Copycat Killer (2023) s01e07 Episode Script

JHENG JIA-YI
YUAN ZIH-CING
JIANG YU-PING
[thrilling music playing]
Just after prosecutors issued
a search warrant
for serial murder suspect Shen Jia-wun
and launched a large-scale search,
it was reported last night
that Shen Jia-wun
and another suspected accomplice,
Hu Jian-ho,
both died in a car accident
[pensive music playing]
[woman sobbing]
[woman screams]
Over the course
of this serial murder case
TAIWAN HIGH PROSECUTORS OFFICE
thanks to the cooperation from
our colleagues in the judicial system,
we have not only hunted down
the two suspects on our list,
but also successfully rescued the victim.
I'm very pleased
to announce this news today.
[Wun-kai] Mr. Kuo.
The body has been dug out.
She's missing her right hand.
It's Jheng Jia-yi, confirmed.
- [sirens blaring]
- [dogs barking]
[suspenseful music playing]
[reporter 1] Does that mean
the serial murder case
that shocked society is officially closed?
[Shu-te] In fact,
with all the clues we have so far,
I believe that, soon, we'll be able
to give an explanation to the public.
[sobbing]
[soft tragic music playing]
[Shu-te] At present,
this case can be expected to be resolved
as quickly as possible.
[reporter 2]
I have a question for Mr. Kuo.
The public has a lot of complaints
and doubts about you.
How would you rate
your performance this time?
[reporter 3] Mr. Kuo,
haven't you already questioned Hu Jian-ho?
Why wasn't he discovered to be the killer?
[reporter 4]
Why didn't you discover the truth?
The killers had to get into a car accident
before the victim could be rescued?
[Hsiao-chi] Yun-huei,
there's something I need to tell you.
We have to
perform an autopsy on Jian-ho's body.
Are you treating Jian-ho
like a killer now as well?
[sobs]
He wouldn't kill anyone.
Please don't be like this.
I'm also sad that Jian-ho's gone.
But many questions
need to be clarified right now.
Without any evidence,
I can't draw any conclusions.
Kuo Hsiao-chi.
I have just one question.
In your heart,
do you think my brother's a killer?
[pensive music playing]
I don't know.
- [reporter 2] Mr. Kuo.
- [reporter 3] Mr. Kuo. Please answer.
I don't have any plans to sign off.
We still have many things
to clarify in this case.
[reporter 1] Why is that different
from what was said earlier?
[reporter 4] So Mr. Kuo,
does that mean
that you're publicly contradicting
the Prosecutor General's
previous statement?
[reporter 2] The killers are dead.
And you're not declaring the case closed?
- Is there a reason behind that?
- [Ci-yang] Okay, folks.
We will make a thorough
announcement to the public about this.
Anyway, thank you for today.
[clamoring]
When are you making the announcement?
[overlapping chatter]
[theme music playing]
COPYCAT KILLER
I'll attend Jian-ho's memorial service.
If there is anything I can do to help you,
just let me know.
There is no need.
You're the prosecutor for this case.
It would be inappropriate.
[officer] Mr. Kuo.
We've completed our search here.
Okay.
[retreating footsteps]
Jian-ho's personal effects,
we'll return them once we're done.
I'll go ahead.
[somber music playing]
[reporter] I am at the scene here
at the mourning hall for Hu Jian-ho,
one of the suspects
in the serial murder case.
Today is his memorial service.
- It can be seen that his memorial
- Is there any justice?
- You're still lying!
- Does his death make everything better?
- Give me my daughter back!
- Shameless!
- This man is a murderer!
- Hey!
What are you doing?
What am I doing?
You have the nerve
to hold a memorial service?
You condoned your brother's murders.
Apologize! Apologize to my daughter!
Why should I apologize?
My brother didn't do anything!
[Zih-cing's mom] He didn't do anything?
Are you crazy?
[camera shutters clicking]
[Zih-cing's mom]
You know that my daughter died.
And you have the nerve to say that to me!
My daughter died so tragically,
and that's what you say?
You're an accessory to murder!
