The First Responders (2022) s01e09 Episode Script

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THE FIRST RESPONDERS
(theme music)
THE FIRST RESPONDERS
ALL CHARACTERS, LOCATIONS,
ORGANIZATIONS, INCIDENTS, GROUPS,
AND BACKGROUNDS DEPICTED IN THIS DRAMA
ARE ENTIRELY FICTITIOUS
Who parked in front of my house?
(cell phone buzzing)
KONGMYEONG PIL
(groans)
(sighs)
GIRL (in English): Come here, Alex.
It's time to go
to the private math lesson.
Can't we play a little more?
That's why you always get a bad grade.
(ominous music)
-Bye!
-Bye!
(screaming)
WOMAN 1 (in Korean): Seunga!
(whimpering)
WOMAN 2: What was that?
What is that?
Is that a person?
(people clamoring)
Is this 119? We need urgent help!
Call the police, too!
They need to catch that bastard!
CODE PINK: EMERGENCY CODE ISSUED
RELATED TO OBSTETRICS OR CHILDREN
(action music)
SOON: Can you get to the rooftop?
-Is it the 9th floor?
-Yes. It's Unit 909.
She must be alone
since no one's coming for the doorbell.
See if you can get there.
Yes, ma'am. Let's go.
I'll go with you!
-Take care of the kids.
-Okay.
I'm coming, too.
-What? Where's Detective Jin?
-Get ready
-and set up the cushion
-He's never been off duty.
But he's not picking up
despite the joint response.
Hey, why did you even bother to ask?
(tense music)
-Can you reach the owner?
-Not yet.
-Hold on.
-(beeps)
There.
Let's go inside.
Dojin, let me go in by myself.
She could be unstable.
Seol, take this.
CSAT QUESTIONS
SONG HAEUN
SEOL: Okay.
DOJIN: Seol.
Buy me some time.
I'll come down from the tenth floor.
Okay. Please do that, Dojin.
Please come with us to the tenth floor.
-Let's get ready.
-Yes, sir.
Wait.
(sighs)
Am I invisible today?
SEOL: Haeun.
You are Haeun, right?
I'm a firefighter.
My name is Song Seol.
(suspenseful music)
Put it as close as possible to the wall,
so there won't be any gaps.
-Yes, ma'am!
-Yes, ma'am!
(cell phone buzzes)
Dokgo Soon speaking.
-Hello, is everything under control?
-Where is it?
I should've been there.
SOON: No, that's fine.
I was on my way out
when we received another dispatch.
There's some space.
Move it closer to the wall!
Did you go home safely
after the dinner gathering?
I'm sorry, but I'm currently on the scene.
We can talk next time.
(line beeps)
-What was that?
-Mr. Baek, it's that way.
Okay.
Jeez, it reeks here.
What's all this?
(foreboding music)
What? It's a newborn baby.
This is a violent crime case.
Tape off the area.
I'll go straight to the NFS.
I think we should request
an urgent autopsy.
There was also a time when I contemplated
falling to my death, too.
(sighs)
I couldn't handle this damn world anymore.
(scoffs)
Hey.
Can I ask you for a favor?
(suspenseful music)
(people clamoring)
Will you send a message to my mom?
That just like how parents
can't choose their child,
a child can't choose their parents.
And that
we're failures.
SOON: Dojin, approach her carefully,
so she doesn't notice you.
No.
You should tell her yourself.
My mom isn't interested in anything
except for my grades.
(people murmuring)
-SEOL: Are you okay?
-Aah!
She's injured. We need a stretcher.
-Situation cleared!
-HAEUN: Aah!
Remove the cushion and get a stretcher.
(groaning)
(camera shutter clicks)
(foreboding music)
(camera shutter clicks)
(exhales deeply)
HONG: Unidentified female infant corpse.
Weight, 0.7 kg.
HONG: Presumed fetal maceration
over the body.
FETAL MACERATION: FETUS SKIN REDDENING
BY THE AMNIOTIC FLUID IN FETAL DEATH
HONG: From head to toe, 17.5 cm.
From head to bottom, 13.1 cm.
The baby is very small.
She's probably premature.
Fortunately, the decomposition
is in its early stages.
Loupe, please.
The umbilical cord wasn't clipped off
when it was cut.
The severed section looks very rough.
I don't think medical scissors were used.
That means she was born
outside of a hospital.
HONG: The infant is incredibly tiny
and has a strange posture.
It means she was hiding and growing
in her mother's womb.
What? Is that even possible?
HONG: If the mother denies pregnancy
or didn't want to get pregnant
in the first place,
the fetus does this to survive.
It hides and makes minimal movements.
