My Liberation Diary (2022) s01e11 Episode Script

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ALL LOCATIONS, CHARACTERS,
ORGANIZATIONS, AND INCIDENTS
DEPICTED IN THIS DRAMA
ARE ENTIRELY FICTITIOUS
SOY SAUCE
-It's okay.
-All right.
-Thank you.
-Take care.
SUPERMARKE
This car even rattles differently.
I've seen them on the road before,
but it's my first time meeting
someone who drives one.
-I'm honored.
-It's nothing.
-May I shake your hand?
-Right.
I'm his friend.
Right…
It would be hard to park this kind of
big car in an apartment complex.
You don't live in one, right?
No…
I knew it. You can't own this kind
of car if you live in an apartment.
You've succeeded at such a young age.
Well, it's not my car.
It's my sister's boyfriend's.
I see.
Still, it's really cool, you know?
-It's amazing.
-How much does one of these cost?
-Well, I'm not sure exactly.
-Hi.
-But the price wouldn't matter…
-All right.
…to people who choose to drive them.
You're right. Those who can afford
this car wouldn't think about the price.
-Mom says to come home already.
-It must be expensive.
-When could we ever buy this kind of car?
-I know.
-I hope you have a good day.
-Yes.
-Anyway, this car's amazing.
-Thank you.
All right.
Gosh, there's a mark here.
She says she needs the soy sauce
to marinate the meat.
All right, well.
-Of course.
-All right.
Did somebody visit? What's that car?
It's my friend's.
I'm keeping it for him for a while.
That friend of yours
must not be Chang-hee, then.
It looks very expensive.
Of course. That car
costs hundreds of millions of won.
That friend had to go abroad…
He left it here since he had to
go abroad for a while. Yes.
Hey, Chang-hee.
What time are you leaving tomorrow?
What time?
Why do you ask? That's so random.
You'll drive the car, no?
Are you just going to leave it there
until he comes back?
So what time?
Why would I give you a ride
and ruin my day from the morning?
Don't drive someone else's car.
What did Mr. Gu use to do?
I don't know.
But I feel like
I have to keep it that way.
I have a feeling that he'll disappear
with the car as soon as I ask
"What did you use to do?"
You can't buy this kind of car
just because you have money.
The guy who drives this car
is working under your father?
At a sink factory?
That's why I'm saying
we should keep it from my dad.
He's working so hard teaching Gu.
If he finds out he owns this car,
he'll lose his motivation.
Yes. I understand.
Mi-jeong's really struck gold, hasn't she?
Don't feel small.
You're all right.
So, what time are you leaving tomorrow?
Don't even dream of it.
But it's her boyfriend's car.
Why can't she?
I'm not riding it.
Why not?
There'll be traffic.
We need to leave at 6:30
to avoid rush hour.
Can you leave by that time?
I can just sleep in the car.
Are you nervous?
Have some guts, okay?
Everything good in this world
could be yours.
Why can't you believe that?
The best man and all the money
in the world could be yours.
Shut up.
Lend me some money next time.
Actually, why would I borrow it?
Just give it to me.
How fast can it go?
Shall I step on it?
-Shall we take the highway, sir?
-Hey.
Why would you do that in a car like this?
You should go slow as if to tell everyone,
"I'm someone who drives a luxury car."
Go slow. Stop at all the signals.
Yes, sir.
I feel like this is too good for me.
I don't feel like I belong here.
This is way out of my league.
I can't even show off in it.
I feel the same.
I feel weirdly embarrassed
when I get in and out of this car.
Maybe I'm worried other people
will realize it's not mine.
Let's get used to it.
"I am worthy of good cars like this!"
"I'm worthy!"
CHOI JUN-HO
Where do you even get
those kinds of pants?
Wait…
Maybe I should ask when you got them.
I mean, it's been ages since I saw
a woman in trousers that are heavy
at the bottom.
Don't you feel stuffy
just looking at them?
It's suffocating.
Detail is important
in both fashion and design.
Detail…
Asshole…
Who uses shadows on fonts these days?
He should know the trends
in his field better.
Shall we go together?
You're wearing comfortable shoes.
I have my walking club today.
Really?
I'm thinking of doing a marathon club.
Do we have a marathon club?
I'm going to make one.
Do you want to join?
I don't think they'll let you.
There's even a liberation club.
Why not a marathon club?
I heard vigorous sports are not allowed
since you could get injured.
Really?
What do you do in the Liberation Club?
What are you being liberated from?
Work?
From people.
From tedious people.
I'm hungry.
