01x08 - Episode 8

[bunniefuu]

[theme music playing]

[dramatic beat]

[man] Cut the bullshit,
you son of a b*tch!

My own home? Get rich?

I spent everything to buy an apartment
in the area because of the reconstruction!

What did you have to do
to stop the construction?

[man yelling]

Let me go, you sons of b*tches!

I said let me go!

[reporter] Korea Republican Party's
mayoral candidate for Seoul,

Baek Jae-min, was assaulted today

near the Soonjung District
Redevelopment Office.

Due to his injuries, candidate Baek has
been taken to a nearby emergency room,

where he is currently being treated.

[Baek] Hey.

Are you going to the office later?

[tense music playing]

[Baek] Hey. You're here.

- Are you okay?
- You must have been scared.

[exhales]

Don't you worry.
I'm lucid enough to recognize your face.

Let me look.

Sir, you should lie back down now.

You need to get some rest.

[Baek groans]

[Baek] Deliver the materials I told you
about to Kim Beom-seok, the reporter,

and get feedback from the team leader.

- Okay?
- [Ji-yeon] Yes, sir.

[reporter] We are now
at the Kang residence,

the man who assaulted Candidate Baek
with a deadly weapon.

As you can see
from all the political paraphernalia,

Kang was a loyal and passionate
supporter of Candidate Oh.

It has since been revealed
Kang served time a few years ago

after attacking the chief
of the construction site

where he was employed.

What's even more surprising is
that Candidate Oh

had defended Kang in the trial
for his previous offense.

Increase contrast.

Bring Kang Cheol-jin to the front.

They need to see Oh Kyung-sook sitting
side by side with a cold-blooded criminal.

Run that tomorrow with the headline,

"Is Oh Kyung-sook really
the right person to have

as the defender
for the people of this city?"

What details do we put in?

"Murderers, rapists, drug abusers."

"All of Seoul's most violent criminals

are flocking to support
Oh Kyung-sook's candidacy."

Therefore, the moment
Oh Kyung-sook becomes mayor,

Seoul will become a hotbed of crime.

They got Mr. Kang too.

Damn those b*stards.

IS OH KYUNG-SOOK
BEHIND THE "BAEK JAE-MIN ATTACK"?

But is it true?
Was he really charged with as*ault?

There's nothing he could have done
in his position.

It was a last-ditch struggle to survive.

The chief stole
three months of Mr. Kang's wages.

Ms. Oh. This article
says you're going to resign.

[dramatic music playing]

[Dong-joo sighs] Sons of b*tches.

They're launching
an indirect attack on us.

If Baek Jae-min actively tries to smear
Ms. Oh's image or attack her directly,

his own image will
end up taking a hit too.

Ms. Oh. Why don't
we go meet Mr. Kang first?

He's currently being investigated
by the police...

Not yet.

I should see Baek Jae-min first.

I need to determine if he orchestrated
this attack against himself

to get rid of me, or if somehow...

he managed to get attacked
right when he needed to.

Shouldn't we confirm that first?

[woman] There she is.

Candidate Oh, were you responsible
for ordering the attack?

[reporter 2] Ms. Oh,
do you intend to resign?

- [reporter 3] Any plans for an apology?
- I never ordered anyone to do anything.

I have no intention
of withdrawing from this.

As for the unfortunate incident,
Candidate Baek and I are working together.

We'll get to the bottom of it.

We'll make sure everyone involved
is punished accordingly.

- [reporter 4] Give us a comment, please.
- [reporters talking at once]

[reporters continue in background]

It's okay. Give us a minute.

You're hanging on longer than I thought.

Hello. What a pleasant surprise, Ms. Oh.

I had to come see you. Of course.

You know how elections are.
It's right to visit a fellow candidate

who's been through
such a terrible incident

as you have, Mr. Baek.

Also, in my political philosophy,

people's well-being should come
before ideology. That's what matters.

That's admirable.

And I agree with that.

Regardless of who wins,

let's work together
to make your philosophy come true.

And yet...