It's very rare,
but some mothers don't show
even when they're almost due.
Then no one around the mother
must have known she was pregnant.
(exhales sharply)
HONG: Scalpel. Let's make an incision.
We need to know what criminal activities
were done at the death of the baby.
If the baby was stillborn,
it would be abandoning a body.
MR. BAEK: If the baby was alive,
it would be murder
and then abandoning the body.
They're two very different situations.
(tense music)
HONG: Let's prepare a lung float test.
LUNG FLOAT TEST: A TEST TO DISTINGUISH
INFANT DEATH FROM A STILLBIRTH
HONG: If she was alive
and breathed at the time of her birth,
there should be air inside her lungs.
Her lungs should float
since air is lighter than water.
(people clamoring)
Haeun, when your mom comes later,
don't say things like
you don't want to see her anymore
She won't come.
What?
Ms. Song Haeun,
we're going to change your dressing.
Sir.
Please contact a pediatric psychiatrist.
Patient Song Haeun needs to see one.
SEOL: It's highly likely
she will do it again.
All right.
-Let's go now.
-Okay. Let's go.
HONG: The lung float test is negative.
The baby never breathed in air.
Judging by her small body size,
there's a chance
that she had a growth delay in the uterus
or that it was a stillbirth.
-Then it's not a murder of an infant.
-(sighs)
And the umbilical cord and placenta?
They normally throw them away together.
Hey, did you check the handbag?
Did you find anything else inside?
Not at all.
Apparently, it's a luxurious handbag
that's also rare.
It costs 80 million won.
MR. BAEK: Eighty million?
That's the yearly wage of a section chief.
It's also a limited edition that requires
three batches of crocodile skin.
So it's available
only for high-spending VIPs.
"VIPs"?
That's great.
The crazy dog has left.
And the crazy bear has arrived.
(snickers)
Darn it.
They always make me do this kind of work.
(plastic rustling)
What the heck?
(ominous music)
HONG: It's the placenta.
PIL: The placenta?
Myeongpil, you hit the jackpot.
Make sure you examine
every piece of trash in there.
After all, it's our VIP's. Okay?
I'll have this back.
(cell phone beeps)
Since you manage your clients
with the utmost care,
you must know who bought this, right?
I'm sorry,
but I'm afraid I can't help you.
This isn't our product.
It's not your product? What do you mean?
Do you see
the uneven sewing line on the inside?
Our genuine products are all handmade
and even the inner sewing lines are done
stitch by stitch
by artisans from Verona and Nice.
So there will be exactly 18 stitches
with a length of 0.4 cm each.
I'm sorry I can't help you
with this fake bag.
Jeez. Not only did she abandon her baby,
but she put it in a fake bag?
Unbelievable. I haven't felt this upset
with a criminal in a while.
-Mr. Baek.
-What?
-Take a look at this.
-What is it?
DEAD NEWBORN INFANT FOUND ABANDONED
IN A LUXURY HANDBAG IN TAEWON-GU, SEOUL!
MR. BAEK: What is going on?
Do they want the criminal to flee
after reading the article?
I can't believe they wrote
an article about it already.
You should've blocked the reporters
from coming to the crime scene.
Maengpil, are you going through puberty?
-Why are you provoking me?
-Anyway
Did you find the owner of the luxury bag?
We failed.
(whines)
Seungkyu, let's go.
(sighs)
Our dear Polar Bear isn't as good
as the mutt who left home.
Kongmyeong Pil.
Aren't you in a dilemma
about which nostril to breathe from?
Come here. I'll merge them into one.
Ooh!
It'd be a bummer
if you didn't take a look at this.
What is that?
It's a card receipt I found
in the trash alongside the placenta.
Card. Let me see it.
Oh, no. For free?
Why you little
What do you want?
"Detective Kongmyeong, you did good."
"Thank you so much."
You can do that much
after all the effort I put into this.
(sighs)
What crap is he spewing?
Detective Kongmyeong.
In this line of work,
putting in the effort
is mandatory, you idiot.
MR. BAEK: What?
Goodness, our VIP
had a very expensive meal.
Where's Detective Jin?
It's normal for him
to sniff out such a big case
and rush over here, right?
Would you be able to do that
after ruining a dinner gathering
like that?
Seriously.
I guess Jindo Dog was a human after all.
He has a conscience.
Hey. You're looking well.
I've put many criminals behind bars,
so I'm speaking from experience.
They say they crave sweets the most.
Here. Pick the one you like.
Isn't it sweet?
It is.
It's impossible for you
to have schemed Bang Pilgu's case alone.
Who was the mastermind?
(scoffs)
It was me.
Didn't you know
that I am a creative person?
