01x05 - Episode 5

[bunniefuu]

[tires screech]

[ominous music]

Are you sure?

Get every speck of dust and
fingerprint analyzed thoroughly.

- And I'll make sure no one knows.
- That's the most important.

Be careful until
we get the results.

It's also important
to do it fast.

[ominous music]

[sighs]

[cell phone buzzes]

DON'T WORRY, NO
POISON m*rder*r

[engine sputter]

[beeping]

[trilling]

What was that?

[engine sputters]

[beeping]

[engine sputters]

m*rder*r SLAM!

[suspenseful music]

No!

TAEKROK: Stop!

- What's wrong with this?
- No!

Stop!

No!

[yells]

- [screams]
- [crackles]

[car crashing]

[flames crackle]

[suspenseful music]

[yells]

Chief Kook!

[grunting]

Chief Kook.

[seatbelt clinks]

[grunting]

- Are you all right?
- [groans]

- What's wrong?
- The evidence.

- Your life comes first.
- I'm going to catch him!

- Hey!
- [expl*si*n]

Are you all right?

[cell phone buzzing]

FRIEND

You scumbag!

I'm really going to k*ll you!

FRIEND: That was a
warning for your friend.

TAEKROK: What are you playing
at? Where are you? Say it.

Where are you right now?

So you can lose your cool.
You seem more human now.

[line beeps]

[pants]

[siren wailing]

[theme music]

SHADOW DETECTIVE

The vehicle was controlled
from the outside.

How?

I think the ECU was hacked.

What did you report to the team?

I just told them the
vehicle was defective.

Did they believe you?

They'll find out that I bluffed
once they investigate and analyze,

but I needed to buy some time.

I can't just tell them
the truth, you know?

Matters won't go out
of hand for now, then.

Only a matter of time.

m*rder*r SLAM!

It's on me to catch him now.

TAEKROK: You stay out of it.

I'll make him pay for my
cars. I already wrecked two.

By the way,

how did he know that
we were meeting?

Perhaps he was
tailing you? Or...

did he hack our phones?

He still is.

What?

Stay out of this.

I'm exposed already.

Detective Kim,
are you all right?

Yes, I am.

What's going on?

Nothing serious.

Are you okay?

Yes, I'm fine thanks to him.

Section Chief Woo's...

burial is tomorrow.

MR. SHIN: All right. This
place will be completed soon.

[Mr. Shin snickers]

I've come this far
thanks to you all.

Why do you sound
like that, Mr. Shin?

The redevelopment
work has started

and things are about to
work out well for us.

By the way, it's true that absence
makes the heart grow fonder.

I feel like something is
missing without Director An.

[scoffs]

To be frank, what happened to Director
An benefits us, don't you think?

He's been nagging me so
much to nominate him.

Gentlemen.

Has anyone else handled matters
with Section Chief Woo directly

without my knowledge
like Director An?

If so, please tell me now.

- Oh, my. No.
- No.

- Of course not.
- Why would you say that?

[men chuckling]

[tense music]

This is an unrelated matter,

but I heard that this guy
has his eyes on our region.

Wonjin Construction, the company
on the verge of going bankrupt,

is lobbying aggressively to
win the construction bid.

Rumor has it that Chairman
Jang is behind it.

The CEO of Wonjin Construction
already approached us too.

Of course, I firmly
turned him down.

But other councilmen
seemed torn.

I don't blame them.
The company is offering

such exceptional terms to
invest in developing our region.

Excuse me, sir. The
situation is quite serious.

Our development committee
might end up just a strawman

while they snatch
away all the benefits.

Why are you all worried?

The chief's got our back.

They can't make their
way in so easily.

[men laughing]

Right? My goodness.

[somber music]

TAEKROK: I'm sorry

for not stopping you sooner.

Ma'am...

- I'm so sorry.
- [sobs]

Chief Kook.

May I have a word with you?

Later.

[sighs]

Taekrok.

Hyunseok.

Regretting it now
won't change anything.

Mister, why did you do it?

You knew all along that
I bribed the witness.