[chuckles]

It's, um, strange, though,

how you just suddenly get attacked
out of nowhere

and end up being hospitalized,

as soon as the race officially starts.

The timing's so perfect that it's hard
to believe it's a coincidence.

It's almost as if it were planned.

You know, Jesus Christ

became the Almighty
the moment he was crucified.

I'm sorry?

Maybe the creator gave me this chance
to become someone important,

like Jesus,

so that I may go on to serve this country.

Huh?

[laughs]

You took an innocent person

and made them into a criminal,

and all you can think about is

your campaign? [laughs]

I thought you were a human being,

but you are a monster.

If the nation wants it,
then I'll be a monster.

I've lost a lot of blood today.

I think I should rest now.

Mr. Baek Jae-min.

Okay.

We... will see
this fight through to the end.

I'll show the world
how despicable you really are inside,

even if that means

having to take off
that shameless mask of yours.

You get well soon.

[sighs] Ah, that was great.

That was tough. Well done.

I don't know.
Mr. Baek did all the hard work.

[Yoon laughs]

A much more comfortable life
is waiting for you.

As long as you stay here
and remain quiet until the election ends.

[knocking on door]

Candidate Oh's team has
requested to see you.

Show them in.

All right.

[dark music playing]

You look better than I expected.

You made my father die
on the streets like a dog.

And that's what you have to say?

He was scapegoated because he was unlucky.

He just happened to be
Hwang Do-hee's father.

Of course, this tragedy
could have been avoided

if you had stopped a little earlier.

m*rder*r!

How can you be so brazen after murdering
a poor old man with the mind of a child?

The word "m*rder"

doesn't exist in politics.

In politics, people don't matter.
Only ideals.

What?

And...

I didn't k*ll anyone.

I only removed an obstacle

that got in the way of my ideals.

I'll k*ll you.

You...

I'll make sure you're dead
with my own bare hands.

Now, listen to me carefully.

This idea of yours
to bring Oh Kyung-sook into the election

to shake things up
and go against Chairperson Son

because of your own personal vendetta,

do you really think it'll work?

We'll have to wait and see.

You'll see when the moment comes
for me to end your life.

[door opens, closes]

[beeps]

[Oh Kyung-sook] You look terrible.

You don't look so good yourself.

I met

a truly evil man today.

[sighs] I could have gladly
bludgeoned him to death.

I left him alive
for the sake of the campaign,

and it's truly infuriating.

It's funny you should say that.

I met the animal who k*lled my father.

And what did he do instead of apologize?

Gave me a rubbish lecture
on ideals of life.

[sighs]

Ugh! Why is this world
so full of these b*stards? God!

What should we do, huh?

Teach them a lesson?

A lesson would just be wasted

on this kind of trash.

Hwang.

Have you eaten?

Can I do anything?

Come on. Tell me.

I'll get you anything you want.
It's your choice, hmm?

Let's first

take care of those horrid beasts, okay?

When that's over,

you can buy me a real drink.

[sighs]

Baek Jae-min orchestrated the whole thing?

[exhales] Seriously?

He really is insane.

How crazy do you have to be
to slash your own face,

no matter how much you want to be mayor?

I'm telling you,

we're not going up against
a human being here.

[Oh Kyung-sook] Hmm.

They don't deserve a shred
of our humanity or compassion.

We'll attack Baek Jae-min

without mercy, understand?

First,

we should go after his personal life.

Everyone knows he's a notorious womanizer,

but it hasn't been talked about openly.
Until now, that is.

And we're the best ones
to dig into his personal life.

Cha-sun and I were on the Corporate
Strategy Team, while you were assistants.

If we add up all the time we spent
working for the Eunsung owners,

it equals over 40 years,

so it shouldn't take much
for us to find something we can use.

Any women that Baek Jae-min has been
especially close to?

His secretaries, foundation workers,
and university volunteers.

I mean, his secretary did
just commit suicide.

That might lead us to something.

I-seul did commit suicide.

There isn't any evidence
to suspect otherwise.

Okay, then.