Sure, you must've paid.
But you didn't come up with it.
(crunching)
(tense music)
Listen, Taehwa.
You could be behind bars forever.
So why are you doing that guy a favor?
Who is it?
(handcuffs rattle)
-(crunches)
-Mm
(classical music)
TAEHWA: They did me a favor as well.
They did me the most
expensive favor in the world.
She was someone
I used to adore so much.
I only asked them to keep her mouth shut.
But they silenced her forever.
Forever.
HOGAE: What's wrong with him?
Open this.
(suspenseful music)
(Taehwa whimpering)
Jindo Dog, you could be reborn.
You could bark all you want.
But in front of them,
you'd be nothing
but a mutt.
(mimics dog barking)
Bark like one.
(whimpering)
TAEHWA: Open up
Go ahead.
(suspenseful music)
Do you live on this floor?
Yes, we do. What is it?
I'm glad you're here.
The former tenant moved out,
so we need to fix the place.
We need your approval for the work
since it could get noisy.
I see.
(drill whirring)
Thank you. Have a good day.
He left.
DOJIN: Are you serious?
He left his chair. How clumsy of him.
No one would move in here, anyway,
because of the rotten corpse rumor.
Let it be.
Still, he should take it with him.
I'll contact him.
But we could use it every now and then.
(somber music)
I'm going in.
-(lock beeping)
-(sighs)
(somber music)
(flatline beeping)
(ominous music)
MA TAEHWA (42) DIRECTOR AT MASONG
YANG CHIYOUNG (45)
JIN CHULJOONG (59)
CHIEF PROSECUTOR
YEOM SANGGU (43)
PROSECUTOR
SEOK MIJUNG (35) GRADUATE STUDEN
CHOI SEOKDOO (27) SERIAL DRUG OFFENDER
BANG JIYOUNG (16)
FINE ARTS SCHOOL IN BELGIUM
BANG PILGU (57)
TERMINAL CANCER PATIEN
MASTERMIND
That Jindo Dog had the entire day off.
He should get to work early
to look through the case.
Why is he tardy?
-Hey.
-REPORTER: The brand of the handbag
where the newborn baby's body was found
announced that the handbag was fake.
Due to the case,
the aforementioned company's stocks
plummeted and its reputation got ruined.
-Against the company that made the fake
-PIL: What?
It's already on the news?
If I were the culprit,
I would've fled out of shame
that people found out it was fake.
Then you should've gone there yourself.
Are you even fully informed on the case?
The records mark
the beginning of the investigation.
I memorized them all.
PIL: You read all of that?
The case was so intriguing
that I couldn't stop reading.
-Did you identify the VIP?
-PIL: Yes.
(thrilling music)
PIL: Bang Jakyung. Age 46.
She's the creative director
of Mission Planning,
one of the top five
advertising companies in Korea.
WOMAN 3: Artist Park Jieun
majored in Oriental painting.
She's known for working with traditional
methods such as grinding ink sticks
and pasting traditional paper
with handmade paste.
I love the idea
and the project itself.
But your presentation is subpar.
I want your copywriting,
not just your explanation.
If you're going to keep this up,
just forget about it.
We're from Taewon Police Station.
HOGAE: Ms. Bang Jakyung.
Is this your handbag?
(tense music)
We're in the middle of a meeting.
What's this about?
JAKYUNG: That's not my handbag.
Then why did we find your card receipt
and the placenta inside?
The housekeeper, chefs,
drivers who drive
my husband's and my cars,
and our children's tutors.
Over ten outsiders visit
our house every week.
Just so you know, my husband
is Judge Song Jaejun
of Seoul Eastern District Court.
What do you say?
Do you need their names and phone numbers?
Could you do something else
for us before that?
Open up.
Are you suspecting me?
No, it's just a protocol.
Hey, you should ask her
for permission first.
Do I have your permission?
Open up. It'll be quick.
Open up a little wider.
It's going in.
You're doing well. Thank you.
(background chatter)
Excuse me, did Patient Song Haeun
get discharged already?
Don't get me started.
Her mom came by last night.
She gave her daughter an earful
saying she was so humiliated.
I heard she's the top student
at Taewon High School.
Jeez. Why would a smart kid
do such a thing?
Did she see a pediatric psychiatrist?
Judging by her mom's temper,
I doubt she'll approve.
But she looked very unstable.
IT WAS FAKE? NO WAY.
NOW WE ALL KNOW THEY HAD A FAKE.
THE CULPRIT MUST BE HUMILIATED
SO IT'S A FAKE
(exhales sharply)
(line ringing)
Ms. Yun, you can take your time
with the maternity test.
