Chicken Nugget (2024) s01e07 Episode Script

[dynamic music]
[roars]
[clucks]
[Baek-joong] Kyochon Soy Garlic ♪
Golden Original, Pepper Crispy
Sweet and spicy, topped with cheese ♪
How can you resist
Our fried chicken platter? ♪
How can you resist
Our fried chicken platter? ♪
Does anyone wanna sell this menu? ♪
Does anyone wanna sell this menu? ♪
Wanna sell this menu? ♪
[bleeping]
[Yoo] That's how I got inside
More than Machines.
And tragically, I saw
- [Choi] Min-ah. Min-ah!
- [Baek-joong] Louder!
[Choi wails]
[Yoo] Chicken nugget? Who'd imagine
this kind of stuff? Literally no one.
- How absurd!
- You seem so angry.
Even talking about it now,
it's completely nonsensical!
Larva, what's happened has happened, okay?
I turned into a caterpillar
and watched Be Melodramatic.
How absurd is that?
Hey, it's not about you.
I don't care if I turn into a caterpillar
and watch Be Melodramatic
or Money Heist: Korea,
or I get eaten by a zombie bird.
I don't care,
as long as I get my daughter back!
- Get to the point.
- Okay.
[foreboding music plays]
[Yoo] And so, after all that,
I was moved to this warehouse.
- [energy crackling]
- [machine powers down]
And I turned back into myself.
That means those two together
One makes them turn into
whatever they might see
right before the machine starts working.
And the other one brings them
back to their original self.
Hmm.
This nonsense is starting to make sense.
Good.
Let's put Min-ah in the other one.
- [Yoo] It's not possible.
- [screams] Larva! Why?
- [Yoo chokes]
- After all you said, now it's impossible?
How can you say that to a father whose
daughter has turned into a chicken nugget?
- [squeals shrilly]
- If emotions alone can fix this, go ahead.
Why would I stop you?
[Baek-joong breathing shakily]
[Choi grunts]
I would have brought her back first
if I knew how to.
I wouldn't have started by explaining
the reason we got that machine.
[Choi scoffs]
[sighs]
I will tell you
absolutely everything I know
about these machines.
[intriguing music plays]
Hmm?
What's the phase of its material?
Material?
- [Baek-joong] Ah! Larva!
- [Choi] No!
- [Baek-joong squeals]
- [Yoo] Aah.
- [Baek-joong] Larva! Larva!
- [Choi] Wait
[creaking]
[eerie music plays]
[clattering]
How about next time you do that, tell us?
- [Choi gasps]
- [Baek-joong whimpers]
These machines are made with a material
that hasn't been invented
or discovered until now.
My theory is that
these were made in secrecy 200 years ago,
by a genius scientist
or individuals who worked together.
I am confident that this is the result
of combining dozens of materials,
even hundreds.
I spent years analyzing the material,
and I was gonna continue my research.
But ever since I returned here,
they are not listening
or responding at all when together.
They're broken,
is what you're trying to say.
There are no grounds
to say that they are broken,
but they do not appear to work.
So they're broken?
Until the cause of failure is found,
I cannot say that they're broken.
But they are.
Why are you being so stubborn
about something so unnecessary?
Stop it.
I'm sorry.
They don't need electricity to operate.
I simply thought that
they absorb energy from their environment,
so there shouldn't be a limit
to the number of uses.
- Yet I was wrong.
- Okay, but what's your point?
I am positive.
On the day these machines accept us,
it's certain humanity will encounter
a new civilization.
Until then, no one can find out
about any of this.
You can imagine, as soon as human greed
gets involved, everything will be ruined.
Yeah, I'm aware.
That's why we didn't report it anywhere.
That may be right, yet you
and Yellow Pants here are very much aware.
I'm Yellow Pants, now?
Well, you're calling me "Larva," so
So you've been holding a grudge.
I mean, how can it be an issue
that we know about this?
[slurring] This is my daughter
we're talking ab
Uhhh
- Huh? What's wrong with me?
- [Yoo] I am sorry.
I honestly am not sure
how long the research will take.
- Aah, aah ohhh
- Huh?
- This is weird.
- I am well aware of your situation.
But we don't know if you might
ruin everything by becoming impatient.
[slurring] Wait, what do you mean?
- Huh? Huh?
- Huh? Huh?
Huh?
- Huh? What's wrong with me?
- Oww
- Hmm?
- [both moaning]
[both] What's happening to us?
Also, Yellow Pants likes to talk too much.
So I'm going to lock you up in here
until I finish the research.
Ohh.
Huh? Ohh?
- Ohhh!
- [Baek-joong] Huh?
Uhh
You crazy bastard!
[moaning]
I'm flying! Yaah!