Let's dig into Baek Jae-min.

[rock music playing]

SINCE 2015
KIM EUN-HYE, BAR MANAGER

2019 COMPANY WORKSHOP?

WOO HYEON-JI

[Hwang] Even if one person here
offered to give their testimony,

it would give the other women
the courage to come forward too.

SONG YE-NA
KM MANAGEMENT

- [Lee Cha-sun] Ms. Song Ye-na?
- Who is this?

[woman] Ms. Kim Eun-hye.

I have a few questions I want to ask
regarding Baek Jae-min.

[Hwang] A-yeong, let's talk for a second.

Yoon A-yeong.

- A-yeong!
- [gasps]

I'm not talking to you about anything.

[cheering]

Thank you! Thank you!

[chanting] Baek Jae-min!

- [Baek] Thank you.
- [cheering]

SEOUL, WHERE WOMEN ARE HAPPY AND RESPECTED

[dramatic music playing]

I said I don't know anything.

[woman] If you just came forward...

I didn't see anything,
so just leave me alone.

I promise I will give everything
I have and dedicate all of my heart

to making Seoul the kind of city
where women are not only happy

but are respected as well!

[cheering]

Thank you.

- [dramatic music playing]
- [whispering]

Oh, thank you for your work.

- Hello.
- She's the president of the organization.

[crowd chanting] Baek Jae-min!
Baek Jae-min! Baek Jae-min!

[woman] She's six weeks pregnant.

[crowd cheering and chanting]

Great to meet you.
I'm always rooting for you. Thank you.

I appreciate that.

Thank you.

Thank you!

[music building]

[sighs]

That was the last one.
We've contacted them all.

Did they talk?

[woman] They didn't.

Those who did said,
"Never contact me again."

"I don't know anything."
"I'll take legal actions if you continue."

Stuff like that like.

[exhales deeply]

Honestly.

This Carl Yoon is
a real piece of work, isn't he?

How did he manage to convince
all of these women to go into hiding?

[Ms. Son chuckles]

[Ms. Son] Thank you for honoring
us with your presence.

Take your seats.

What else could be more important
than being right here

to be part of your grand vision?

- [man chuckles]
- Oh, thank you. [laughs]

What we Eungyeongwon members want
is a world

run by a grand coalition of people.

There's nothing we want more

than a new leader who can guide us
into a new era of unity,

where political and economic circles,
the legal system,

and the press come together
to govern the people.

This election

will lay the groundwork
for that coalition.

[Ms. Son] Hmm.

With the most capable people
of Korea working together,

shall we see where fate will lead this

superb coalition?

Hmm.

[mysterious music playing]

[Ms. Son] Welcome.

[Ms. Son laughs softly]

So...

do you see good fortune ahead of us?

A mother...

I see the mother of a king.

Oh.

The mother of a king?

[laughing]

Are you saying

that my son-in-law

is in the lead
for taking over the Blue House?

You must go and spread gold.

If you do that, Ms. Son,

that great energy will
come flowing back to you.

[laughing uncontrollably]

Really?

Mr. Yoon.

What do you think about all of this?

[Ms. Son laughing]

[man] My Lord, our father in heaven.

Our country is caught
in a murky swamp of deep desperation.

[audience murmuring]

An ungodly and despicable smell
spreads through Seoul,

Korea's once glorious
and admirable capital.

Which is why

I will not be thrown off.

[congregation] Amen!

- I will not back down here.
- [congregation] Amen!

And with the blood of Christ our Lord,
crucified on the cross,

I was born to this world again!

[congregation] Amen!

I, Na Jin-guk, will promise

to rebuild Seoul to once again be
a city of peace and eternal love.

Hallelujah!

- [congregation] Hallelujah!
- Hallelujah!

[all] Hallelujah!

- [Na Jin-guk] Hallelujah!
- [all] Hallelujah!

[Yoon] Sir, your prayer is
as passionate as ever.

[Na Jin-guk] I'm sure you didn't visit me
on this holy day

just to evaluate my prayers.

