01x05 - Episode 5

[bunniefuu]

- [blade thrusts]

- [man grunts]

[Hui-chan panting, grunting]

[suspenseful music playing]

- [Hui-chan cries out]

- [body thuds]

[moaning]

[attackers clamoring in panic]

- [attacker 1] This way!

- [attacker 2] Come on!

[attackers clamoring, panting]

- [attacker 3] Let's go, man!

- [attackers shouting indistinctly]

[blade clatters]

[Gi-seok sighs]

[dark music playing]

[blade slicing]

- [both grunting]

- [blade slicing]

[blade scraping]

[blade clatters]

[dark music continues]

[Gi-seok grunts]

[both grunting]

[Gi-seok cries out]

[masked man grunts]

[grunts]

[Gi-seok moans]

[masked man grunts]

- [flesh squelches]

- [Gi-seok moans]

[Gi-seok grunts weakly]

[Gi-seok choking]

So you understand…

Once I pull this knife out,

you're gonna die.

[Gi-seok choking]

- [coughs weakly]

- [blood trickling]

[choking]

[panting weakly]

Son of a b*tch.

The hell am I supposed to do

with all this?

Jesus Christ.

Hey, this is Han Seok-yun

from the Special Investigation Unit.

We've got a homicide case. The address…

[opening theme music playing]

MERCY FOR NONE

119 AMBULANCE

[man 1] Okay, keep it coming!

Keep it coming!

Now turn it around! Yeah, okay!

[rescue vehicle beeping]

Okay, just set it down, all right?

Be careful.

That's it. Yeah, set it down.

[indistinct chattering]

Think we can finish up soon?

Looks like everything's been washed away.

[man 1 sighs]

[man 2] I wish we could. Unfortunately,

they want the body retrieved,

even if it takes all day.

[man 1 sighs]

[man 2] I'm guessing

it's about the inspection.

[radio beeps]

[man 3] Body found in the water

near Jara Island. Report received.

All right, copy that.

Let's go, guys. Come on, we're leaving.

[man 1] We're heading to Jara Island!

Get the crane out.

- [man 2] Get those barricades out!

- [man 1] Let's move.

[suspenseful music playing]

[running footsteps approaching]

[water splashing]

We're on our way. He's in bad shape.

Get everything ready.

Once we arrive, he'll need treatment.

[engine revving]

[Seong-cheol] The accident happened

right after he k*lled Gu Jun-mo.

Should I look into it further?

[cell phone vibrating]

[Bong-san] You know why I'm calling,

don't you?

I need to see you now.

[pensive music playing]

I'm sorry about what happened to your son.

I take it you're the one

who k*lled Gi-jun, right?

Yes, I ordered it.

What would you have done

if you were in my shoes?

If your boy's m*rder*r

was still out there?

I would want nothing but revenge.

Right.

So if you already knew,

then why did you do this?

Han Seok-yun was paid

to rig Nam Gi-seok's case.

So, I traced the money back.

It led me to a shell company

that your corporation created.

TRANSACTION HISTORY

SENDER - JW GALLERY

You wanna know what I think?

I think…

you were never planning

on letting Gi-seok inherit your company.

I'm guessing your plan

was to k*ll him and pin it on Jun-mo.

You baited Gi-jun

so he'd k*ll Jun-mo for you.

And he fell for it.

Getting rid of Gi-jun

was all that was left.

Then you could hand over all of it

to that precious prosecutor son of yours.

That's ridiculous.

Who do you think I am,

some kind of supervillain or something?

[laughing]

That's right.

That's the Ju-woon I know.

Even after all these years

working together,

you still don't know me at all!

Wrong.

I know you better than anyone.

And now,

it's just me and you.

One of us has to die for this to end.

[ominous music playing]

[men chattering indistinctly]

Since it's come to this,

let's take them out.

Wait a minute.

Do you think it's wise

to go to w*r with another family now?

[scoffs] Do you have a proposal?

Tell me what you think we should do, then.

Just sit here and wait?

Gu Bong-san has lost his mind.

Words won't get through to him.

We need to prepare for what he'll do.

BONGSAN HEADQUARTERS

[Bong-san] How's everything going?

I contacted everyone available.

They know where to meet us.

BONGSAN g*ng BASE

- Where's the chairman?

- Relax. He's on the way.

And why are we meeting in here?

Hong Hyeon-seok said that

it needed to be somewhere private

to stay off Juwoon's radar.

He really said that?

But since when are we afraid of Juwoon?

I mean--

- [man 1] Who the hell are you?

- [all clamoring]

- [man 2] Stand against the wall.

- [man 3] We're from Prosecutors' Office.

[door bangs]

[man 4] Wow, they all came here,

after all.

You're all under arrest

for solicitation of m*rder and as*ault.