[Baek-joong yelps] Mr. Choi!
Min-ah!
[straining]
- [whimpering]
- [Choi sighing]
[Baek-joong yelping]
Ooh! I'm falling!
- [wailing]
- [Choi] Min-ah! Min-ah!
[Baek-joong] Min-ah!
Mr. Ko, protect Min-ah!
[Baek-joong groaning]
Don't you understand
this is what's best for her?
- [Choi gasping] Min-ah!
- [Yoo] Am I a villain?
This study cannot get any support
from the government.
- But don't worry.
- [both continue groaning]
Lucky for you,
my study doesn't require any support.
- [Baek-joong] Mr. Choi!
- [Yoo] Why?
Because I'm the best scientist
the world has ever known!
- Amen.
- Fuck you!
That doesn't mean you can drug us!
You could've put us to sleep instead,
you bastards!
Please trust me. Just wait for a while.
- I'll be quick, I promise.
- Wait, like this?
Tae-man, help me.
We'll move you safely, my friends.
Does it look like we are safe?
- [Choi] Min-ah!
- Just relax now.
- Min-ah!
- [Yoo] Why do you keep crawling?
Are you a caterpillar?
- Min-ah!
- [shrieks]
- [Choi wails] Min-ah!
- [Baek-joong] Min-ah!
[both yelling] Min-ah!
- [Choi] Min-ah!
- [Baek-joong sobbing]
- [wails] Min-ah!
- [Choi sobbing]
[groaning] Min-ah!
- [Baek-joong screams] Min-ah!
- [Choi] Min-ah!
[gentle music playing]
[Baek-joong] What kind of qualities
in a man would you say you look for?
Firstly, a kind-hearted man.
Secondly, a handsome face
anyone would find attractive.
The third is a hot, ripped body.
Oh.
You may not be
conventionally good-looking,
but you've got something going for you.
What?
You're changing.
You think you need to,
but you're just fine the way you are.
But what do I know? It's your life.
Have you written any songs recently?
- Can I hear one?
- [Baek-joong singing in Korean]
[Min-ah] Inner beauty?
I used to think it was
a meaningless cliché.
Nothing but a hypocritical phrase,
made up by people
who were jealous of outer beauty,
or just people trying to be kind.
But I changed my mind after I met you.
It's not just that you have a kind heart.
It's like you have a wonderful world
inside your mind.
In that wonderful world,
there's great music.
Do you wanna Netflix and chill?
[Netflix ident sound plays]
- [ident sound trails off, distorted]
- [clattering]
- [Choi grunting]
- Hmm?
- Huh?
- [Choi splutters]
[Baek-joong] Hmm? Hmm.
- [Choi gasps]
- [strains]
[both grunting]
- [Choi] Aah! Hah!
- Huh?
- [joints cracking]
- [Choi yelping]
Aah [gasps]
- [Baek-joong grunting]
- [Choi sighing]
[Baek-joong whimpering]
[yelping]
Ooh! Oh!
[both panting]
- [joints cracking]
- [gurgles]
[babbling]
Uhh Larva!
Huh? Huh
[Baek-joong] Huh?
I can't believe they chained us like this!
- But I believe the drug is wearing off.
- Same here.
Paralyzing us wouldn't work.
Otherwise, they'd have to wipe our butts.
Ugh.
Being chained like this,
I miss Min-ah even more.
You'll be able to see her soon.
I should apologize to your parents.
Uh, for having put you through this
at your first job.
But this is what they wanted.
They're the reason
I studied mechanical engineering.
Hmm?
Baek-joong, what's your dream career?
Singer-songwriter.
That's amazing. I support you fully.
Thank you, Father.
Then I guess you should
study mechanical engineering.
Am I misunderstanding
the nature of mechanical engineering?
Think about it.
If you want to be a loser singing,
making music, earn money first.
- Mechanical engineering is good for that.
- But, Father, music
- Are you saying I'm wrong?
- You are, just a little bit.
- Let's not start an argument over nothing.
- It's my dream.
- That's what I'm gonna do.
- Well, then I suppose I should just die.
If your dream means that much to you,
I'll call our elders to say goodbye,
then I'll kill myself.
Do it in the bathroom,
so it's easy to clean.
You're always like this! Always!
Always like this! The both of you!
If we're always like this,
then you know how it ends.
[dramatic chord plays]
I support your dream, okay?
[electronic version
of Also Sprach Zarathustra plays]
[Choi] You are one crazy bastard.
Those yellow pants were your way
of rebelling against your father?
Ahhh. Great soup.
[shimmering sound]
[music fades]
[rattling]
Nice pants.
[Baek-joong] That was his mistake.
Because he's too stubborn
to take anything back.