[Yoon chuckles]

You should

form a coalition with us.

[laughs softly]

Do you think
you're the only player in politics

to have come to me with this proposal?

In all the churches
that I am in charge of,

there are at least 500,000 members,

and I will not

sell off those innocent lambs to you.

I get it. You're absolutely right.

If you were to, perhaps,

send over your precious flock whom
you have tended to with love and grace,

you must be compensated for it.

Enough!

I will not be swayed! You will stop!

[Yoon] I understand your position.

[tense music playing]

All I'm doing is earnestly requesting

that you return the lambs
led astray by temptation

back into their nation's arms.

Eunsung has quite a few plots of land
all over the city

that are waiting
for redevelopment permits.

How wonderful it would be
if Candidate Baek got elected

and redeveloped those zones,

building the Lord's holy temples
all around the city of Seoul

to welcome the lambs.

Don't you want to achieve your dream

of building the largest vision center

in all of Asia?

Hallelujah.

[dramatic music playing]

[Na Jin-guk] Our Lord came to me
and spoke.

And so I, Na Jin-guk,
shall follow his orders

and announce my partnership
with Candidate Baek Jae-min...

[reporter] Patriots' Hope Party's
candidate Na Jin-guk announced

he will be unifying camps

with Candidate Baek
of the Korea Republican Party.

As a result of this,

Candidate Baek has now risen
to over 50 points in the polls,

putting him firmly in the lead.

It's said that an election is
about settled

once a candidate achieves
the majority support in the polls.

It looks as if that will ring true
for this election as well.

[chanting] Baek Jae-min! Baek Jae-min!

[Baek] Father.

I'm almost there.

The ones who stepped over your blood
and tears to rise to power...

I swear...

I'll bring them down myself.

BAEK JOONG-DO

Just wait.

It won't be long now.

[mysterious music playing]

I'll be back soon.

BAEK JOONG-DO

BAEK JOONG-DO

Sir, the times have changed, I'm afraid.

How could people such as myself
survive this cutthroat world of politics

if we didn't go along
with what's supposed to be happening?

Yoon Dae-cheol...

How could you do this to me?

Right now, you only have
two choices, as I see it.

You either die like this,

or survive

to pass this hell on to your children.

CANDIDATE BAEK TAKES LEAD
BY AN ENORMOUS MARGIN

SEOUL MAYORAL BY-ELECTION
PUBLIC OPINION POLL

[Lee Cha-sun] He's pulling too far ahead.

It won't be easy catching him now,
not with that coalition of his.

[sighs]

How's PR doing?

Honestly, we're no match for him.

I mean, they have so much money,
they'd need a forklift to move it all,

and we have reached
the bottom of our funds.

Bottom?

Between billboards, signs, flyers,

it'll cost 400 million won total.

Campaign cars will be 100 million,

and another 250 million
to run an online PR team.

All we have is the funding
we received from the party,

and that won't get us anywhere.

[woman] It's not like we can start
collecting funds from the citizens now.

Get the car ready now.

I'll be taking Ms. Oh
to her evening appointment.

[door opens]

[party leader] Goodness! Hello, Ms. Hwang.
Yes, come in. Welcome.

[chuckling] Great to see you.
Take a seat, please, Ms. Hwang.

- Hello.
- [leader chuckles]

You know who this is, don't you?
Chairperson Ko Gwang-pil of Mosun Group.

He's a long-time sponsor and supporter
of the People's Reform Party. [chuckles]

I heard you were facing
some difficulties, Candidate Oh.

It seems Chairperson Son is giving her all

to make sure
her son-in-law wins the election.

Oh, don't you worry about them, sir.

You see, Ms. Hwang here used to be
Chairperson Son's right-hand woman.

[chuckles]

So,

why did you want to see us?

Well, the Chairperson here has promised
to offer your campaign

financial and moral support.

- [sighs]
- [leader] Ms. Oh?

Oh, sir, I... I apologize.

Uh, Ms. Oh!

Ms. Oh! Ms. Oh!