You'll get the rest of the details later.

Just cooperate for now.

- All right, let's go.

- [man 5] Hey, get those guys first.

- [man 6] You realize what you're doing?

- [man 7] Let go!

[man 8] Wait. I'm curious…

How'd you know we were here?

[exhales] Oh, you've gotta be kidding me.

[slams box on table]

Everyone's been arrested.

It was a complete ambush!

HONG HYEON-SEOK

DIRECTOR, BONGSAN

Prosecutors knew where they'd be.

Arrested everyone at the meeting.

[slams table]

Lee Ju-woon.

He ratted us out, that b*stard.

Sir, we really should go now.

[tense music playing]

[tires screeching]

- [officer 1] Gu Bong-san!

- [officer 2] He's in here!

[tires screeching]

[officer 3] Ah, sh*t!

[reporter] While an investigation

into the Bongsan Group is ongoing…

PROSECUTION SERVICE

…authorities announced

they will focus efforts

on locating Chairman Gu Bong-san,

who has gone into hiding during the probe.

If you'd only waited

a little while longer,

you could've gotten Gu Bong-san as well.

You need to work

on your timing in the future, eh?

Now, I heard from the investigators

you moved on them

30 minutes earlier than planned.

Why'd you do that?

Did your father tell you to?

[man scoffs]

Perhaps he thought that would be enough

to protect his friend?

[man chuckles mockingly]

I put you in charge,

and then you go and do this?

Get ready,

'cause your a*s is about to get fired.

You can never trust these damn flunkies.

You wanted me to make my own way.

I recall you saying that. To pick a side.

Well, this is my answer.

Huh. You're starting

to scare me a little, kid.

[Geum-son] After Gu Bong-san,

it's my father's turn.

SEARCH WARRAN

JUWOON INC., JU-WOON'S RESIDENCE

You think you're ready?

I do.

Ever since I became a prosecutor,

I've been ready for this.

[tense music playing]

- [Yeong-do] Chairman Lee.

- [Ju-woon] Mm?

Next time,

I'd appreciate it if you called me first.

I wasn't expecting to see you so soon. Eh?

[chuckles softly]

Now, just a minute.

For some time now,

I've let you decide

where and when we would meet.

Now, is that really fair?

Well, now… you sound frustrated.

Yeah.

See, I recall you

telling me that

only I could see this thing through.

That 11 years ago,

I didn't have much of a choice.

You said it would be different now.

Yeah,

I do recall saying that.

Then why don't I have a choice

this time either?

[inhales] Mr. Kim, tell me why you did it.

Or, I mean… Cha Yeong-do.

Just a minute.

You think I'm the one that

went after Bongsan?

No, not Bongsan.

You know, the other thing.

I realized that the money

had started leaking out of my account,

and that it ended up with Han Seok-yun,

of all people.

And not long after that,

Gi-seok was k*lled.

Then by chance, Han took it

and managed to close the case

in no time at all.

As far as I know, there's only one person

who could've done this all by themselves.

So now I'm asking you.

Why did you do it?

I think you're missing something

really vital here.

Putting together a shell company,

finding the right cops to bribe,

rigging a case like that…

and so on. Yeah?

There's one other person

capable of doing all that

besides me at the Prosecutors' Office.

Why're you so convinced

that it's someone from the outside?

Could it be that…

the truth is too painful

for you to accept, so you ignore it?

If I find out

you dragged my son into this,

I'm gonna smash your g*dd*mn head open.

I remember someone saying that

as people get older,

they tend to believe

whatever makes them feel good.

[laughing]

Well, then… have a nice day.

You take good care of yourself.

Oh, I will.

[music fades out]

- [doctor] Did you have lunch?

- [woman] Yes.

[ominous music playing]

[sighs]

This is Gi-seok's.

Here, just like you asked for.

And here's… the key to his car.

I've changed the license plate,

so you don't have to worry

about being tracked.

[Yang-sik] Cheers.

[Seong-won exhales] It feels so good

to have Gu Bong-san out of the picture.

It's his f*cking son, that little b*stard.

He's the one

who put us through all this sh*t.

Exactly. What a little as*h*le.

Oh, by the way,

do you think Lee Ju-woon's son

took down Bongsan all by himself or what?

[laughs] Who knows?

It could've been that Lee Ju-woon

actually told him to.

Or maybe he wanted to impress his daddy.

[laughs]

Who the f*ck cares, at this point?

That's not important to us now.

[both laughing]

That's right.

- Listen, Yang-sik.

- Yeah?

[swishing drink in mouth, exhales]

I don't want us

to start overthinking things, okay?

- What do I say?

- [Yang-sik] Right.

The strongest person

is the one who survives.

- Mm-hmm.

- Just look what happened to Nam Gi-jun.