SEYOUNG: Because of
you, my mom... [sobs]

My poor mom.

Don't pretend like you're
the only righteous one.

You're no different.

[chuckles]

YOUNG JIWOO: Dad.

Jiwoo.

Don't look at me like that.

I can't get it out of my head.

[sobbing] I'm scared, Dad.

[door slams]

[groans]

[sighs]

KYUNGCHAN: This road is rarely used.
It'll be hard to secure other dashcams.

There are no CCTVs around.

Why this place?

Do you think it's a coincidence?

[cell phone buzzing]

WOMAN 1: Why weren't you picking
up? Did something happen?

Why did you call?

You haven't called me
after leaving like that.

Let's talk later.

Should I book you a
medical checkup in Seoul?

TAEKROK: I'm hanging up now.

He is up to something.

[cell phone buzzing]

What now?

Well...

I read through Old Detective
for the first time in a while.

It made me realize that
you saved so many people.

The readers would be astonished if
they found out these are true stories.

Are you listening?

I'm hanging up now.

OLD DETECTIVE

JIAN! MOM!

THIS WILL BE ENOUGH,
THIS WILL DO.

A DETECTIVE FACING RETIREMENT
AND A MYSTERIOUS MAN…

[somber music]

TRAFFIC INVESTIGATION
UNIT STORAGE

I couldn't recover the external
channel since it got burnt badly.

I barely salvaged the internal.

[static]

[Taekrok yells]

TAEKROK: Chief Kook!

KYUNGCHAN: It accelerated suddenly.
The vehicle must've been defective.

DONGBUM: No, not quite.

If that were the case, the RPM
should've gone straight up.

But look. When the engine
turns off and turns back on,

the program is activated.

The ECU is controlled
from the outside.

Let's see when he
starts to mess with it.

The recording is completely erased
starting two hours ahead of the incident.

- Can you track down who did it?
- I'm not the police. That's your job.

What's wrong with Taek the
Dog? Is something going on?

You don't know?

My goodness. There is something
you don't know about him?

- Tell me about it.
- "Taek the Dog"?

You're new, so
you haven't heard.

Taekrok is like a feisty
dog. "Taek the Dog."

Taek the Dog, I see.

[bird chirps]

TAEKROK: Where did I
take the wrong turn?

If I weren't so impatient...

If I hadn't looked
the other way then...

If I weren't a cop...

[somber music]

My phone was hacked, too.

What do you want to do now?

Let's stop here.

If I give up, the friend
can't do anything anymore.

Just drop it.

Then I'll catch him by myself.

Why do you keep
clinging on to this?

If we give up, do you
think it'll just be over?

If something happens to you, that
punk will find another target.

Someone else will
continue to replace you.

He k*lled Section Chief Woo Hyunseok
and hacked and blew up my car.

Do you think he'll stop?

I'm not ever giving up.

Since when were
you so righteous?

I'm not sure. I already let go of
a lot of things and came down here.

But I don't want to
let him have his way.

I said don't do it.

Do you even realize how foolish
you're acting right now?

You said this is what
the friend wants.

He wants you to ruin yourself.

I'm going all the way.

[sighs]

[sighs]

What is he doing?

BORAM LAW FIRM HA
SUNGMIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW

Are you moving out?

- Work hard.
- Do you want me to pack you some kimchi?

- I already did.
- I'm reporting you to the police.

What's up with him? Is he
really not coming back?

[doorbell dings]

JINHAN: Yes?

[grunts]

I moved out of my room for now.

[Taekrok grunts]

[exhales heavily]

When did you get hacked?

JINHAN: One day before
based on the log file.

You don't even have
a refrigerator?

Just drink that.

I suppose you order in a lot.

I don't like delivery
food. I eat out mostly.

ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

I guess you don't eat much.

You're sharp indeed.

Your wife must be very worried.

Yes, she is very worried that
I won't grant her a divorce.

I plan to. I just
couldn't find the time.

Make time to see your family, so
that you won't regret it later.

Well, what should we do first?