Ms. Oh, how could you be so disrespectful?

I'm sorry, sir,

but you disrespected me,
pulling crap like this.

What?

Persuading me to take money
from a conglomerate

to help fund my campaign.

It's coercion to get me to take
ill*gal contributions, simple as that.

Listen here, Oh Kyung-sook.

Sir, might I suggest you don't cross
the line and focus on your goals instead.

Candidate Oh.

Elections are all about the money.

Baek Jae-min has practically ensconced
himself with money from Eunsung.

- Shouldn't we at least try to acquire...
- Yes.

You're right, sir.

I'll accept the money then. I'll do it.

But I'll do it

within the National Election Commission's
donations guidelines,

fairly and transparently.

And we'll also reveal
the names of our sponsors.

Uh, for God's sake.
You're driving me crazy here, ma'am!

What person in their right mind

would sponsor campaign funds
under their true names, huh?

You're right.

And that right there is one of the biggest
problems with Korea's political system.

They're afraid that if they support
the red team,

they'll be attacked by the blue team.

But if they support the blue team,
the red team might come after them also.

Just go and tell him

to drop it if he's so scared. Okay?

I will not put up with anything like this.

I'll be off now.

[leader] Hey! Hey, Oh Kyung-sook!

That crazy...

[exhales]

[Hwang] We need to talk.

What now?

Are you going back
to your old habits, huh?

Now that things are tough, you want
to take dirty money to smooth things out?

The party's behind this, not me.
You know that.

Mosun's been supporting
the party for a long time.

So now you're just hiding behind the party

and trying to suggest
that I have no choice

but to accept that money
and turn a blind eye, aren't you?

I'm all for keeping
the funds transparent, fighting fair,

but we're all out of options
at this point.

Okay, so we should use
Hwang Do-hee's dirty tricks?

Would you prefer
to keep holding out until we die?

Do you want everyone
who joined the campaign

because they believed in you to starve?

They won't starve. Don't worry.

And no one's dying, okay?

I'm doing this my way, and that's that.

Oh,

and from now on,

I'd appreciate it if you could
screen these sorts of things

and refuse them without telling me.

No good comes
from drinking when you're angry.

Just slow down.

I get that you're dying for victory.

Also to have your revenge.

But the faster you run ahead,

the more you stumble.

I'm not worried
that we might not win this thing.

What worries me is that the world

won't appreciate the true value...

of Oh Kyung-sook.

[reflective music playing]

HUMAN RIGHTS ATTORNEY

[Oh Kyung-sook] I am not here
to thank you.

Nor did I come all this way,
taking time out of my busy schedule,

for you to tell me no.

I want you to join me

and take charge

of the policymaking team for my campaign.

What's most important to me

isn't the power of the party

but camaraderie.

I don't want chump change
but people I can call my own

who will do their part.

That's it.

I'm sorry.

Are you refusing me

because of Ms. Hwang?

I don't believe I saw you
at her father's funeral.

Funeral?

[solemn music playing]

I assume that that means
you don't know anything about

her father passing away.

HWANG JOO-IL

[Seo-jin] You really came.

I assumed you stood me up,
so I thought I'd buy a painting.

What did you want?

I heard you're having a hard time.

There are rumors that your campaign's
out of money and you're struggling.

Is it true?

I could help.

Use my money to make Oh Kyung-sook mayor.

Going against Mom will take
more than finding just any sponsor.

And you'll hurt Oh Kyung-sook's image
if you take the wrong money.

Recently...

[mysterious music playing]

...I've been sticking close to Mom
and watching how things are going,

and I don't think Baek Jae-min should win.

If he does somehow,

he'll dig his claws into Mom,
try to exploit our businesses,

our family, anything for his gain.

I refuse to let that happen.

Chae-ryoung and Mom will never see this
because they chose him,

so I'll stay alert and do my duty

as the eldest daughter.

Don't even think about it.

This isn't a battle
someone as childish as you can handle.

If you change your mind, give me a call.

[footsteps approaching]

[Lee Cha-sun] I was at
the Green People Foundation.