Didn't you say it was urgent?
HOGAE: I think I made a mistake.
I can't smell anything on her.
I just got the result.
REPORT OF ANALYSIS
THE SAMPLE DNA APPEARS TO BE
THE VICTIM'S MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER'S.
You're right.
How did you know?
She was only concerned
about the fake handbag.
But you're only half wrong.
You're still half right.
What do you mean?
We got the DNA test result,
and Ms. Bang Jakyung is not the mother.
Does this mean I can leave now?
I'm afraid not.
What is it this time?
You're the stillborn baby's
maternal grandmother.
What did you just say?
You have a daughter, right? Here
Hold on. She's
PERSONAL DETAILS
NAME: SONG HAEUN
(suspenseful music)
That's it.
-Hold on. I think that's her.
-Is that her?
HOGAE: Hey.
Hey, kid. Can we talk for a minute?
-SEOL: Haeun, wait up
-PIL: Hey, Song Seol. Why are you here?
What about you? And you?
Don't mind us. We need to speak with her.
With Haeun?
The night team can take over
and the day team can go home.
-Yes, ma'am.
-Yes, ma'am.
By the way, where's Officer Song Seol?
She was headed to the police station.
The police station? What for?
It's about that fake handbag case.
The abandoned newborn baby's mom
is the girl who tried
to commit suicide recently.
What?
Q: RECENTLY, DID YOU EXPERIENCE
(gloomy music)
(sighs)
Detective Jin, can we talk?
Me?
-Stay here.
-Okay.
HOGAE: What is it?
What's the matter?
Send Seol away now.
That's not happening. I'm sure you heard.
She and Haeun have built rapport.
Whatever the case may be,
don't let her get involved
in this case anymore.
What's going on?
I'll explain it all later.
Just don't get her involved.
Tell me the reason.
I'll tell you later.
This is the police's job, anyway.
Solve it yourself.
Fine.
Can't you tell me what happened?
I don't know.
Didn't something serious happen
to you recently?
I don't know.
If it's hard to talk about it,
can you write it down here?
I don't know.
STATEMENT RECORDING ROOM 2
OBSERVING ROOM
She's only said "I don't know,"
23 times so far.
So let me talk to her instead.
I'm sure there's a misunderstanding.
Haeun is still a student.
How could she have abandoned a baby
when she never got pregnant?
She doesn't want to talk to you.
I don't want to hear it.
She's my child, so I'll deal with her.
Ma'am.
I'm sorry,
but may I try speaking with her?
And who are you to butt in?
You've done enough. Let's go.
He's right. You're not a cop, anyway.
-We'll
-Officer Song was the one
who rescued Haeun
from the ninth-floor veranda.
Where were you at that time?
(Pil sighs)
Someone that goes back on his word
doesn't deserve to be a detective.
Seol did volunteer.
I prioritized discovering the truth.
-Why? Because you couldn't do it?
-SEOL: Haeun.
She's begun to talk.
SEOL: You see,
I can't dare to fathom
how you endured everything
that happened to you
without anyone knowing.
So I can't even dare
to empathize with you.
Why couldn't you tell anyone?
You could've told your mom or
It was too late.
You didn't know
that your body was changing.
(sighs)
It must have hurt a lot.
Hey.
This was her skills assessment grade
for last week.
HOGAE: Her grade for Wednesday was a mess.
Ask her if last Wednesday
was when she gave birth.
Was it last Wednesday?
Ask her who the father is.
Let me ask you one last question.
It's a very important one.
Who is the baby's father?
I
Hey, Song Haeun is at the police station.
What? What for?
Hey, don't lie.
The fake handbag case. That was her.
BOY 1: No wonder she had such a big belly.
-I knew it.
-So what's going on?
-What?
-I told you.
-Be quiet.
-BOY 2: I knew it.
The KMO is coming soon.
TEACHER: One of you must win.
HAEUN: I really don't know.
(Pil sighs)
How could she not know?
SEOL: In that case,
ten months ago, can you tell me whom
The men I slept with?
Yes.
If it's too difficult to say,
can you write it down?
PARK SANGWOO, KIM JIHAN, OH SOOHYUN,
KANG YOUNGMIN, YANG WOOHYUK
(tense music)
Seol?
Gosh.
-Good
-Happy?
Seol.
Are you happy now?
You selfish bastard. Move.
MR. BAEK: Five?
Song Haeun is an 18-year-old
high schooler, right?
I can't believe this world right now.
They're all juniors at Taewon High School.
Could you elaborate as the vice principal?
Two. Three.
Four. Six. A hundred eighty-seven.