ETA on the forensics result?

Minimum three to four days.

Let's narrow down
the cases first.

You were in charge
of Choi Kyoil's case.

You assisted Section Chief
Woo on Yang Kitae's case.

Why did that punk point
out these two cases?

The two cases aren't
linked at all.

An incident took place,

but there is no evidence, witness,
suspicious circumstance, or suspect.

Then what do we check first?

Who benefited from it?

Chief Seo.

Because of Choi Kyoil's case of
burying the high school girl,

Chief Seo earned
good media coverage.

But what about
Yang Kitae's case?

He removed Director An, his
rival in getting into politics.

Most importantly, with Section
Chief Woo Hyunseok's death,

the acts of corruption that
they've committed together

became more
difficult to uncover.

It's the chief, then?

No, it can't be Chief Seo.

How can you be so sure?

Chief Seo doesn't
need all this data.

When the evidence was fabricated, he
was the investigation team leader.

It could backfire on him.

Besides, if Woo Hyunseok's
corruption is exposed,

so would his weakness.

What if it's the opposite?

If it's contradictory and illogical,
let's think from the opposite angle.

As an extreme scenario, we can
flip the victim and the perpetrator

and make a deduction.

[suspenseful music]

TAEKROK: Choi Kyoil. Yang Kitae.

It seems like Chief
Seo was behind it all,

but he didn't commit
this corruption himself.

When I said I fabricated the evidence,
the friend didn't sound too thrilled.

He didn't react even when An Juyong
was found to be the real culprit.

Are you deducing
in your head again?

TAEKROK: He's looking for
the chief's weak spot.

[taps on table]

Detective Kim.

What if...

Chief Seo isn't the
perpetrator, but the victim?

Catch the m*rder*r. One week.

I can't give you
any more than that.

But if you catch him,
report to me first.

GWANGSU: Got that?

Do you mean he's
after Chief Seo?

It's possible.

Let's first select the cases that could
be an Achilles' heel to Chief Seo.

If the friend threatens you
with one of those cases next,

we can be certain that he's
after Chief Seo, right?

Highly likely.

Understood.

[sighs]

- You don't find it strange?
- You don't know Taekrok.

You don't know him any
better than me now.

Ever since I got here,

suspicious things keep
happening around Detective Kim.

How could he be innocent?

Why are you so
suspicious of him?

How could you be so blind?

- Stay out of it if you don't trust him.
- Wait.

I'll trust you instead.

[tense music]

FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2005 I ENDED
UP GETTING DIVORCED TODAY...

[doorbell dings]

Who is it?

SUNGA: What's all this?

Is this the new
investigation headquarters?

I told you to stay out of it.

I know you got hacked.

We checked the dashcam.

SUNGA: Should we open up
an official investigation

regarding all the questionable and
incomprehensible events surrounding you?

I'll explain later. Just leave.

I said leave!

The traces of hacking prior
to the accident was deleted.

Who deleted it?

- The thing is...
- Chief Kook.

We don't have time to waste.

Seriously, who is it?

Detective Kim...

is being blackmailed.

[ominous music]

I can't put anyone
else in danger.

What about Chief Kook?

It's dangerous for Chief Kook, too.
Why am I the only one excluded?

Chief Kook got exposed already
because of me, but not you guys.

More importantly, it's
not just about you.

What if Kyungchan gets
harmed? Can you handle it?

All the more reason
not to exclude us.

Sunga.

From now on, we'll dig into the
chief's corruption together.

We need to catch him quickly
for everyone's safety.

CHIEF SEO COVERED
IT UP? PUT PRESSURE?

So the chief could've committed
these acts of corruption

that could destroy
him instantly, right?

If the friend points
to one of these,

it'll become certain that
he's after the chief.

TAEKROK: That's right.

The Songan-ri
evictee suicide case.

- Eunchang kindergartener abduction case.
- How many...

Hagok district
development corruption.

A COUNCILMAN SPECULATES
ON REDEVELOPMENT

If he mentions any one of these,

he's after Chief
Seo without a doubt.