[man] I think marketing is
all about storytelling.
I'm prepared to tell a new story
using excellent language skills
in this Major Company.
- Okay. That's good.
- Mmm.
2021 MAJOR COMPANY RECRUITMEN
You have good grades. Why?
What kind of association
do you think we are?
Yes.
- Big one?
- Why do you wanna join us?
To take your vice president's job,
'cause he's in jail.
You think that job's
available through interview?
I think I'm better in creative accounting.
He was acquitted recently.
- I, uh didn't know.
- Too bad.
[cheerful music playing]
Nice pants.
[father grunts]
[mother] Here, have some.
[father slurps]
- Nice pants.
- How come you're gaining weight?
You've had nothing but porridge
for a whole year. Stop doing this.
[giggling]
Nice pants.
- [Baek-joong] He is still being stubborn.
- [mother] Here, have some.
[Choi] Your father sounds
like kind of an asshole.
Why not do music, then,
if that's the case?
My dad wasn't wrong about it, in the end.
I'm happy with my life.
Because now I'm making money
and also doing what I love to do.
I actually do respect his opinion,
but really, I'm in the driver's seat.
[Choi groans]
Right. That's it, then.
Professor Yoo In-won is our only hope.
He may think that he's in charge,
but we should drive this.
You're right!
Let's get out of here first.
Larva and Tae-man have gotta be subdued.
We should be stronger than them.
But what if Larva then decides
to stop the study?
Neither Larva nor Tae-man can do that.
I know exactly what's on their mind,
but I can feel they're desperate, like me.
All that matters
is that Min-ah comes back safe.
All that matters.
But what do we do with
- [sighs]
- Hmm.
It was a mistake locking me up like this.
Don't you know who I am?
I'm the real MacGyver!
- I'll make a thermite flamethrower.
- Oh!
[exciting electronic music plays]
[Choi] A racing bicycle is made
with flammable magnesium
that's light and strong.
When ignited with a mixture
of metal powder and metal oxide,
it instantly generates
a heat of 3,000 degrees.
I'll use the road emergency flare
to ignite it.
There!
[Baek-joong] Wow!
[Baek-joong] Hey, friend. Goin' somewhere?
To the convenience store.
Convenience store. Sounds good.
Are you going to ride there? Bet it's far.
MacGyver wouldn't talk so loudly.
You heard us.
Through the walls?
[chuckling] No way.
- Thunder!
- Hmm?
- [Choi] Hmm?
- [Baek-joong gasps]
- [Choi] Huh. Wow.
- [Baek-joong laughs]
What's that?
- [giggles]
- [Choi] It even has a name?
So you're Thunder, huh?
Hey, that's pretty good.
Your Pokémon is cute.
Can it shoot electricity? [laughs]
[both moaning]
- [Choi laughing]
- Aah! [gasps]
Whew! Does it do other things?
Just don't try anything.
Next time, it might shoot your balls off.
If you keep us here,
the police will look for us.
Don't worry about it.
I'll text from your phone.
[Choi] Don't do that,
or it'll be reported to the police.
Do you really think I came here
without a backup plan?
It'll look suspicious
if the police find us chained like this.
We have no one worrying about us.
Get it? We'll be patient and wait.
So let's not do this.
[Tae-man] I'm sure my uncle has a plan.
It probably won't take too long.
While you're in bed, get some rest.
[ominous music playing]
- What was your plan?
- [door closes]
- Thunder is still in here.
- [gasps]
Oh!
[clattering]
[loud whooshing]
[whirring]
[echoing thud]
- [music fades]
- [soft bleeping]
[barks and whines]
[ominous music resumes]
[slow, rhythmic pinging]
[Yoo, trembling] Our Father,
who art in Heaven,
hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come,
thy will be done,
on Earth as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
Forgive us
MORE THAN MACHINES
[colleague] Good mor Huh
I was being bold, coming 20 minutes late.
I guess they beat me, then.
- [phone buzzes]
- [chuckles]
[sighs] What the hell?
MR. CHOI
WE'RE ON A BUSINESS TRIP FOR A FEW DAYS
What a way to start the day,
reading a bunch of bullshit.
I'm free!
[sighs]
It's only fun to play secretly.
It's no fun to play out in the open.
KO BAEK-JOONG
[ringing tone]
- The person you're calling is unavailable.
- [phone buzzes]
KO BAEK-JOONG
I'M IN A MEETING, PLEASE LEAVE A TEX
Wait a minute. Something's wrong.
These texts don't sound like them,
and they rarely text anyway.
Something's not right.
Maybe something happened.
Then that means
That means I can go back to the sauna.