LUXURY HANDBAG INFANT FATHER LIS
PARK SANGWOO, OH SOOHYUN, KIM JIHAN,
KANG YOUNGMIN, YANG WOOHYUK
These are their rankings in school.
And Song Haeun is in first place.
Sir, we don't need to know that.
We just need their DNA.
Do you still not get it?
I'm sure it'll be difficult to persuade
those top students' parents.
But what can we do?
That's not it.
It's exam week right now.
(sighs)
MR. BAEK: That's none of our concern.
I'll call Anna over, so get it ready.
HOGAE: Yes, sir.
Did you give a valid excuse?
I told them it was
a school parent meeting for creating
a special class preparing school exams
for the top students.
CONFERENCE ROOM
All right. I'm about to give you
some unsettling news.
(suspenseful music)
(sighs)
That good-for-nothing girl.
Are you suspecting our kids
solely based on what she said?
You want my son's DNA?
No. That's such a precious matter.
As of now, this is the only way
we can determine the biological father.
Sir!
You should've stopped them
from coming during the exam week!
-Right.
-Our kids will be stressed!
PRINCIPAL: Ma'am, you see
There was nothing we could do
since the investigation had started.
-Jeez.
-Unbelievable.
-How could this happen here?
-PRINCIPAL: I'm sorry.
I'll be taking my leave.
-Where are you going?
-Out of the blue?
Soohyun got his tied recently.
What do you mean?
A vasectomy.
(gasps)
Do you have his medical record
to prove that?
Of course not. We did it secretly
Then you can't leave, ma'am.
Why would you suspect them all
when it's obvious who it is?
Let's be honest. The obvious one is
-Soohyun.
-Excuse me? What did you say?
Right. Wasn't he the one who installed
a camera in the cram school's restroom?
-SANGWOO'S MOM: You're right.
-(scoffs)
Ever since then,
everyone just calls him Pervert.
-YOUNGMIN'S MOM: Oh, my. Pervert?
-(laughter)
Who knows? Maybe he took Haeun somewhere
and did something perverted
before getting a vasectomy.
What did you just say?
What a ridiculous cow.
I know your son had a crush on her
and followed her butt around.
-Followed what?
-Her butt. Why?
Hey, don't be ridiculous.
Your son goes to that cram school, too.
Don't you dare talk about my son.
Watch what you say.
-That's enough!
-Jeez.
This is all because of Haeun.
Exactly. We shouldn't be arguing.
Haeun was the one who seduced them.
-Right?
-Of course. I'm so irritated.
Were you talking about my daughter?
Gosh. Who cares if your daughter
is the top student?
Chills run down my spine.
Goodness. I wonder
if that bag is fake too.
What brings you here?
Fake?
Hey.
Should I turn the tables?
Ma'am.
Would you like your precious sons
to be called sex offenders?
-What are you saying?
-This is absurd.
-What is she on about?
-Jeez.
What was that?
Your son, Sangwoo.
He always talked about how he'd be
the top student if it wasn't for Haeun.
Is that why he touched her?
What is she on about?
How dare you say that she seduced them?
That's the least she did.
She's a criminal who killed her own baby.
Gosh, the thought of it is making me sick.
A criminal? You crazy little
Hey, you have yourself to blame
for ruining your son's life!
-Goodness!
-Hey! Is she crazy?
Hey! Do you even know that your daughter
bad-mouths you behind your back?
She said you'll keep nagging her
until the day you die.
Hey, do you have a death wish?
-JAKYUNG: Open up if you're so confident!
-Sure.
-Do it!
-Let's do that.
Let's see who's the criminal
and who's the father.
-You psycho!
-Get off!
-Let's see.
-That's enough!
What's wrong with you?
Your son, Jihan, is a lowlife
who flirts with other girls all the time
since he knows he's good-looking.
Hey! Do you know how hard it was
for me to have him?
He's one of the only sons
for three generations,
and I used Brad Pitt
for his prenatal care!
How dare you?
PRINCIPAL: Let's all calm down!
That's enough!
-Hey!
-(indistinct shouting)
PRINCIPAL: That's enough already!
Ma'am!
-Be quiet, please!
-Please let go of my hair!
We, the police, are grateful
that you allowed us
to listen to your stories.
Sangwoo, the forever runner-up.
HOGAE: Youngmin, the one with the crush.
Jihan, the womanizer.
Soohyun, the pervert.
But where's Woohyuk's mother?
She can't come
since Woohyuk isn't a top student.
Whatever!
Let's just do that DNA test
and clear our sons' names.
I'll do it too. Make it quick.
Can you guarantee anonymity?
-This is insane.
-Do it quickly.
PIL: The students are all together, right?