Stand up and greet me, you punk.

The lawyer...

Thank...

Thank you for the lawyer.

It'll be of help.

I had a consultation.

He seems trustworthy.

Give me some time
for the evidence.

By the way, I asked
around about Mr. Cheon.

[tense music]

Isn't that Mr. Cheon?

It was dark and a bit far away, but
he's sure that he saw Mr. Cheon.

Perhaps he smuggled himself
out after getting into trouble.

Did he ask you anything else
when he came to visit you?

He said he'd help me clear my name,
but had vanished by the time I got out.

He didn't ask me about
anything else, but...

TAEKROK: As I suspected,
Mr. Cheon knew

that Yang Kitae was
falsely accused.

Detective Kim, actually,
Mr. Cheon is the one

who brought up the settlement.

Hey, Kitae. Don't worry.

That settlement amount is nothing.
I'll shake up Woo Hyunseok

and squeeze it out of him.

TAEKROK: Mr. Cheon and Woo
Hyunseok's relationship went sour?

Chief Seo, too?

So Mr. Cheon needed to
find their weak spots.

[groans]

[foreboding music]

[screams]

[gasps]

[sighs]

[tense music]

[door opens]

[door closes]

[clicks]

[man whimpers]

- Come out!
- MAN 1: Sir, it's me.

- I said come out!
- Yes, sir. One moment.

Please don't sh**t.

Are you all right, sir?

You may go.

- WOMAN 1: Welcome.
- Hello.

BAE YOUNGDOO GEUMO
POLICE STATION

I'm a police officer.

I have a question for you.

Any chance...

this man has been here before?

Well, I'm not so sure.

Perhaps you can ask the manager.

Thank you.

Sir.

- Hello.
- How may I help you?

- I'm investigating a case.
- Yes?

There's something
I need to check.

Okay.

Has this man been here before?

I do remember him.

We had some trouble at the
cafe, and he handled it.

I see.

Then, has he...

been here with this person?

Yes, I believe they came
here together for some time.

- Thank you.
- No problem.

FRIEND

[cell phone buzzing]

Go ahead, sir.

FRIEND

FRIEND: Don't use your head
ever again. It doesn't suit you.

Answer me.

- Okay.
- So An Juyong was the real culprit.

You didn't care about
An Juyong to begin with.

Okay, this is the last one.

You recall the
Songan-ri case, right?

The representative of the
evictees committed suicide.

He didn't commit
suicide. Find the k*ller.

[suspenseful music]

Answer me.

No.

I won't play your games anymore.

- What?
- What's next after Songan-ri?

The Eunchang Kindergarten case? Or
the Hagok district development case?

You...

You're after Chief
Seo, aren't you?

[friend scoffs]

So you've done your research.

You're right. Go dig out Chief
Seo's acts of corruption.

Find evidence that will
destroy him in one blow.

- Answer me.
- No.

Go find it yourself from now on.

[friend snickers]

Should I?

You'll regret it.

I'm already full of regrets.

In the end, it
was your decision.

INCOMING VIDEO
CALL DO YOU ACCEPT?

FRIEND

Leave my daughter out of this.

- You're still arrogant.
- Please!

Hey.

Come on. Deal with...

Deal with me. Okay?

I wonder who will
get to Jiwoo first.

I suppose whoever is closer.

Hey!

[line ringing]

AUTOMATED VOICE: The call
cannot be connected...

She isn't answering?

Come on, Jiwoo. Please pick up.

[tires screech]

[suspenseful music]

[line ringing]

DAD

[doorbell dings]

[suspenseful music]

Detective Kim!

Set this as a base point.
Investigate the area

and secure any
CCTVs and dashcams.

- Yes, sir.
- Yes, sir.

Jiwoo!

[doorbell dings]

Jiwoo, open the door!

Jiwoo!

Jiwoo!

Jiwoo.

- [line buzzing]
- Dad...

Is there anything urgent?

What? No. I was just
passing by the area...

and wanted to see you.

I'm fine.

What?

Yes. Of course, you're fine.