I've talked to the university girls
who went volunteering with Baek Jae-min.

They were all scared stiff.

His team must have forewarned them

to take the money and move on,
or die quietly.

We knew there would be
threats involved at some point.

It might not be an idle threat.

I-seul really died.

Cha-sun.

I-seul even left me a suicide note...

But the Corporate Strategy Team would do
absolutely anything for Eunsung's owners.

And you were at the center of it all.

Perhaps the great Hwang Do-hee
overlooked something

that was very important,

blinded by the guilt
over what happened to I-seul.

[man] Ms. Hwang.

[Hwang] It was Guk Ji-yeon,
wasn't it, Kang, who sent you here?

[sighs] Seriously, even the thought of her
makes my blood boil.

She swooped right into your position
and then just started laying people off.

[sighs]

Sounds to me like she was erasing
all traces of people who worked for me.

You're right. I'm very interested myself

in why she's trying so hard
to erase any record of you,

so I'm keeping an eye on her.

- Did you look into that thing?
- Yeah.

I checked the security cameras
for December 7th,

and the main office footage
had been wiped clean.

[mysterious music playing]

The rooftop too?

Yes.

I heard that the entire security system
had been replaced as well.

Security system oversight is handled
by the head of security, right?

Yes. And the head of security answers
to Corporate Strategy's GM.

Something's fishy, don't you think?

The security cameras were replaced

the same day as I-seul
threw herself off the office roof.

And who removed all traces of it?

Guk Ji-yeon.

Shall I dig deeper, Ms. Hwang?

You said your wife gave birth
last month, didn't you?

Yes.

Then just keep doing what you're doing.

Don't get involved in things
that'll put your child in danger.

Take care.

Um, Ms. Hwang.

What about the CCTVs on the street?

[Kang] The Eunsung building is in
such a crowded area.

There are probably dozens
of security cameras

installed around there.

[dramatic music playing]

THE EUNSUNG DUTY-FREE SHOP TO BE COMPLETED
EXPECTATIONS ON THE RISE

[Hwang] Cha-sun, what did you find?

There are three right across from Eunsung,
and four at the subway.

Including the ones on the streets,

there are 14 security cameras
with a view of the building.

Get the footage from all the feeds.

We need every second we can find
from the day I-seul died.

MY OWN HOME?
WHY SHOULD IT BE JUST A DREAM?

MAKE SEOUL
THE NUMBER ONE ECONOMIC HUB OF ASIA

MAKE SEOUL THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY!

THE BY-ELECTION
FOR THE 39TH MAYOR OF SEOUL D-14

[all chanting] Number two!
Number two! Oh Kyung-sook!

[upbeat pop music playing]

[in Korean] ♪ Who can revive the economy
And win people's hearts? ♪

♪ Our devoted worker Baek Jae-min can ♪

♪ Devoted worker, Baek Jae-min! ♪

♪ The Korean Republican Party can ♪

♪ My love, Baek Jae-min... ♪

[man] Look at them,
rubbing money in our faces.

Campaigns aren't run by money.
They're run by passion and people.

They're jerks. Don't worry about them.

Whoa! Look who it is.

They used to work for our campaign.
Those two!

- [woman 1] They did!
- [man] What are they doing over there?

They were bought out.
She was promised an internship

in one of Eunsung's subsidiaries,

and she was promised the youth leader
position of the Korea Republican Party.

- Backstabbing sellouts!
- Don't!

Now, now, now, now!

Forget all that,
and wish them luck instead.

There are 300,000 unemployed
young people these days.

We should be happy they have jobs.

- Even if we're opponents.
- Yes!

- Let's shout, "You can do it."
- [woman 1] You're so nice, ma'am.

You can do it!

- [all] You can do it!
- [woman 1] But we can do it better!

Vote for us!

- Thank you so much!
- [woman 1] Yeah!

I got the footage from the building
across from the Eunsung office.

So the district office
and the subway company

won't share their camera footage,

so I'm looking into
another way to access it.