By the way, where did Soohyun
get the procedure done?
It's reversible, right?
Of course. The procedure helped him
concentrate on his studies much better.
-Gosh.
-Wasn't it expensive?
Where did he get it done?
They don't perform on minors anymore.
What? Did Haeun's mom
introduce you to the clinic?
Haeun's older brother, Minjun,
also got it done three years ago.
-SANGWOO'S MOM: Unbelievable.
-JIHAN'S MOM: I'm flabbergasted.
-SANGWOO'S MOM: We should go.
-JIHAN'S MOM: Let's go.
Open up.
PIL: You have braces.
Hey, pervert, you shaved your legs, right?
He's a total pervert.
SOOHYUN: Get lost.
He's the most handsome guy at our school.
He's definitely the dad.
Jealous?
I mean, Song Haeun
isn't even my type to begin with.
So what if they get good grades?
They're just like their parents.
I can easily get into SNU.
Old-timers like you
can't hold a candle to me.
PIL: Hey, just open up.
I haven't gotten mad at a kid
in a long time. Come here.
-Even their parents can't handle them.
-Hey.
From today on,
we'll be split into who slept with her
and who didn't.
(boys laugh)
Kang Youngmin,
you're strangely quiet today.
Should we bet on who the dad could be?
Shut up, you bastard.
(tense music)
Don't swear, Youngmin.
You're the one with the crush.
Whatever.
(door opens)
Are we done here? Let's go, guys.
PRINCIPAL: You guys did well.
-Are we done?
-Yes.
You're still here?
Yes. I won't go
until the results come out.
I don't sleep much, anyway,
because of my insomnia.
Instead of sending you
to a youth detention center,
Dad will just let you be homeschooled.
Be grateful and prepare for the GED Test.
I don't need his help. Just send me there.
Are you crazy?
Or send me to a mental hospital
if you want.
(lock beeping)
(chuckles)
Song Minjun, come and eat.
The student with the lowest grade
doesn't deserve to eat.
(chuckles)
(door opens, closes)
(sighs)
(tense music)
Get up.
The DNA results are out.
Which one of them is the father?
No one.
None of them passed
as the biological father.
Darn it. Why did I come here?
(Hogae sighs)
Those teens did a number on me.
Was it none of them?
About Haeun
What relationship do you guys have?
You even checked on her
at her cram school.
I've seen how people
attempted suicide multiple times.
There was another case recently.
He was the same age as Haeun.
TEACHER: Seungjun, why are you doing this?
It's dangerous up there.
Come down and talk with me. Okay?
Let's talk for a minute.
Seungjun, don't think about doing that.
Just come down.
We're the emergency medical service.
Please make way.
TEACHER: Seungjun.
Please do something, will you?
Seungjun, can we talk?
Yes, Seungjun. Come down and talk.
What's the point of studying?
I get one question wrong,
and hundreds of students stomp over me.
SEUNGJUN: I don't want
to do anything anymore.
Kisoo, hurry with that air cushion.
And to not do anything,
this is the only option.
-Seungjun!
-Seungjun!
-(thuds)
-(people scream)
Oh, my gosh!
(gasps)
SEOL: His shoe
brushed against my hand.
I will never forget that touch.
The touch of a life I've missed
disappearing.
Later, I found out
that it was his third suicide attempt.
Does that mean he was that desperate?
No.
He was screaming at the world.
Twice at that.
Had someone heard his cries,
he wouldn't have ended his life like that.
So, after all your efforts
of saving Haeun,
why did you act so cold?
I've never seen you being so cold before.
(sighs)
I can never forgive someone
who abandoned their own child.
Mm. Forgiveness.
It seems quite personal. Care to tell me?
I was an abandoned child, too.
(gloomy music)
Taewon General Hospital,
neonatal intensive care unit.
Number 189.
NAME: UNKNOWN 189
GENDER: FEMALE
NURSE 1: They haven't found her mom yet?
NURSE 2: No.
Hmm
You don't have a name yet.
(soft music)
(crying)
That was my very first name.
My birth mom never named me.
DOJIN: Don't let her get involved
in this case anymore.
Happy?
Seol.
Are you happy now?
It's not even a secret.
It's just an old story of mine.
Would you like to share an old story, too?
Me?
But I have no secrets regarding my birth.
What about Hyunseo's case?
MISSING CHILD
KIM HYUNSEO (12 YEARS OLD, FEMALE)
(approaching footsteps)
What are you doing?
It's her, right?
DOJIN: Kim Hyunseo,
who's been missing long-term.
She went missing seven years ago,
and she still wasn't found, right?
After the incident with her grandmother,
I read up on the case
and only found out then.