You're an accomplice!
[Zih-cing's dad]
Bring my daughter back to us!
Let go of me!
Bring her back!
You are an accomplice!
You're an accessory to murder!
- You're an accessory to murder!
- [He-ping] No! Stop it!
- [screaming]
- Hey!
[clamoring]
[somber music playing]
Stop filming! Stop filming!
Everyone, stop filming!
Stop filming!
Give the family some space!
Yun-huei.
Yun-huei.
Are you okay?
Ms. Hu, are you all right?
[somber music playing]
HU JIAN-HO'S MEMORIAL TABLE
[somber music continues]
TNB NEWS
The killers are dead,
but the case isn't closed?
Has he always been like this?
Does he personally look through
the diaries, journals,
and post-its notes that are found?
[Da-chao] Mr. Kuo is rather meticulous.
How else would he get
the nickname Fastidious Chi?
Do we have the scene investigation report
for the basement
where the victim was held?
[Da-chao] Yes, we have it here.
The results of the shoe prints
and fingerprints are out.
In the basement,
aside from the victim's fingerprints,
there were prints matching
Shen Jia-wun and Tian Cun-yi.
However, none match Hu Jian-ho.
Same with the shoe print.
The killer was adept at using the media.
That's also why Hu Jian-ho was a suspect.
He spent so much time every day
working at the news station.
If he really was the killer,
there are likely clues left behind.
Go through the records.
Pull up everything
that he worked on at TNB.
- All of it?
- All of it.
Got it.
[doctor] Lin Yu-tong is currently
in a post-traumatic state.
She's still emotionally unstable.
She needs medication to help her sleep.
Given her current condition,
do you think she can give a statement?
I don't recommend it.
We need to avoid reminding her
of everything that happened.
That's the best way
we can help her fully recover.
Okay.
[Hsiao-chi] Yu-tong has been rescued.
She's getting treated.
The watch is fixed too.
You should be mindful of the time.
Wake up when it is time to wake up.
You can't keep lying here.
[mellow music playing]
[Ci-yang] What were you even saying
in front of all those reporters?
Do you take the entire
prosecutorial system doesn't exist?
But I was telling the truth.
We're still investigating the case.
How can we close it?
[Shu-te] Kuo Hsiao-chi.
As far as the public is concerned,
this case has already been solved.
As far as the victims' families
are concerned,
they want a conclusion.
But the conclusion
must be based on the facts,
not on speculations
and imaginations of the media.
There's no way to determine
how many people were involved
based on the evidence we have.
And the victims' families
want more than just
the names of the killers.
They would also want to know
how their loved ones
were treated by those people.
That is the full truth.
[Shu-te] I've already promised
the higher-ups.
This case can't drag on any longer.
Ci-yang.
Leave some people to sort out the files.
And immediately disband the Task Force.
Sir, give me half a month.
If you want it closed, I'll do it.
Ten days.
I'll give you ten days.
[mellow music playing]
Have you seen this?
They've truly gone too far.
They even dug out old photos.
What do we owe them?
THE INCOMPETENT PROSECUTOR!
UNFOLDING KUO HSIAO-CHI'S
FAMILY'S MASSACRE
A FAMILY OF THREE'S MASSACRE
If they wanna report on it, let them.
Just don't read it.
It is in the past now.
Is it in the past? Can you get past it?
A wound heals, but a scar stays.
We didn't mention it for over ten years.
You must be more hurt than I am.
I don't wanna talk about this.
What's the point of it?
What can it change?
It won't change anything.
But I can't stand to watch you
living like this.
You're always busy working on your cases.
You don't take care of your health.
If anything happens to you,
then what should I tell your parents?
What do you mean?
You treat me well.
You're the one who raised me.
Aren't we doing well now?
Are we doing well? Look at what this is.
What medicine is this?
I saw this in the trash a few days ago.
Today, I found another one.
What's going on with you?
It's just medicine for headaches.
I'm a prosecutor. I get busy.
It's not like you don't know this.
That's not important at all.
What matters is finding the killer
and giving answers
to the victim's families.