My face is burning up.
I feel like I'll collapse.
What do you want to eat?
I want to drink alcohol.
That son of a bitch.
He treats being out of fashion
as if it makes you a peasant.
I guess it's natural
that the asshole I hate hates me.
But I probably hate him more.
I loathe him.
He may be somebody at work,
but he's a nobody outside.
My company once asked
for voluntary resignations to downsize.
Competent people who I wanted to stay
volunteered to go.
Since they're wanted everywhere.
But those I want to leave never do.
Since they have nowhere else to go.
And that's how that jerk is still here.
The weaker you are, the more evil you get.
That's why evil people…
have a pitiful side to them.
Invite him over, okay?
Bring him here.
Let's teach him a lesson in the field.
You'll win.
Of course I will.
I've never…
felt better after getting angry.
It would take me two to three days
to forget about it if I didn't get angry,
but if I get angry,
it lasts more than ten days.
In the evening,
the wind blows from this side.
I've never lived in a house
where the direction of the wind changes
and the moon is visible at night.
I thought such houses
only existed in fairy tales.
One day, the moonlight felt
a little odd.
I realized later that the street light
had gone out.
After the light was fixed,
it never felt the same again.
I think humans are only sane
when they're lonely.
So…
I think I'm saner at night.
When I was a child, I was asked to hand in
what we had prayed about at church.
Looking at what my friends wrote,
I thought, "Why would they pray for that?"
"Grades, the school they want
to get into, friends."
"They're seriously praying for that?"
"To God?"
"But it's God."
There was only one thing
I was curious about.
"What am I?"
"Why am I here?"
I didn't exist before 1991,
and I won't exist in 50 years,
but I feel like I existed before that
and will still exist after that.
The feeling that I'll exist forever.
I've been frustrated by that feeling,
and I've never, in my heart,
ever,
felt settled.
I feel uneasy in bed,
I feel uneasy around people.
"Why can't I
laugh happily like other people?"
"Why am I
sad all the time?"
"Why am I always nervous?"
"Why is
everything so boring?"
It feels like people are all scarecrows.
They don't really know what they are.
They're just acting as if they do.
In a way, people who say
they live healthily and happily
may be the people who decided
to put all these questions behind them.
People who have decided to lie and say,
"This is just how life is."
I'll never do that.
I don't care
about where I'll go after I die.
I want to see heaven while I'm alive.
Why do you have to
wash your hair at night? Damn it.
Here.
This guy.
Look at him. He's eating them.
This is the asshole I told you about.
He never finishes them.
He just eats half
and leaves them for other customers
to buy and file complaints.
I would be upset, too, if it was
already half-eaten when opened.
He's so stealthy. He's like a ghost.
-I'll report it, okay?
-He'll be released with a warning.
This isn't the first time.
He ate the same product last time as well.
Five times make you
a habitual offender, right?
You'll find more than enough
if we go over the footage.
Take a look.
Mr. Kim, what was the date when we got
the complaint about that chocolate?
The half-eaten chocolate.
Where are you?
I'm heading out now.
Hurry up, please rescue me.
My eyeballs are about to fall out.
She's in there.
She's just pretending that she's not.
Open the door. I know you're in there.
I wonder if her mother knows
what a nasty bitch her daughter is.
A bitch who'd just
date anyone and mooch off them.
Does she know
what kind of money that was to me?
Maybe I should take a crap
right here to teach her a lesson.
I mean--
-You…
-Take a crap. Go on.
I'll release the CCTV footage
and embarrass you.
Go ahead and take a crap!
Why you…
Get her! Someone get her!
That bitch! Somebody grab her!
My God. Hey, stop!
Just wait until I get my hands on her!
Hey, come back here!
That nasty…
Why do you want to get a table?
Let's just dance
to a couple songs and leave.
It's on me! So don't worry and let's go.
Get out already.
Hey…
Welcome, sir! You can exit the car.
Yes.
Excuse me, sir! I need the key.
I don't like it here.
What about there?
-That's a bit…
-Why? How much is it?
Just call a driver! I'll pay for it!
There's no way
I'll let anyone else drive it.
Hey, give a driver a chance
to drive a car like that.
We'll have this one.
Of course.
Don't worry. I'll even pay
for all the tips before we leave!
Are you going to die tomorrow?
Today,
I watched CCTV footage
until my eyes popped out.
to catch someone who had been
secretly eating a 1,000-won chocolate.
And now I drove
a 500 million-won car to come here
to drink a 700,000-won bottle of alcohol.
What do you think of that?