Great work.

[suspenseful music playing]

[computer chimes]

Think we'll find anything?

We have to try.

Even the tiniest little trace
of Baek Jae-min

could spark a firestorm for us.

So a fight seems to have broken out today.

- [Yoon] Wow.
- [men on video grunting]

[Yoon chuckles]

He's grown into quite the man, hasn't he?

- [boy 1] I heard you lost your sh*t today.
- [boy 2] He totally flipped out!

Those assholes messed up his mom's
campaign posters and insulted her online.

[boy 1] Doesn't something feel off?

They'll try to retaliate,
if only because Hyun-woo humiliated them.

[boy 2] Yeah, and so what if they do?
He'll be ready for them.

Hyun-woo could beat up
those jackasses one-handed.

[boy 1] You're right!

Hey, follow me.

Yo, grab that part.

- Straighten it out.
- [boy 2] Okay.

Hey, I'm glad we did that.

[boy 2] Right? Your mom looks great.

- [chuckles]
- [boy 1] You're right. I totally agree.

- Let's go.
- Where?

- [Hyun-woo] Pool's on me today.
- [boy 2] Seriously?

- Really?
- Let's go!

[suspenseful music playing]

[hurried footsteps approaching]

Eunsung Group collected

all of the items

left behind by I-seul?

I've read the police report from that day
through my contact at the department.

Everything from her work phone
to her ID card was taken

by Guk Ji-yeon
from the Corporate Strategy Team.

[music building]

With two weeks to go until
the 39th Seoul Mayoral By-election,

the candidates have begun
their campaigns in earnest.

- [doorbell ringing]
- After a dramatic pre-election race...

Not as glamorous
as you thought it would be, is it,

being Eunsung's hunting hound.

You're always sleep-deprived,

and you have no spare time
to think about decorating the house.

[scoffs] The biggest luxury you have
in this house

is the view of the city at night.

[Ji-yeon] Why don't you get to the point?

You're upset that your master
abandoned you,

and on top of that,
you lost your apartment.

I completely understand that.

[Hwang] It's strange.

The office security contractor was
replaced the day after I-seul died,

and the one who chose
the new security company...

was you.

[suspenseful music playing]

What? Did you need
to hide something quickly?

No, not at all.

Then why'd you take I-seul's belongings?

Her cellphone, ID card, everything?

[Ji-yeon] When someone who used to serve
under the Eun family quits,

all items used by that employee

are collected by Corporate Strategy.

That's what you taught me, after all.

I'd say

you must have a strong stomach,

seeing how you made it up here
riding on Baek Jae-min's coattails.

It wasn't that bad.

And I actually preferred it more
to all the groveling under you.

Coattails aren't useful anymore,

after you cut off the head
of the man wearing the coat.

[Ji-yeon scoffs]

I'm sorry, was that a threat?

You're going to try
and cut off Mr. Baek's head?

[Hwang] Your head will be the first to go.

Once I make your relationship
public knowledge,

Baek Jae-min will probably
use you as a human shield.

That's where you stand in this game.

No matter how hard you try
to give the beast everything it wants,

in the end, you know what you are?

Disposable.

I don't know.

It seems to me that I've become
much too valuable to simply be discarded.

Mr. Baek won't get rid of me that easily.

Why's that?

Perhaps you have information
that makes you invaluable.

An ace up your sleeve?

Would you be keeping, let's say, a secret

that the world cannot find out about,

like what your candidate did to I-seul?

Do you really think
Baek made advances on her?

Why would he risk everything
just to get a piece of a floozy like her

who didn't even value her own...

You! [gasps]

[grunts]

I'll say that was
the last chance you had to save yourself.

From now on, I won't be treating you
like a fellow human being.

I swear I'll do whatever it takes

to find out what you know about I-seul.

MULTIVITAMINS FOR PREGNANCY

- [woman] Hello.
- I'm so sorry. I had an urgent meeting.

So was Bin okay, or did he cry a lot?

Uh, not at all.

He's... having fun in there.

