how to back up?
[Jeong-won] I'm killing it.
Oh. Ooh!
Whoa!
- [Jeong-won] Why'd you take up kayaking?
- [In-ji] Because I can't swim.
Really?
Yeah, I almost drowned once
in a lake when I was little.
[music fades]
After that,
I just couldn't bring myself to learn.
Eventually,
I learned how to swim in college
and then
a close friend of mine wound up drowning.
It was
suicide.
Never swam again after that.
Wow. I just wanted to know
why you learned to kayak.
But now I'm too scared to keep listening.
[chuckles]
Can I ask why you enjoy it?
Well, it makes me feel
like a little island.
I float around, and I'm completely free.
Nothing can harm me.
[pensive music playing]
[pensive music continues]
[phone buzzing]
HUSBAND
Uh-huh.
Yeah, I'm on my way.
[disconnect tone]
[uneasy music playing]
[Tae-seong] I gave you a job.
Things should be accelerating on your end,
so why haven't I heard from you?
You've kept me in the dark for so long,
I thought I'd pay you a visit.
Who's
[uneasy music continues]
[music fades]
This tea,
it's really good.
[chuckles]
[sniffs]
Mmm. I'd love if you could
pack me a little for the road.
[scoffs]
So why'd you come here?
It's amazing just how damn small
the world can can be, right?
[Tae-seong laughs]
You know,
I met up with an old friend a while back.
He said he got sent
an unusual job at his company.
He had to hide a camera in a chandelier.
I think it could've been from France,
around there.
He also told me it's a priceless fixture.
There's only a few
in the whole country, apparently.
Special order. Uh-huh.
I heard the owner jumped through
a lot of hoops to get it.
Although
why would anyone want a camera up there?
I'd love to find out why, you know?
[scoffs]
[laughs]
[uneasy music continues]
The last time, I didn't really
Well, to be totally honest,
I didn't want to to, you know,
speak ill of the dead in any way, so
so basically,
I couldn't tell you everything.
But the guy didn't seem
Look, he definitely was not normal.
How so?
Well, he must've
had a lot of enemies.
He was hard to be around.
He was erratic, I guess?
Eom Tae-seong wasn't well-liked.
Do you know anyone
who might've wanted to hurt the guy?
[Yoon-a] Well, I don't really have any way
of knowing who specifically.
Most people that meet him
are put off right away.
Seo-yeon didn't like him, that's for sure.
She said this in passing,
so I could be wrong,
but she said he tried
to blackmail her.
He even went to her office.
[Yoon-a laughs]
Although I don't know the whole story.
Blackmail?
[mysterious music playing]
- I just wanna hear the FX real quick.
- [man] Just the FX, you got it.
[mysterious music playing]
[phone buzzing]
[Tae-seong] I know this killer beef tripe
hotpot place. Wanna grab lunch?
[phone buzzing]
Otherwise, I'll just go with In-ji.
[mysterious music continues]
[man 2 sighs]
[man 1] He got that stab wound
long before he died.
Maybe a paring knife,
what you use to cut fruit.
It's quite a deep wound, actually.
He wouldn't have gone down easy
with wounds this bad.
He probably killed whoever stabbed him.
Exactly. We're mostly guessing though.
No clear signs of a struggle
or anything like that.
- Self-inflicted, then?
- Come on. This guy?
Usually, those people
don't stop after the first one.
Cutting like that is a compulsion.
[sighs]
[Tae-seong] I was hoping you'd buy lunch.
What is this about?
[Tae-seong sighs]
That man's house,
it's been vacant for about five years now,
and In-ji's still taking care of it.
She hasn't changed a thing.
That's crazy, bro.
How do you know that?
[mic feedback]
Most deadbolts aren't an issue.
Do you know
why In-ji chose you?
The first man she married
and her fourth husband,
both of them were really sick.
[chuckles] As in terminally ill.
One of them was gay
who only got married
because his family wanted him to.
And the other one
had no sex drive, no libido at all.
[chuckles]
I'm not sure if he didn't want to
or he had issues.
So why you, then, Jeong-won?
Your wife divorced you
'cause your dick didn't work?
Dude.
Bad joke. Kidding, hmm?
[Tae-seong breathes deeply]
Anyway, what I'm trying to say is
[sighs]
I think In-ji and I are destined
to perish side by side.
If I can't have her
[mysterious music playing]
that's a pretty good alternative.
Ya know?
[man 2] So how long
have you known Han Jeong-won?
Since he was about 17 or so.
He got on the drugs
after his mom committed suicide.
[man 2] Mm.
[man 3] There was a blurb about it
on the news back then.
"Underage corporate heir
taken into custody for drug abuse."
The thing he got busted with
was some kind of
manufactured cannabinoid pill.
You don't see too many of those even now.
They're so tough to produce.
Even the name was weird.
So we decided
we'd just call it the blue pill.
Do you do you know if he ever relapsed?
Well, I do have my hunches, yeah.
Just never been able to get evidence.
[chuckles]
So did, uh, did Jeong-won kill anyone?
Not yet, he hasn't. Go ahead.
[beep]
[beep]
[beeps]
[motor whirring]
[eerie music playing]
[pensive music playing]
[pensive music continues]
[pensive music continues]
[connect tone]
[phone line ringing]
[automated voice]
The number you have dialed is
NOH IN-JI
[phone line ringing]
- [In-ji] Hello?
- [inhales sharply]
[exhales] What's up? Where are you?
At home?
I left.
I needed to take care of something.
Where are you?
At my old house.
Any chance you could come back here?
Is something wrong?
Just come back home for a while.
Uh, actually, I'll go over there.
Where is it?
This won't take long at all.
I'll be back soon.
[disconnect tone]
[stirring music playing]
[music fades]
[keypad beeping]
Hmm?
[beeping]
What the
Well, this is it.
[beeping]
[door bangs]
What the fuck?
God damn it!
[breathes deeply]
[beep]
In-ji?
[unsettling music playing]
[grunts]
[tense music playing]
[groans]
[pants]
[dramatic electronic music playing]
[music fades]
[uneasy music playing]
[music swells]
[music fades]
[melodic pop music playing]
[music fades]