So who will give us answers then?
That Hung should give us answers!
Because he killed our family!
He was sentenced to death!
He got it easy.
Are we left to suffer?
She was my only sister.
It didn't matter that I was unmarried.
I didn't need much in my life.
Seeing your whole family
living a blissful life made me happy.
[foreboding music playing]
Your sister was so cute as a child.
Whenever she saw me,
she ran up to me, hugged me,
she kept saying, "Uncle! Uncle!" to me.
[sobs]
She kept calling me, "Uncle."
Do they know the pain that we're in?
[sobs]
[young Hsiao-chi] Sister.
[sobbing]
Sister.
[sentimental music playing]
I'm sorry.
I told him.
I was the one who told Hung
there was money at home.
Before they were murdered,
I had a fight with Dad.
I'm all grown up! Stop controlling me!
If you don't want me to nag you,
then study better.
You really annoy me, you know that?
I was angry at him and ran out.
I ran into Hung outside.
He said that Dad owed him money
and he couldn't make ends meet.
[officer] Where did you kill Kuo Yun-fang
and Lai Yueh-chen?
[Hsiao-chi] So I deliberately told him
I told him,
"There's money at home.
You can come get it."
[clamoring]
I said that just to make Dad angry.
I wanted to embarrass him.
You said your dad had money.
What happened?
This is all your fault!
I didn't know he'd really go.
I didn't know it would turn out this way.
I didn't know all this would happen.
[sobs]
When I got home,
I saw Mom and Dad on the floor.
My sister wouldn't wake up.
I didn't know he would kill them
because I said that.
[sobbing]
If I hadn't made that up,
we could still be together.
And we wouldn't have lost them.
[Hsiao-chi] I wouldn't have lost them.
Kun, I'm sorry.
Kun, I'm so sorry.
It's okay. Don't think that.
No, it wasn't your fault.
None of it was your fault, okay?
Don't think that.
What matters now is
how we live the rest of our lives, okay?
We have to live our lives well.
We have to go on living.
I didn't mean to.
[Kun-jhu] This is how society works.
There are many things we can't predict.
It wasn't your fault.
[Hsiao-chi crying]
[anchor] There are reports that suspect,
Shen Jia-wun,
was the illegitimate son
of House Speaker Chen Hung-liang.
- But after the police issued an arrest
- She still dared to come.
- warrant for Shen Jia-wun
- I can't believe she came.
[anchor] Chen Hung-liang
immediately arranged a
I certainly thought
it was Chen Hung-liang
Does Hu Jian-ho
usually just put up a front?
Did he really just do that?
But that was unexpected.
[anchor] who died with Shen Jia-wun.
We have received shocking
exclusive insider scoop
which states that Hu Jian-ho
was an employee of TNB News station.
The large scar on his face
caused him to have low self-esteem
They'll make anything up
for the sake of ratings, huh?
It's deplorable.
- Yun-huei, don't let it bother you.
- [anchor] On Ladies' Night
every Wednesday
We've all worked with Jian-ho for so long.
He didn't speak much.
But he was a very kind person.
We all know that.
Thank you.
I can pack up on my own.
[staff 1] Yan-jhen.
We have an interview this afternoon.
You go first.
I have to go.
Call me if you need anything.
Mm.
[melancholic music playing]
Remember to give me a template
for that feature later.
Okay.
What is she doing here?
[staff 2 sighs]
Was that Hu Jian-ho's sister?
[murmuring]
[reporters] Ms. Hu. Ms. Hu.
[reporter 1] Ms. Hu, excuse me.
I have a few questions for you.
Will you apologize to the families?
[reporter 2] Is there anything
you want to explain?
[reporter 3] We haven't heard you
express anything to the victim's families.
- When are you going to apologize?
- [reporter 4] Can you answer some
[reporter 3] Can you please respond?
Can you please respond?
[reporter 1] Don't you feel sad
that something like this
happened to your brother?
- [tires screeching]
- Ms. Hu!
[reporter 2] Please.
Do you have a response?
Over here. Get in the car.