Do you think I should hand him
over to the police?
You really aren't listening to me today.
I'm only telling you.
Don't tell anyone.
I don't want to get murdered.
This is my account balance.
My account balance!
It's nine digits.
That means a hundred million won!
Where did you get this money?
Today, you're a guy who drives
a 500 million-won car.
I'm a woman who has
500 million won in her account.
Just enjoy.
Drink up!
Listen carefully.
If I die, I've been murdered.
No matter how much it looks
like a suicide, that won't be the case.
I will never commit suicide.
If I die,
I've been murdered
because of the 500 million won.
All that expensive alcohol…
Who are you, Jeong A-reum?
Saying "This is expensive" all the time.
So what? Do I have to
like everything if they're expensive?
You know I don't like loud places.
Have you ever seen me go to a club?
Just go to sleep, asshole.
Hyehwa and then Sanpo, please.
SANPO SINKS CLOSETS
What are you doing?
Nothing.
ADD COLOR, ADD SHADOW, UNDERLINE
ADD COLOR, MAKE IT BIGGER, SHADOW
Mi-jeong, are you
really going to change it like this?
I have to if he tells me to.
What choice do I have?
What you did is a hundred times
better than what he told you to do.
Everything he does is
just cheap and showy.
That's just the kind of man he is.
But your work has an elegance to it.
Your designs always
make me stop and look at them.
That's why I always get jealous
when I look at your work.
Are you really going to edit it?
I want to bring this
to the branding department as it is.
I want them to know
how that man is ruining all this work.
Are you worshiping me?
Ms. Yeom and I
will go to Gwangju next week
and take care of the researcher training.
All right, that's all for today.
Good work.
Thank you.
Good work.
Why don't we have lunch together?
What do you want?
How about dry bulgogi? It's been a while.
Sounds great.
Don't we have to queue at that place?
Please spare me.
I can't stand in line right now.
I'm too tired.
You seemed okay for a while.
This comes and goes in cycles.
Three days of the week are so tiring,
the other three
are just barely manageable,
and I don't even know
how the last day goes.
When I'm tired, just looking at people
queueing makes me angry.
It just pisses me off.
That's why I can't take buses.
The queues for the buses
going to Gyeonggi-do are so long
that they look like
really long strings of beads.
Just looking at it
drives my blood pressure up.
There are just too many people.
So it takes forever for my turn to come.
I can't get anything when I want them.
I have to wait for everything. For food,
to get back home, and even men.
It seems you're just angry, not tired.
What is it? What made you so angry?
I think I have an inkling.
He promised to treat me twice
but hasn't texted me even once.
So there is someone.
I'm sure he knows
I'm looking at my phone all day.
Does he?
How could he not?
When I'm emitting
this huge energy into the universe?
How could it not reach him?
I mean, it's already been three days
since he promised.
But he hasn't called or texted me.
I'm sorry.
Gosh. He must be psychic.
He messaged her.
Today?
Today is too sudden.
Put it off for a few days.
He's had you waiting this long.
Contacting a woman and asking
to meet on the same day isn't polite.
Play hard to get.
It's not interesting
if you say yes at once.
A guy gets anxious the most
when a girl plays hard to get.
That's when guys go crazy.
Just relax and put it off. It'll be fine.
Let's make him anxious, Ms. Yeom.
Try making a man wait for once.
Why do you always
have to be the one who waits?
So when is it going to be?
Tomorrow.
Some delay that is.
Yes. That's the charm of Ms. Yeom.
But is it a good thing
to make him anxious?
Why is it a good thing? He's anxious.
You get anxious, and it drives you crazy.
Isn't that a bad thing?
It's uncomfortable, isn't it?
When a man and a woman like each other,
shouldn't you give each other the fullest?
Why would you string it out
in small portions?
What is that?
You'll be murdered
if you feed someone like that.
So why do I have to give out
my affection like that?
What's good about not getting enough?
Shouldn't you give as much as you can?
Getting anxious and playing hard-to-get…
Aren't they all bad things?
Rather than good?
I mean,
it may not be good,
but that doesn't mean it's bad.
It doesn't necessarily mean
it's bad.
It's just dissatisfying.
Or insufficient, you could say.
She's meeting him today, isn't she?
Why had I always believed
that this was a good thing?
-Excuse me.
-Yes, sir.
-Can I park my car there?
-Yes, just leave your number there.
-My number?
-Yes.
Hi.
Hi.
Is it here?
No.
It's that one.