He put this life behind him a while ago,

and he should've stayed out.

Revenge?

I mean, who was he kidding? Seriously.

It's true he's tough as hell.

But what good is that if you're dead?

Right, right. What a jackass!

[both laughing]

- [footsteps approaching]

- Ah, that f*cking as*h*le.

I gave him a second chance,

I let him live,

and then that jerk goes and dies somewhere

for no good reason.

- [laughing]

- [Yang-sik clears throat]

Give us the room, please.

- [Yang-sik] Sorry?

- Just for a minute.

Uh, sure. [clears throat nervously]

What the f*ck? Thank God.

You really snuck up on me there.

Sit down.

So who k*lled me?

Mm, what's that?

I want their name.

[dark music playing]

Come on, Gi-jun. How would I know that?

You're alive, aren't you? Huh?

How the hell could I know who k*lled you?

I mean, how's that even possible?

Then find out.

I'm not asking you.

This is your chance to live.

What about Chun-seok and Byeong-h*?

THE LATE CHOI BYEONG-h*

THE LATE KIM CHUN-SEOK

[Seong-won] I was going to handle it

my usual way, but it didn't feel right.

So I cleaned them up

and gave them a proper funeral.

It cost a pretty penny, though.

Over 14 million, and…

Actually, forget it.

I don't think that really matters.

That's not important.

[sighs heavily]

Those damn fools.

What did they do all this for,

just to be cool? [sighs]

Why couldn't they have learned

how to play nice with each other? Jeez.

[Gi-jun sighs]

[music fades out]

[Geum-son] You're here.

[headphones clatter]

Mm, is there anything you'd like to say?

What, about Bongsan?

There was nothing I could do.

The higher-ups had it planned for a while.

All I did

was what I was told.

Recently, you met someone, yes?

Yeah, I did.

Cha Yeong-do.

Yeah, "Mr. Kim."

What did he tell you?

I'm sure he made you

a job offer of some kind.

[uneasy music playing]

Did he promise to help you

take over my place? Is that it?

[scoffs]

Oh, come on.

What are you--

You've always said that I don't…

belong at your company.

I've never forgotten that.

But I completely understand.

So honestly, I don't know

what you're even talking about right now.

I try to focus on doing

the best job that I can. That's it.

Of course,

there isn't going to be any change

as long as you're here.

Isn't that what you've said?

[Ju-woon sighs heavily]

Rest up.

[door opens]

[door closes]

[music fades out]

["American Zen" by Naomi August

playing through headphones]

But I'm stuck on Monday ♪

And sleep… ♪

- [car engines revving]

- [bodies thudding]

- [tires screech]

- [man 1] Juwoon!

- [men shouting indistinctly]

- [blades slicing]

[ominous music playing]

[man 2] Sir, it's Juwoon. They're here.

[Hyeon-seok] You should get outta here.

[Ju-woon] Ever since Chairman Oh died,

I've been a bystander.

I've always let other people

make the big decisions.

I thought that was the best way

to avoid getting my hands dirty.

But now I realize

I couldn't have been more wrong.

My hands are just as dirty

as everyone else's.

I just didn't see it.

Therefore,

since I'm already involved in this,

maybe it's best

if I dirty my hands one last time.

- [door slams]

- [man 3 grunts]

- [blade slices]

- [man 3 groans]

[men clamoring, shouting]

[blades slicing continuously]

[ominous music continues]

[Hyeon-seok] I'll stop them.

Go with him.

- [blades slicing]

- [men grunting]

[blades thrusting]

[men grunting, shouting]

[man 4] I got you!

[blade thrusting repeatedly]

[grunts]

[blade slicing]

- [blade thrusts]

- [man 5 groans]

- [blade thrusts]

- [Bong-san groans]

- [blades slicing]

- [man 6 groaning]

[screams]

Come on!

Who wants more?!

[Hyeon-seok panting]

[man 7] Hold on.

[exhales]

[breathing heavily]

[grunting and shouting continue]

[door slides open]

[dark music playing]

[Bong-san panting]

[Ju-woon] Mm.

I'll handle this myself.

[Seong-cheol sighs]

- [Bong-san breathing weakly]

- [pensive music playing]

Sorry about all this.

Yeah? Well, don't be.

It was always gonna come to this.

It's just our nature.

[blade thrusts]

- [Bong-san moaning]

- I agree, we're quite similar.

Like you,

I would do anything to protect my son.

You understand?

[Bong-san moaning weakly]

You keep this going,

it won't be long before they k*ll you too.

[Bong-san crying out weakly]

[blade squelches]

[panting]

[body thuds]

[dark music playing]

[exhales]

[pipe clatters]

[man 8] Let's move out.

Wait, really?

They k*lled the chairman?

[Yeong-do] Right, right. Good work.