[overlapping chatter]
[clamoring]
Hey, did you get anything?
Tonight is the safety responsibility
for women out late at night.
Please confirm this for me. Thank you.
Hello, sir.
[Yong-kun] Hey, Ya-cih.
[clears throat]
Here's the thing.
He-ping just pitched a clever idea to me,
so I brought him over
to have you listen to it.
What do you think about
what happened to Jian-ho?
Here's what I think.
I don't believe he would commit
a crime like torturing women.
I think we should give
his family a chance to speak.
All the TV stations
are using smear tactics.
It's already badly affected TNB.
I can't stand to watch this.
So what?
So
I invited his sister,
Hu Yun-huei, on to the program.
And I hope you can use your connections
to invite relevant guest prosecutions
like the Prosecutor General
for a discussion.
And to balance things out.
So you want me to invite him again?
Only with your help can our content
be substantial enough.
[Yong-kun] Uh, listen.
He-ping, you are in charge of Hu Yun-huei.
You're in charge
of the Prosecutor General.
We're pretty much combining
all the viewers
of the late-night slot
and prime time slot.
Think about it, it's brilliant.
[pensive music playing]
Let me say one thing first.
If what Hu Yun-huei says
has no standing at all,
and gets criticized,
I can't help her.
Also,
you should be prepared.
Don't ruin my program's reputation.
I'm confident that this will be
an incredible discussion.
Thank you for trust, Ya-cih.
- I'm going to go prepare.
- [Yong-kun] Okay.
Hey, Ya-cih.
I think He-ping
is getting better and better.
Consider it next time.
You two hosting a program together.
What do you think?
[foreboding music playing]
[Hsiao-chi] "March 11th, 1995."
Twelfth.
Fourteenth.
Eighteenth.
Twentieth
to
twenty-fifth.
From the 11th to 25th,
the Southern Music Festival.
Jiang Yu-ping went missing
on March 14th, 1995.
Tian Cun-yi turned himself in on the 21st.
"1995."
"March 11th. I was sent to the south
to film an event. It was so hot."
JIANG YU-PING,
WENT MISSING ON MARCH 14TH, 1995
"March 18th.
I ran into Jia-yun
from YBS during work today."
"Twentieth."
"Twenty-third."
"Twenty-fifth.
Today is my last day
on assignment in the south."
[pensive music playing]
For Jiang Yu-ping's case,
Jian-ho seems to have an alibi.
[sighs]
VICTIMS
But what about the others?
"'96."
"1997."
"September 20th.
Directors' seminar."
"September 25th.
Sometimes, I feel lost.
I don't know what my future will be like."
"October 8th."
- "Today, I went with He-ping
- [Jian-ho] Today, I went with He-ping
- to film a special
- to film a special
- at a nightclub called Sodom."
- at a nightclub called Sodom.
- "And I unexpectedly ran
- And I unexpectedly ran
- into Jia-wun there."
- into Jia-wun there.
[Jian-ho] He and his friends
are frequent customers.
They're even VIPs
who can watch special live shows.
But that shows were so cruel.
The women were continuously abused.
They were also bound with thumbcuffs,
unable to escape.
"Thumbcuffs."
[suspenseful music playing]
Sodom.
SODOM CLUB
Yeah, so what?
You're gonna use this as evidence?
Shen Jia-wun.
[Ya-cih] The serial murder case that
threw the public into a panic recently
seem to have finally come to an end
after the suspect died in a car accident
while driving a few days ago.
But what role did Hu Jian-ho,
who died in the car accident
with the murder suspect, Shen Jia-wun,
play in this controversial murder case?
Opinions from the public greatly varied.
Today, let's invite the two parties
closest to the case to tell us
what's going on in their minds.
First of all, let's welcome
Prosecutor General Wu Shu-te
as our special guest once again.
Hello, everyone.
Next, we have
the late Hu Jian-ho's sister,
Hu Yun-huei is currently working
as a clinical psychologist.
Last of all, we have the host
of our station's Late-Night Society Files
and Hu Jian-ho's direct supervisor,
Chen He-ping.