When she had gone missing,
Detective Jin was a traffic officer
stationed at Taewon Police Station.
-Really?
-No wonder.
He guessed a car model solely based
on the headlight fragments.
They say a cold case is like a scar
on the detective's body.
And I think her case
is the biggest scar of all
for Detective Jin.
So don't get too upset with him.
That's why I need to find out
how deep this scar runs.
I was the last one to witness Hyunseo
on the day she went missing.
She was desperate.
But I failed to notice.
Who'd leave something like this
on someone else's doorstep?
Maybe they threw it away.
They also left these, too.
There's a stalker. It's really unsettling.
Who would stalk a kid like you?
I'm on drunk driving control today.
I'm busy.
Go. Your grandmother
must be waiting for you. Hurry.
Hyunseo. Hey.
KIM HYUNSEO
No one has seen her
for the past seven years.
Then why is everyone suspecting you?
(sighs)
Article 127 of the Criminal Code states
that a civil servant should not disclose
any secrets discovered during duty.
I should abide by the law.
Right, this way.
RULED OUT BASED ON THE DNA RESULTS
PIL: All right. Let me determine
the sampling group again.
Haeun's classmates, teachers,
and those from her cram schools.
Math reasoning, mathematics,
English speaking, English grammar,
essay writing, science, art, sports, more.
There are 15 cram schools in total.
If we were to include all that,
we'd need hundreds of DNA.
Jindo Dog, are you insane?
Do you want the DNA
of the whole neighborhood?
We need to know
if she did this single-handedly,
how much the dad knows,
and whether sexual assault was involved.
She already confirmed
that she did it alone.
MR. BAEK: People are enraged
that this would affect
the housing price
and college entrance rate.
Let's end this case here.
-No, we can't do that.
-Why not?
Have you ever put yourself
in the abandoned baby's shoes?
Goodness. Look at you.
You're empathizing with the victim.
What's going on?
-(sighs)
-(knocks on door)
-He wants to see you guys.
-PIL: Okay.
PRINCIPAL: Look.
There's something you should know.
There was someone else
who was very close to her.
KYUNGSEOK: like this. Okay?
-Okay.
-Okay.
Make sure you do your homework.
-Okay.
-Okay.
See you next class.
-Goodbye.
-Goodbye.
Mr. Ko Kyungseok?
Yes?
Didn't you have your teaching practice
at Taewon High School?
KYUNGSEOK: What are you talking about?
Did I do what with Haeun?
From what we heard,
Haeun really liked you.
I did adore her a lot,
because she was excellent at math.
But our relationship never crossed a line.
I'm truly offended by this.
Please calm down.
We still need to check,
so please cooperate with us.
KYUNGSEOK: A warrant.
Do you have it with you?
What?
I thought you'd do it voluntarily
for your favorite student.
Please come back with a warrant.
(tense music)
Dojin, let me throw that away.
Don't bother. I can throw it in there.
Set the table, and let's eat.
KISOO: Okay.
-Enjoy.
-ANNA: Ahh!
What? Anna, how could you eat without us?
I thought you'd eat out.
Of course not.
Bulldozer, did you perform
your grilling skills again?
Rumor has it
that you've become a census taker.
DOJIN: How's it going?
We're doing a lot of legwork,
so thank you for this meal.
You should be sniffing out
the criminal instead of this jeyuk.
Darn it. You ruined my appetite.
HOGAE: Hey, eat without me.
-When I went to Haeun's house
-Forget it.
I spotted something strange on my bodycam.
DOJIN: But never mind.
I knew something smelled fishy.
She's injured. We need a stretcher.
This was after I entered
through the veranda.
There.
Hey, the door opened and closed.
PIL: Was someone inside?
The door closed too slowly
for the wind to have done it.
Where's the original file?
To restructure footage taken at low light,
we need to remove the color noises.
HONG: Then with the DCGAN,
we'll separate the visible image value
and restore the original colors.
Then we'll be able to discern objects
and individuals even in the dark.
Please zoom in.
(keyboard clacking)
(ominous music)
Darn, this complicates the case.
Don't tell me you're suspecting
the family of incest.
He was hiding in his room,
when all this was happening. It's fishy.
I'll check their phone records.
That'll tell us where they were.
Hey, that's good, too.
But let's get some DNA.
Haeun's father is a judge.
Please don't even think about it.
We'll consider it volunteered
and get their DNA.
Do you think it's that easy
to get someone's DNA?
Hey, we leave our DNA everywhere.
Don't tell me you're going to sniff
around like an actual mutt.
Let's go. And I'm a mutt, not Jindo dog
You got me confused.
I'm Jindo dog, not a mutt. Come out.