Everything is okay, right?

Of course.

- I'll get going.
- You're just going?

Go on inside.

[line beeps]

[sobbing]

[g*nsh*t]

[breathing deeply]

[cell phone buzzes]

I WONDER WHO GOT TO JIWOO FIRST?
I SUPPOSE WHOEVER WAS CLOSER?

YOUNG JIWOO: Dad!

[screaming]

Dad!

JUNGAE: Jiwoo!

YOUNG JIWOO: Dad!

TAEKROK: Get out of my
way, you damn b*stards!

Jiwoo!

JUNGAE: Jiwoo!

YOUNG JIWOO: Dad!

Dad!

Dad!

Dad!

- Dad!
- Jiwoo!

[young Jiwoo crying]

Park Chunkyu.

My life is ruined
because of you.

Damn it. It's all your fault.

- [g*nsh*t]
- [young Jiwoo screams]

[gloomy music]

[sobbing]

Have someone guard her.

I took care of it already
without your daughter noticing.

What will you do now?

What's certain is that either he
or I have to die for this to end.

Anyone who comes to mind?

I need to check something first.

You told Mr. Cheon, didn't you?

"I feel wronged. I
didn't k*ll my brother.

I was framed."

"And Chief Seo
fabricated the evidence."

Admit it.

TAEKROK: As suspected,
Mr. Cheon knew about it.

TAEKROK: I even checked
with Choi Kyoil.

He's most likely
to be the friend.

CHEON KIDUK

Mr. Cheon?

Who is Mr. Cheon?

Is he that psychopath?

Yes. He's a cruel scumbag.

SUNGA: He's
originally from Busan.

He came here in middle school and went
in and out of juvenile detention centers.

Then he committed numerous crimes
related to drugs, violence, and fraud.

After he got out of prison,
he started a service company.

Now it's primarily
in the food business.

TAEKROK: He became close to Hyunseok
after becoming a loan shark.

As this area got developed, he expanded
his power into the entertainment district.

He received bribes and
requests from businessmen

on behalf of Woo Hyunseok
and solved their issues,

effectively serving
as a case broker.

- [men laughing]
- That's why I love playing golf!

MAN 2: Like a pro athlete!

MAN 3: Let's play
together. Come with me!

The friend pointed out
Choi Kyoil's case first.

They went to school together and
were best friends at one point.

TAEKROK: Before Mr. Cheon vanished,
he visited Choi Kyoil in prison.

Choi Kyoil probably made a fuss
and complained to Mr. Cheon

that he felt wronged
because of the chief.

Is Mr. Cheon also
linked to An Juyong,

the culprit for the second case?

No, to Yang Kitae.

Yang Kitae was an employee of
Mr. Cheon's service company.

And Mr. Cheon knew that Yang Kitae was
falsely accused because of the chief.

Why did he look through these notes
if he already knew everything?

To check the facts.

These guys are all criminals.

There are no friends or
classmates among criminals.

I doubt Mr. Cheon would've
believed them so blindly.

Mr. Cheon could've just exposed
the chief's corruptive ways.

Then he'll end up
involving himself.

But why did he pick you?

He couldn't get the chief's
weak spot out of Woo Hyunseok.

TAEKROK: He then heard
about the information I had.

To go after the chief...

[camera shutter clicking]

he broke into my room.

CHOI KYOIL, CHEON KIDUK

That's how it was
all planned out.

Chief Kook, please request for CCTV
footage from the control center.

- Okay. I'll do it off the record.
- Mm.

And you two, please secure
additional CCTV and dashcam footage

near my daughter's place.

SUNGA: Will do.

CHEON KIDUK

- GUARD: Here you go.
- Thank you.

No problem.

[suspenseful music]

- Here you go.
- Thank you.

No problem.

Have you seen this man?

- I'm not sure.
- Okay.

Have you seen this man?

No, I haven't.

As for the control center CCTV footage,
we can check it when Chief Kook sends it.

We'd better analyze the
dashcam and CCTV footage soon.

Yes, a lot to review. Let's go.