Good evening. I'm Chen He-ping.
Based on the info provided
by the prosecutors,
Hu Jian-ho has also been listed
as a suspect.
Now, I would like
to ask Hu Yun-huei a question.
The information we received indicates
that you and your brother lived together.
Now, what we would like to know
is how well you know him.
My brother knew Shen Jia-wun, that's true.
We used to be neighbors.
The two of them were classmates
in grade school and junior high.
But what I know is that
the two of them usually didn't interact.
Didn't interact?
But the information we received indicates
that your brother frequently appeared
at a nightclub called Kink, right?
And every single time he went,
it was always during
Shen Jia-wun's work hours.
Also,
on the day of Shen Jia-wun's car accident,
he also happened to be in the car.
How would you explain
this little coincidence?
[breathes nervously]
[soft tense music playing]
Based on what I knew of my brother,
he must have gone to see Shen Jia-wun
to urge him to turn himself in.
Ms. Hu.
If your brother knew beforehand
that he was the killer,
why did he keep it from us?
[Ya-cih] Beyond that,
prosecutors found the survivor,
Lin Yu-tong, in the vehicle's trunk.
Was your brother truly unaware of that?
[tense music playing]
Look, Ms. Yao.
Jian-ho was also your coworker.
He worked at this news station as well.
You worked together every day.
Don't you know what kind of person he was?
Wouldn't you know
what kind of person Hu Jian-ho was?
[Yun-huei sobs]
I don't believe I'm the only one
who remembers he was kind.
TNB NEWS, LIVE
[somber music playing]
Hey, are you okay?
[Ya-cih] Ms. Hu.
Please don't be upset.
Just like you, all we want to
Sorry, but can we please
stop treating her like a target?
She's his family. She's not a criminal.
Let us not take our anger
at the culprit out on her.
When discussing this case,
shouldn't we be more tactful and rational?
[sighs]
As Jian-ho's supervisor,
I have a few words to say for him.
Among the people I know,
nobody was ever kinder,
purer, and more courageous
than Hu Jian-ho was.
I believe in him.
At the same time,
I also have to raise another possibility.
What if
the accomplice wasn't actually Hu Jian-ho?
There are so many victims
in this serial murder.
It's difficult for one person
to have done it all.
So that means this accomplice
may actually be someone else.
Shen Jia-wun was just one of the pawns
he used to confuse the prosecutors.
And this accomplice
might be hiding somewhere right now,
in front of the screen, watching us
and preparing himself
for the next crime he'll commit.
[Ya-cih] What you just told us
only represents your personal opinion.
- It does not mean
- What the Prosecutor General said
was based on objective facts
available to the prosecution.
And there are still
so many ambiguities here.
Which means there are currently still
so many possibilities regarding this case.
Right, Mr. Wu?
[tense music playing]
Certainly.
We won't rule out any possibilities
as well as any clues.
We'll investigate fully no matter what.
Yes.
Investigate fully no matter what.
We're going to take a commercial break.
And when we get back,
we'll be taking your calls.
[director] Okay.
We'll be back here in one minute.
Are you okay?
[He-ping] You did very well just now.
Take a break.
Mr. Wu, I'm so sorry
for putting you on the spot.
- Sure.
- But after the program ends,
everyone will seek the truth.
- Thank you.
- No worries.
- All right.
- Thanks for coming.
[Yun-huei] I want to tell everyone
that crimes can occur very close to us.
I never thought I would lose my brother.
I'll continue to wait.
- I believe that the truth will come out
- [doorbell buzzing]
and prove that Jian-ho is innocent.
[Ya-cih] According to information
provided by the prosecutor,
Hu Jian-ho is listed as a co-suspect.
Now, I want to ask Ms. Hu
[mellow music playing]
Are you okay?
It's very late now.
If it's not important, I need to sleep.
Yun-huei.
The higher-ups want me to close the case.
I didn't agree.
I only have a few days left.
I'm still trying to find out the truth.
[sobs]
Nobody cares about the truth.
I thought going on the program
would change something.
But they already believed
that Jian-ho was a killer.