This place is very popular
with drinkers for its food,
so you usually have to
wait for two months,
but someone canceled
their reservation today, so…
I'm sorry for calling you out of the blue.
It's okay.
I'm glad we didn't have to wait.
I didn't even ask what you like
and just chose this place on my own.
I'm not picky at all.
Sometimes I want to be picky, but I can't.
Even intestines and chicken gizzards.
What am I saying?
-What's with me?
-May I take your order?
We'll take Course A.
-Course A it is.
-Yes.
For drinks…
I'll take so-maek.
Then, one soju and one beer, please.
One soju, one beer. Coming right up.
It sounds like English.
"So-maek."
You know how we
emphasize the "s" in "soju"?
So it sounds more like English. "So-maek."
Right.
Hello?
We need to park here.
Right. I'll move right away.
-Yes, thanks.
-Sure.
-I need to go move my car.
-All right.
-Okay.
-Take your time.
This street's one-way, too.
I've come too far.
PAID PARKING LO
How long will you stay?
I'm not sure.
We close at 10 p.m.
-Well, I'll come back before that.
-Payment?
I'll pay now.
Until ten.
Hi, where are you?
I'm at home.
Right, did you drink?
No, but I'm going to right now.
Don't!
Come get my car.
I'll send you the address. It's not far.
I'm sorry.
It's okay.
I shouldn't have brought my car.
The restaurant called out of the blue.
The beer's warm now.
Shall I ask for a fresh bottle?
Excuse me.
No.
It's okay. Just catch your breath.
What?
Catch your breath, just for a minute.
You didn't have to run.
I parked too far away.
Now I can finally drink comfortably.
POWER OFF
What do you want for dinner?
It's too late to eat, isn't it?
Then, what?
I'm tired. I want to go home.
Is that so?
Why did I wait for you, then?
Shall we go to Paju this weekend?
To see the suspension bridge.
I have a study group.
All weekend?
I need to rest for a day.
All right.
That's it, then.
We're over as of today. Goodbye.
You study or meet your friends
four or five days a week.
But you ask me about who I meet
every time I meet someone. What is this?
We agreed to date
yet have rarely gone out on one.
We see each other every day at work.
Do we have to meet up outside too?
Is seeing each other enough?
I see everyone at work every day.
If I've seen someone at work
for ten years,
have I gone out with them for ten years?
It's over.
People say you're a player.
So I was just keeping
an eye on you for a while.
To see if it's true.
I've never taken a break from dating.
But I've never two-timed anyone.
Or jumped from one girl to another.
I told you that a few times.
Well, you can keep keeping an eye on me.
But I'm done.
This is what always happens.
"Do I owe her something?"
"Why does it feel like
I owe her something?"
I feel frustrated somehow.
Yes.
So I end up saying, "Let's break up."
And that's how it ends.
It really is over now.
-Thank you.
-Thank you.
-Have a good night.
-Thank you.
Hui-seon, I'll go pick up the car.
Hurry back. We need to go get
an electric toothbrush for Yu-Rim.
Let's go together now, then.
There are no customers, anyway.
-Shall we?
-Yes.
Thank you.
Let's go.
If it was around here,
he should've come to our place.
Why is he paying for drinks elsewhere?
The phone you called is turned off.
You'll be directed to voicemail
after the beep.
I…
I think I would be liberated
if I shaved my head.
To me, shaving my head means
that I become a mere animal.
A nameless animal.
I feel like it would be all right
to live like that.
It's not like I've achieved anything
by trying so hard.
I wish I hadn't been living like that.
It just feels like, if I shave my head,
my desire to look nice
and my desire for a man
would all go away.
So I've decided.
"This winter, I'll either love anyone
or shave off my hair."
"I'll do at least one of them."
"If I waver this time,
I will be suffering for
the rest of my life because of my hair."
Don't…
shave off your hair.
Bingo.
If he was going to eat here,
he should've come to our place.
You're dead.
Let's just go.
The supermarket will close soon.
I found you. You're dead.
What is this?
Get up.
Leave.
Leave.
Who's he drinking with?
Who is it?
With his friend. Who else?
Don't shave your head.
I'll do it. I'll be that "anyone."
Yes!
ARE YOU ALIVE?
The girls are going crazy.
It must be so easy
to get a date with that car.
Hi.
Yes, it's been a while.
Yes.
-I'll get going.
-What?
-Hey.
-Bye.
Bye.
You must manage this area as well.
I was recently assigned.
We have rotations.
Do you want a ride?
It's my friend's car.
Get in. I'll give you a ride.
It'll take a long time for you to get back
if you go all the way to my place.