[suspenseful music playing]
WE'RE GOING ON A BUSINESS TRIP
TO GET MATERIALS
IT MIGHT BE DANGEROUS
SO CALL THE POLICE
IF WE'RE NOT BACK IN TWO DAYS
ADDRESS: MOUNT 21, CHANGCHEONG-RI
BAEKJUNG CHICKEN NUGGE
- I'll take a Coke.
- Oh, yes. Make it two, please.
[man 2] These are so good.
Oh my gosh. No wonder the line is so long.
Totally worth it, though.
[sizzling]
Are you going to stay like that?
You know it was an accident.
It's all right.
You really believe it was?
[sighs]
What happened has happened.
- [rainfall]
- [banging at door]
[thunder crashes]
Fuck. Should I bring that crazy bird too?
[foreboding music plays]
[screams]
NOBLEMAN'S CHICKEN NUGGE
[yells]
[bird screeches]
[engine idling]
[chef sighs]
[woman] It just disappeared
all of a sudden.
[chef] This is really exhausting.
[woman] Let's go.
Go where? Where should we go?
You know where.
Baekjung Chicken Nuggets?
- The one on Earth?
- Enough. Stop that.
Let's go.
Slow down.
[panting]
- [woman gasps]
- [brakes screech]
[both gasping]
[dramatic music playing]
Don't.
- What are you going to do?
- Wh what do you mean?
- It was a person.
- What about us?
What are we?
[breathing shakily]
We're shorthanded. Do some work.
[girl] "Chicken Nugget Rhapsody"?
Play it.
It's weird as fuck, but it's catchy.
[scoffs] What kind of bullshit
is eating chicken nuggets and singing?
Shit. The fucking title is
"Chicken Nugget Rhapsody," you idiot.
Shit, just eat your fucking food,
you fucking idiot.
Shit, stop fucking arguing.
- Let's just watch the damn thing.
- [girl sighs]
CHICKEN NUGGET RHAPSODY
520,000 VIEWS
Shit. Look at the fucking views.
- [guitar plays]
- [chorus sings]
Whoa he's fucking cool.
Fucking told you! That shit's fire, bro.
[in Korean] My heart feels like
It's going to burst ♪
Oh my God! That's him!
- Bitch, the fuck you saying?
- Remember the guy on the street?
I saw someone singing out loud.
Do you remember that?
- [friends] Mmm.
- That's the guy!
That fucking weirdo's the guy you saw?
Shit, that's fucking crazy.
[gasps] I know, right?
No wonder I couldn't look away.
He looks like that guy with the ointment.
Excuse me, could you keep it down?
There are other customers here too.
Also, stop swearing. Don't you know any
other words apart from "fuck" and "shit"?
No.
- Shit, isn't that fucking clear to you?
- We're fucking sorry, shit.
[sighs]
- Fuck. What a fucking boomer.
- Bullshit.
It's okay. They're just kids.
Who's he calling kids? Loser.
- [chef] I said it's okay.
- You gonna flip this shit?
We don't have to pay for this, then.
We're almost done anyway.
Fuck, just stop. We don't want them
to call the cops, do we?
- [yells]
- [boy 2] Oh my god.
[yelling] I found it!
You think you can mess with customers
just because your food's good?
[staff screaming]
[dramatic music playing]
This guy!
[Baek-joong] Could you give him
this note for me?
MY DAUGHTER TURNED INTO A CHICKEN NUGGE
How stupid was I?
He's been here recently.
Can it turn a person into
a chicken nugget as well?
[man] Ugh, out of ingredients already?
- They do this all the time.
- [woman] It's just chicken nuggets!
[Baek-joong, in Korean]
I'd cross the universe for it ♪
If this is what love feels like ♪
I need you back ♪
Even if you need to cross the universe ♪
I can't let you go like this ♪
Please come back
As if nothing happened ♪
I need you back
Please come back ♪
I need you back
Please come back ♪
I need you back
Please come back ♪
I need you back ♪
I'll wait for you ♪
All I want to be honest with
Is this feeling I have ♪
Even if the bitterness comes
After the sweetness ♪
I think of you day and night ♪
I can't give up on my growing hope ♪
I'll fold this order form
With my confession written on it ♪
And I'll throw it to you ♪
I am now confessing my love ♪
I'd cross the universe for it ♪
If this is what love feels like ♪
I need you back ♪
Even if you need to cross the universe ♪
I can't let you go like this ♪
Please come back
As if nothing happened ♪
I need you back
Please come back ♪
I need you back
Please come back ♪
I need you back
Please come back ♪
I need you back ♪
I'll wait for you ♪
Let me describe
The taste of my secret crush ♪
It was dry but also moist
So I can never forget it ♪
[song fades]
[dynamic music plays]
[music fades