Why was he in Shen Jia-wun's car anyway?
What would happen during the whole process
doesn't matter anymore.
Nobody even cares.
I care.
Last time you asked me
if I thought Jian-ho was the killer,
I said I didn't know.
But now, I actually have an answer.
I don't think he was.
But I need to find the evidence
to prove to everyone
he wasn't that kind of guy.
I haven't given up yet.
Please don't give up either, okay?
[breathes shakily]
[somber music playing]
Don't give up.
We will find the answer.
[sobs]
Don't give up.
[reporter] I'm now at the villa
of the suspected murderer, Shen Jia-wun.
Police have unearthed
a large number of torture devices
and violent pornographic videos.
From what we know, these videotapes
came from the illicit business
known as Sodom Club.
Did Shen Jia-wun use these
torture devices as his murder weapons?
We'll keep you updated
on further developments on this case.
[YBS reporter]
Our station also has an exclusive
on the massive pornographic
video collection the killer, Shen Jia-wun
Help me find a tape from the archives.
My program, two years ago.
We did a feature on the spread
of pornography in the north district.
Bring it to me.
[YBS reporter] But the business
was reported a year ago
and voluntarily dissolved.
Due to the city's crackdown
on the porn industry,
Sodom closed down a year ago.
We've already gone through the staff list,
but there are
no connections to Hu Jian-ho.
Since there was a store,
there had to be a boss
or employees who used to work there.
Their boss ran away.
Oh, right.
We have found a full-time employee
who worked at Sodom
named Jian Jia-tang.
He has records for drugs
and disorderly conduct.
Based on the transcript,
he had been in conflict
with others multiple times at Kink.
Where is he now?
[Wun-kai] He isn't from around here.
He doesn't have a residence in Songyan.
We tried contacting his family home
but couldn't get through.
Look for a way to find him.
- Okay.
- Yes, sir.
[Da-chao] Hey, Wun-kai.
Excuse me. Sorry to interrupt. Mr. Kuo.
Mr. Ma from Nanching Temple
is looking for you.
He says it's urgent.
- He's outside?
- [Da-chao] Mm-hm.
- Wun-kai, take over.
- [Wun-kai] Okay.
Ya-cih. Here's the tape you wanted.
Based on statistics,
there are over 1,000 businesses
in the sex industry in Songyan City.
And the industry's approach
is getting even more innovative.
I, special correspondent, Chen He-ping,
will now take you directly
to the mysterious Sodom Club.
TNB NEWS
The business owner has agreed
to let us do this exclusive shoot.
As you can see from this footage,
the Sodom Club appears to just be
a regular video rental store
you see in your town every day.
Purchases require a membership
and a referral from a frequent customer.
In addition to the rental and sale
of pornographic videos,
the business has boldly introduced
its patrons to live performances.
Let me now take you to investigate.
Please stay tuned.
SODOM CLUB
What kind of videos can people find here?
Any kind you can think of.
- S and M, incest, bondage
- Hey, pause right there.
Rewind a bit.
bondage
[assistant] Huh? Isn't that Shen Jia-wun,
the serial killer?
[phone ringing]
Wait a minute.
Yes. Hello, sir.
Oh.
Okay.
I understand.
[foreboding music playing]
[Da-chao] Mr. Ma. Mr. Kuo is here.
Mr. Ma.
- Mr. Kuo.
- Yes?
The more I thought about it,
the more I found it odd,
so I came all the way here to see you.
I'm sorry.
What was it that you found odd?
Do you still remember?
Back when I was under the bridge
and received the call from the killer
- through the payphone
- [phone ringing]
[Yi-nan] I wrote down
what he said word for word.
Then later, I handed
the notebook over to you.
Yes, I remember.
It was a small red notebook.
Yes.
A while back,
I was watching when the killer
called directly to the TV program,
and after listening to it,
I found it kind of strange.
So when they replayed it on TV,
I recorded it and listened to it
over and over.
I think that
it might not be the same person
who called me way back then.
Two different people?
[Yi-nan] That's right.