PIL: Song Minjun, Haeun's brother,
always goes to a study café after school.
(upbeat music)
-HOGAE: Is he not out yet?
-You already got it?
It was a cakewalk.
There's a lot of DNA in earwax.
PIL: I see.
HOGAE: There he is.
That's Judge Song Jaejun
of Seoul Eastern District Court.
PIL: The security there is pretty tight
for us to follow him around.
HOGAE: He also eats, sleeps,
and poops like the rest of us.
What, will you pick up
his poop or something?
There's so much DNA in poop.
HOGAE: Even better if he has piles
with some epidermal cells included.
Just like this.
He was serious.
(action music)
-I'll return your tray.
-Thanks.
-Here.
-Thank you.
Goodness.
Who left so much food on their tray?
Unbelievable.
You can give that to me.
-Let me.
-Okay.
-I can just chuck it in here.
-Thank you.
(laughter)
Feel free to smoke in front of me.
-Yes, sir.
-Yes, sir.
JAEJUN: Isn't this nice?
-(mumbles)
-JAEJUN: All right.
These days, people throw
their cigarette butts everywhere.
(snickers)
-(grunts)
-PIL: We're done for. Darn it.
(spits)
(sighs)
That's it!
HOGAE: Hey, swab everything up.
-You want me to do it?
-You do it.
Don't leave any of it behind.
-The bigger the sample, the better.
-Darn it.
Ohh! Ohh!
Why you little
(laughing)
Here.
Earwax?
If there are any
exfoliated epidermal cells,
we'll easily get the DNA.
You've done some creative legwork.
No, this is just crazy. Jeez.
You'll wait for the results, right?
It's dinnertime soon.
No, we have other stuff to do.
She said we just needed to wait.
She'll also give us dinner.
I told you. This is exactly your problem.
Are you just going to slack off
and wait for the results?
As a detective?
-What
-We should investigate.
Slack off?
HOGAE: Come on.
ANNA: I checked the medical record
and got the urology clinic's name.
Here's Mr. Song Minjun's record.
He received a vasectomy three years ago.
Haeun's older brother, Minjun,
also got it done three years ago.
He should get it redone yearly
since it could get undone naturally.
But he didn't come by last year.
(thrilling music)
I've located her family members' phones
on the day of her suicide attempt.
Send the result to my phone.
She got it? Who was it?
Let's eat out today.
I know a great place
for kimchi braised pork shoulder.
Don't be ridiculous and just follow me.
What are we eating?
Let's have beef.
FRONT DOOR
(lock trills)
-You must be eating.
-Hello.
We have an important piece of information,
so we had to barge in here, ma'am.
These guys had nothing
to do with your case, right?
This is your last chance to come clean.
Why did you lie?
So that their grades would plummet.
Haeun.
Do you even know
how hard it is to maintain first place?
Do you know what I had to go through
for what you did?
Are you saying it was all a lie?
I don't care.
Look.
I'm sorry for the hassle.
She's just immature.
I'll take care of her from now on.
How can you possibly take care of me?
You didn't even know that I was pregnant.
You don't deserve to be a mom.
(gloomy music)
(groans)
Mom.
I have a stomach ache.
You have a skills assessment test today.
Take some medication
and go to school, okay?
(groaning)
(thrilling music)
HAEUN: I put that in your handbag
on purpose.
What?
It disgusted me that you acted
like we were a perfect family!
Watch what you say to your mom!
I don't think
you had to come here just for this.
You should go.
It would've been great
had that been the end of it.
But we have proof
of another crime in your household.
PIL: She wasn't alone on the day
of her suicide attempt.
Despite the police officers
and fire crew being on the scene,
he quietly hid in his room.
(chuckles)
It was as if he had committed a sin
and was hiding
from the police and fire crew.
BASE STATION ACCESS RECORD
PHONE OWNER: SONG MINJUN
(chuckles)
(thrilling music)
THE FIRST RESPONDERS
(closing theme music)
We requested a DNA test
to find out who the biological father was.
HOGAE: How much did you know, sir?
What on earth have you done?
MINJUN: Do you know
how much she irritates me?
HOGAE: You still won't talk?
TAEHWA: This false confession
was made in coercion and threat!
SEOL: Is something wrong?
HOGAE: Confirmation bias.
Detectives should always be wary of that,
but I failed once again.
I thought you of all people would know.
SEOL: If they were going to kill her,
why cut off the toe?
-Detective Jin, wait.
-What is it?
That patient
SEOL: It's Kim Hyunseo.
HOGAEL Issue a Code Zero.
The golden hour for abduction is one hour.
We're catching that bastard within that.