I could never give you a ride
while we were dating.
Just get in.
You used to go on and on
about cars all the time.
You're finally driving one.
It's not even mine though.
Still…
Not everyone gets to drive
a car this nice.
Where have you gone with this car?
I visited my grandma's grave,
a reservoir in my town,
and Yeongjongdo
since the East Sea is too far away.
With who?
By myself.
You've only been to unusual places.
I thought you'd be
showing it off to everyone.
Me too.
I thought I would be like that too,
you know?
But I didn't.
I didn't know either,
but I become very gentle when I drive.
Oddly enough, I become gentle
as soon as I put my hands on the wheel.
When I was little,
I loved looking at atlases.
Oddly, I lost track of time
every time I looked at them.
I'd go to cities I'd never been to
in my head.
I would go to Chuncheon,
Gwangju, Busan, and even Ulleungdo Island.
It's just like then.
I guess I have been putting up
a façade with people.
Now that I'm alone,
I've become so calm and gentle.
What is that? "Being gentle alone"?
I don't know.
It's just
being gentle on your own.
ARE YOU STILL ALIVE?
I'll see you tomorrow.
Give it back.
I've asked around,
and you'll definitely lose if I sue you.
So just give it back
and stop wasting my time.
You snuck into the hospital
every night and coaxed a sick kid
into selling his house and sending you
the money. There are witnesses!
The nurses and caregivers all saw it!
And the hospital's CCTV
caught you sneaking in every night!
Give it back
before you go to jail!
I will if your son dies! Damn it.
Your kid is worried that I won't visit him
anymore if he doesn't give me money.
So I show him
the account balance every day.
He says he's so scared of dying,
but he doesn't want to die
holding his mother's hand.
The hand of a mother who's just crazy
about money even when her kid is dying…
Who would want to hold that?
I pity him so much that he only has
people like you around him.
I'm going to stay with him
until the end, so get lost!
How could you only care about money
when your kid is dying in fear?
I'll give it to you.
I'll give it to you
even if he tells me not to.
So just get lost!
I hated you from the start.
I should've broken you two up then.
It's come to this in the end!
I'm like a dog, you see.
If anyone treats me kindly,
I'm loyal to them forever.
I would give them everything.
I would have given you everything, too,
if you said at least one thing kind to me.
But you never did. Why?
Shouldn't I have scored
at least 10 points to you?
There must be something
about me worth that much.
If you gave me those 10 points,
I'd return the favor
for the rest of my life!
But how is it that you've never
even given me that?
Hey!
Even a single point is too much for you!
People like you
should disappear from the earth!
How could I accept a girl
who's been with so many different men
as my daughter-in-law?
Who knows how you'll end up
humiliating me?
WEST BUILDING
YEOM CHANG-HEE:
ARE YOU STILL ALIVE?
I AM
AND HE IS, TOO
You know,
he gave me as much as 60 points.
Sixty points.
I'll be honest.
Really honest.
I'm not sugarcoating it.
You score over 70 points.
At least 72 points.
So…
you should have
more confidence in yourself.
SANPO SINKS
Here's your iced Americano.
Call Baek now.
Call him.
It's not Mr. Baek.
It's Chairman Shin.
It's been a while.
It's good to see you.
Me too, sir.
I couldn't find you
so I thought Baek had really killed you.
But you seem to be doing well.
When I heard that you were well and alive,
I thought you'd be back soon.
But you haven't.
So I wondered if you found someone else.
That's why I had some of my people
watch you.
So you're working as a carpenter.
Why don't you come back?
I get that people want to steal from me.
It'd be the same even if I put
my family member in that spot.
If I can't do anything about that,
I want someone strong there at least.
Someone I can rely on.
Since Baek has taken that spot,
I hang my head in shame
everywhere I go.
Come back.
What is it?
Do you need more time?
Yes, sir.
But what is it
that you need to do here?
I worship you.
Subtitle translation by: Elodie Lieberman
MY LIBERATION NOTES
Mi-jeong's so lucky, Dad.
She's hit the jackpot.
Give me a name already, okay?
Unbelievable.
Someone joined the Liberation Club.
Welcome.
I'll give you a ride today.
Really, I want to give you a ride.
Where else are you going to kiss him?
Well, I was going to go home
then heard Chang-hee was here…
Should I give you a ride?
-It's a friend's.
-Which friend?
Which friend?
I get why he wants to stay here, though.
You just wait there for me,
you son of a bitch.
I told you, I don't care
what kind of life you've led.
Aren't you angry?
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