Just like I said,

you'll be the head

of the Bongsan Group from now on.

All right, see ya.

[pen clicks]

Well, he got what he deserved, all right.

GU BONG-SAN

GU JUN-MO

[pen clatters]

LEE JU-WOON

NAM GI-SEOK

LEE JU-WOON

[Seong-won] Someone from Juwoon called.

They said they were taking down Bongsan,

and I should come clean up the mess.

It's strange, isn't it?

Lee Ju-woon doesn't usually

do things like this.

People change.

k*lling Gu Bong-san like that…

What is he protecting?

[cell phone vibrating]

Who's this?

[knocking on door]

[suspenseful music playing]

Aha…

How long has it been, my friend? Huh?

Oh…

Anyway, how're you keeping in here?

Of course.

I knew you wouldn't go down so easy.

I suppose you'd like

to ask me some questions, right?

Tell me…

were you the one who tried to k*ll me?

[dark music playing]

Like you k*lled Chairman Gu?

There's someone you don't know about.

If you're the one who set the stage

for how we handle things now,

he's the one

who's been keeping the balance

and steering it ever since you left.

We've called him "Mr. Kim" in the past.

[Chairman Oh] Mr. Kim!

Introduce yourself.

Ah… It's very nice to meet you.

[Ju-woon] This was the guy that

Chairman Oh brought in from the police.

He was someone

that could give us inside information.

We could also rely on him

to cover up any of our ill*gal activities.

VETERANS' APARTMEN

Now here's the thing.

In the beginning,

Mr. Kim didn't ask for much.

- Oh, hi. How are you doing?

- Hi.

[whistling]

- [Yeong-do] Just getting home? See you.

- [woman] Oh, hello, good to see you.

[Ju-woon] Even after Chairman Oh's death,

this guy didn't cut and run.

He stayed loyal.

[Yeong-do continues whistling]

[Ju-woon] He continued to work

with me and Bong-san,

and for that, he was handsomely rewarded.

MR. KIM'S SECRET OFFICE

I mean, he made more money

than he ever did back in Oh's time.

[Yeong-do laughing softly]

[sighs]

[Ju-woon] But unfortunately,

all that extra money

wasn't enough for him.

He knew everything about us,

including our weak spots.

And he used that knowledge

to control us from behind the scenes.

Anyways,

it was because of his interference

that we were able

to keep the peace until now.

And then…

one day, I had a realization.

I thought to myself, what if…

you weren't the one who started this?

What if, instead,

it was Mr. Kim who's behind all this?

Because it always bothered me.

I knew the official story.

But how did Gi-seok find out

about Oh's son 11 years ago?

[Gi-seok, on recording] All right…

so if I k*ll Chairman Oh's son, then--

[Yeong-do] Whoa,

I never told you to k*ll him.

All I'm saying is…

he's going after your brother now.

You understand? All right.

It was Mr. Kim who told Gi-seok his plans,

all of it.

You don't believe me. I understand.

But please,

listen to what I'm telling you.

He's been pulling the strings again.

He's the one who k*lled Gi-seok.

Then, once again,

he dragged you into this.

Just like he did before.

I was really planning

on handing over the business to Gi-seok.

But now that Gi-seok is gone,

there's no one in the group

that I can trust.

So, I've decided…

that I want you

to run the business after me, Gi-jun.

And I have to refuse,

just like I did once before.

I need you to help me.

Where can I find that man?

I'll arrange for you to meet.

[cell phone beeps]

[line ringing]

[cell phone vibrating]

DIRECTOR LEE JU-WOON

INCOMING CALL

Yes, Chairman?

Right now?

SEOUL METROPOLITAN POLICE

[Yeong-do whistling]

[humming]

[car beeps]

[humming stops]

[suspenseful music building]

MERCY FOR NONE

[music fades]

So, uh, why'd you choose me?

I'm not Bongsan's only executive.

[Yeong-do] Mr. Hong,

let me ask you this question first.

What do you think about Juwoon?

Who do you think is the right person

to take over for Lee Ju-woon?

Well, I'd say Nam Gi-seok, but he's dead.

Park wouldn't work. He's too old-school.

So, if you rule out everyone else,

it has to be Choi Seong-cheol.

You are correct.

That's exactly why I chose you. All right?

[uneasy music playing]

I ruled out everyone, but you remained.

[chuckles softly]

Go ahead.

[knocking on door]

You can come in.

It's been a while.

[Hyeon-seok chuckles]

You know that we know each other?

Oh, really?

I wasn't aware you two had history.

You know,

even though he wasn't on your list,

there is someone else

who may be able to take Ju-woon's place.

[footsteps approaching]

Ah, here he comes.

[uneasy music continues]

All right.

Are you ready for this, Geum-son?

[music intensifies]

[intense music playing]

[music fades]