To Chief Kook's place?

But he doesn't even
have a refrigerator.

We'll get no sleep
today to analyze this.

[sighs] We can't
go to the station.

Should we go to your place?

Let's divide up and conquer.

- Fine. Let's go to my place.
- Do it separately.

- Let's follow the rule.
- What rule?

You investigate in pairs.
I also need to talk to you.

Get in.

[cell phone buzzes]

- What?
- Go home first.

Where are you going?

[moaning]

What are you doing?

Shift change. One
moment, please.

Darn it.

Oh!

Yes, right there.

Hey, you're pretty strong.

My boss told me to take good care
of you since you're a regular.

Is that right?

That feels good. A little lower.

- Here?
- Are you new here?

- We've met before.
- Where?

At a nightclub in Choryang-dong.

Oh, I see. That place.

My friend got me in.

You used to come there with a
man named Mr. Cheon, I think?

I haven't seen him since.

That guy? I doubt he'll
be able to come again.

Why not?

I believe he went
somewhere very far.

He might be dead by now.

What?

Why are you so startled?

Why do you ask?

- [crunches]
- [screams in pain]

- Who the heck are you?
- What do you mean he's dead?

I don't know.

Is Mr. Cheon really dead?

About three months ago, someone
saw him beaten half to death.

- Who?
- I don't really know either.

But everyone is
saying... [groans]

that Mr. Cheon must be dead.

No one has seen him since.

- Are you sure about that?
- My guys think that he's dead.

Detective Kim, I
talked to Antenna.

He says Mr. Cheon is dead.

[sighs]

Got it.

I heard Mr. Cheon is dead. Did
you hear anything about it?

What? He's dead?

You hear anything?

Captain Do mentioned that
Mr. Cheon seemed unwell.

But was he that ill?

So he seemed really unwell?

Yes, I think that's
what he said.

- You should've told me sooner, you punk!
- Ah! Ah!

Darn it.

Who is looking after
Mr. Cheon's business?

- Ma Sanggu.
- What?

Sanggu was acquitted
a few days ago.

You didn't know?

KITAE: You're a detective.
How could you not know?

- Call me when you get a hold of him.
- Who? Mr. Cheon? Ma Sanggu?

Mr. Cheon, you fool.

Wait, sir.

I'll be able to win the
retrial for sure, right?

Promise?

Just wait.

Get out, you punk.

What did you want to tell me?

Oh, right.

[cell phone buzzing]

My mom is calling.
One moment, please.

[door opens, closes]

What? Why isn't it working?

[tense music]

GWANGSU: Hey, Officer Son.

Come see me for a bit.

SUNGA: What did the chief say?

He just said I should learn from
my superiors as much as I can.

SUNGA: What about you? Why
did you want to work with him?

I have my reason.

What are you doing?

[exhales sharply]

KITAE: By the way, I heard that Sanggu
often goes to the arcade lately.

JACKPOT GAME LAND

[rattles]

[lock clicking]

[ominous music]

SANGGU: Hey, hurry. We'll
fall behind on deliveries.

- MAN 4: Yes, boss.
- MAN 5: Okay, boss.

MAN 6: We're not a
professional delivery service.

How long do we have to be
Mr. Cheon's faithful servants?

When will we get to manufacture it
instead of distributing without profit?

You go get rid of Mr. Cheon.

Then I'll call you "boss."

- Do you want me to get k*lled?
- Darn you. Better you than me.

But you're the boss.

Don't talk back, you
punk. I said hurry up.

What's taking so long?
We're behind on deliveries.

- Hurry up.
- Okay.

- SANGGU: Go now!
- Okay.

Hurry up.

[beeps]

What was that?

[sighs]

g*dd*mn it, really.
[clicks tongue]

Damn...

If you don't want
your head blown off,

do as I say.

[suspenseful music]

YANG SEUNGHEE

AN JUYONG

Cuff yourself.

Okay, I will. Just
lower your g*n.

What's that? That CCTV?

You're him. Aren't you?

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SHADOW DETECTIVE

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