I think the person who called me
seemed like he was older.
He spoke more steadily
and had a very calm tone of voice.
They were totally different.
Yes. That store has already closed down.
I want to find the person in charge
or their staff.
Yes.
Make it fast. Mm. Thanks.
[Ya-cih] Aren't you going to say hi?
I spend so much every month
for your boarding school,
but you refuse to study hard.
Why do you have to make me worry?
Are you actually worried?
You leave me at school
because you don't wanna deal with me.
Why wouldn't I want to deal with you?
How many times
have I apologized to your teacher?
Why do you keep doing this?
Why would you put tadpoles in his cup?
Did you think that was funny?
Do you know how much effort I put in
to keep them from kicking you out
and to let you stay at school?
Let them kick me out.
Why can't I live in my own house?
I didn't say you can't come home.
Didn't we talk about this?
You'll study hard at school,
and when you get into your first-choice
school, then you can live at home.
[window screeching]
Yao Shao-yuan!
Are you even listening to me?
[Shao-yuan] You told me
you were gonna pick me up every week.
SONGYAN CITY POLICE STATION
GAODE PRECINC
[pensive music playing]
[Yi-nan] A while back, I was watching
when the killer called directly
to the TV program
It might not be the same person
who called me way back then.
[killer] Mr. Ma, you're so sentimental.
[Hsiao-chi] Two different people?
[suspenseful music playing]
JHENG JIA-YI,
CITY FOREST PARK SEVERED HAND CASE
[gasps]
[muffled scream]
[Jia-yi cries]
YUAN ZIH-CING
[phone ringing melodically]
JIANG YU-PING,
SONGYAN CITY HOMICIDE CASE
[panting]
[man whistling]
[women screaming]
TIAN CUN-YI
[clicks]
You said you got a call
from Tian Cun-yi's father's nursing home?
Yes. They said his father was very ill
and was sent to get treatment.
So he applied for leave to visit him.
[Hsiao-chi] Does he normally get visits
from any other family members?
[guard] No.
But for a few weeks
after he returned from your custody,
he was emotionally unstable.
He had no interest at all
in accumulating points for his parole.
It was as if he wasn't even thinking
of getting out early.
[Hsiao-chi] Hello.
[staff] Yes?
Is there someone by the name
of Tian Cheng-hsiung in your nursing home?
Do you need to wake him up?
Shh.
No need.
- I'll just watch him for a bit.
- [staff] Okay.
[soft music playing]
Hands on your head and squat.
[chair clanks]
[Cun-yi sighs]
What are we playing today?
I heard you applied for leave
so you could visit your father.
What's it to you?
You might not know.
Given your situation,
that's basically impossible.
I know you're worried about him.
I visited him.
He's very stable right now.
You can relax a bit.
Did you come to see me today
to tell me about my dad's condition?
Shen Jia-wun.
Do you know Shen Jia-wun?
Do you want to hear me say
that I know him or that I don't?
I'm more interested in
why you turned yourself in to the police,
but your accomplice didn't.
Were you coerced?
Or is it that
you didn't actually do anything?
You're taking the fall for someone else?
[sighs]
I'm thinking.
If you wanna get out early
to take care of your dad,
I have a suggestion you can consider.
Become a witness.
Help us solve the case.
And when the time comes,
the judge will consider
the role you played here
and he could reduce your sentence.
You can get out sooner.
And see your father again.
And your connection
to the serial murder case
will end there.
This is the only way
you can get out of prison sooner.
Just consider it.
But don't take too long
to think about it.
Because based on
your father's current condition,
he can't wait that long.
Ms. Ya-cih.
Why are you leaving so suddenly?
What is this, your first day?
What's the matter?
Never seen someone quit before?
I don't believe you'd leave
because your news angle
is different from the station's.
Actually, when they found
Yuan Zih-cing's body at the park,
I already made my decision.
Do you think
that you're responsible?
BEST NEWS PROGRAM HOST, YAO YA-CIH
I suppose.
Put that in the back seat.
Hey, Ms. Ya-cih.
What are your plans now?