[suspenseful music playing]

[Yoon] So she didn't make any progress?

We tried to talk to all the women
Candidate Baek ever worked with

and tried to get them
to testify against him,

but we didn't get anything.

Thanks to you, I had time to get ready.

How did Hwang Do-hee react?

She seems to want to put it
on the back burner.

She's giving up on all of it,
without any recourse?

Um...

You said I'd be executive manager

for the duty-free store's
cosmetics department.

Can I trust you to honor your promise?

How could I play tricks on a single mother
who's doing the best for her child

working as a double agent

to survive the nasty world of politics?

I promise

a bright future for you.

Hwang Do-hee

is digging into the I-seul incident.

[man] So it has been two days

since the mayoral election campaign
officially began.

Candidate Baek continues
to be the front-runner,

gathering more supporters by the day.

The other thing we're seeing is
that candidate Oh's approval ratings

seem to have stalled.

If there's a big twist in the works,
this would be a great time for it.

- [laughing]
- Look.

What if candidate Oh has
something up her sleeve

that would destroy Candidate Baek Jae-min?

If she does, I mean, it would be
an incredible come-from-behind victory.

[continues on TV] Has Candidate Oh found
the winning card that she needs?

[sighs]

[Ji-yeon] I don't know.

It seems to me that I've become
much too valuable to simply be discarded.

Mr. Baek won't get rid of me that easily.

MULTIVITAMINS FOR PREGNANCY

[door opens]

[footsteps approaching]

[Lee Cha-sun] Did you stay up all night?

I got started late, unfortunately.
I had to go see Guk Ji-yeon.

About what?

She's very confident, that's for sure.

She denied everything
I brought up about I-seul

and claimed that Baek Jae-min would never
be able to get rid of her,

even if he wanted to.

Then... there's something
she wants to share.

[knock on door]

Ms. Hwang.

That hidden card? I think I found it.

At 1:30 in the morning,

Baek Jae-min was seen
visiting Guk Ji-yeon's apartment.

There were no bodyguards,
and he drove there by himself.

A few hours later, at 6:00 a.m.,
Baek can be seen leaving Guk's house.

[Lee Cha-sun] He spent five hours
in the middle of the night

with his female aide.

[scoffs] Seriously, even if he resigns,
the public's going to want his head.

Ms. Hwang, let's send this footage
to the press right away...

Hold on to it for now.

Hm?

Hold on to it?

But Ms. Hwang, Baek Jae-min's ratings
will tank when this is released...

Just trust me. It's not as easy as that!

I'm sorry.

Let's take a break.

[Lee Cha-sun] Hwang Do-hee!

It's not like you
to pull the brakes like that.

[sighs] Cha-sun.

I think Guk Ji-yeon is pregnant
with Baek Jae-min's child.

- [dramatic music playing]
- [scoffs]

So she's really playing
a dangerous game, isn't she?

The truth about I-seul,

and now a child.

I mean, what's she trying to do
with that kind of stance?

I'd say she's delusional.

She thinks

that what she has
will be enough to protect her.

If there's a secret child scandal,

she'll be destroyed.

And still, with the election
around the corner,

if the Eunsung owners find out...

It'll be over for us too.

Our best chance of finding out
what really happened to I-seul

will be gone.

So then,

we should protect her for the time being.

Absolutely.

Until we find even a hint
of Baek Jae-min in that footage,

everything must be kept under control.

It seems Hwang Do-hee is
digging into the Han I-seul case.

Didn't she attempt to contact you at all?

No, sir, she did not.

Isn't it hard
staying true to your goals until the end?

I was hoping I could end this election
without getting any blood on my hands.

But if she insists on attacking us,

we'll have to play along with her

and show them who they're dealing with.

We'll go after Oh Kyung-sook's jugular

so quickly she won't
even have time to scream.

[footsteps]

[chimes, door unlocks]

[Hwang] That's where you stand
in this game.

No matter how hard you try
to give the beast everything it wants,

in the end, you know what you are?

Disposable.

[rock music playing]

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