There's a tycoon planning to build
a brand-new media conglomerate,
they gave me a nice offer.
I happen to have another big exclusive.
I plan to bring it as a gift.
How about it?
Once I've settled down there,
will you work for me?
I don't know.
He-ping really supports me here.
What do you think of him?
[Yan-jhen] He has a lot of his own ideas.
Also, he usually looks after us.
[soft chuckle]
I wish you all the best.
[mellow music playing]
Are you free this weekend?
Let's have dinner.
You busy?
Not really.
See you this weekend.
TNB NEWS
[Kun-jhu] Oh. It really is you.
Hello, I'm Chen He-ping.
I know. I always watch your program.
Oh, really? Do you like it?
Definitely. And I'm really honored
to drive you, sir.
Wow, so this is what
your station looks like.
How elegant.
[foreboding music playing]
[killer in deep voice] Tell the
useless father with a missing daughter
to go on TV and apologize.
If he is humiliated and pathetic enough
and my mood improves,
she might stand a chance.
[recorder whirring]
[killer in deep voice] Tell the
useless father with a missing daughter
to go on TV and apologize. If he is
"Mr. Ma, you're so sentimental.
So let me show you my sincerity."
"You bitch!
Don't try to be clever."
[Kun-jhu] Kuo Hsiao-chi.
I bought grass jelly.
Come down quickly to eat it.
It's delicious.
Okay!
KILLER: ON TONIGHT'S CALL
IN FRONTLINE AT 9 P.M.
TELL THE USELESS FATHER
WITH A MISSING DAUGHTER
You're back.
Mm. Have a bite. Here.
I'll eat in my room.
Just sit down and eat.
I'm busy.
Hey, do you know who I drove today?
[Hsiao-chi] Who? Which celebrity?
Close enough. It was a host.
He hosts the TV program I watch every day.
- Chen He-ping?
- [Kun-jhu] Yeah.
He also asked me a lot about you.
He asked you?
How did he know we're acquainted?
Oh, I'd also like to know.
He said his coworker told him.
At first, I thought he was
digging up news about you.
But he wasn't.
He only cared about how tired you were.
Where did you pick him up?
He called the cab company
and requested my car.
He also told me
it's that gossip magazine from last time.
He wants you to look at it.
He said that you had to see the last page.
Hm.
Is he publishing a book?
Chen He-ping is quite something.
"The serial murder."
THE SERIAL MURDER IN OUR EYES
[He-ping] At the same time,
I also have to raise another possibility.
What if the accomplice
wasn't actually Hu Jian-ho?
There's so many victims
in this serial murder.
It's difficult for one person
to have done it all.
So that means this accomplice
may actually be someone else.
I think the person who called me
seemed like he was older.
He spoke more steadily
and had a very calm tone of voice.
[He-ping] Good evening, everyone.
I am Chen He-ping.
The night welcomes the day.
Society wants the truth.
The girls who traveled to the city
with high hopes for their future
ended up exiting
the stage of life in a tragic way.
[Hsiao-chi] And since
he placed the severed hand,
it seems like what he did afterward
was to be noticed and talked about.
He wanted attention.
Who does this severed hand belong to?
And why was it cut off and thrown away?
Is this an attempt
to challenge the police?
Or is he merely doing this to cast doubt?
[Hsiao-chi] Those two calls directly
reached the Program Division?
He reacted quickly.
But he recorded the last few words.
Don't be scared.
[killer in deep voice] Tell the
useless father with a missing daughter
to go on TV and apologize.
Could all these murders have been
committed by the very same person?
Overmagnification of self.
Constant craving of attention.
[Yun-huei] Those are typical
of a narcissistic personality.
And this accomplice
might be hiding somewhere right now,
in front of the screen, watching us
and preparing himself
for the next crime he'll commit.
Stop filming! I said stop filming! Hey!
I will definitely arrest you.
You're done for.
[grunts]
[He-ping] Has this ever crossed your mind?
Mr. Kuo, are you okay?
[He-ping]
There might be a killer close to you
and you might not even know it.
[closing theme music playing]